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Nick DV
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What solution, and is that steel galv'd?
Almost a great big fire.
Poles are three one meter long thickwalled tubes welded together by myself 25years ago.
The gauze I had back then was only 1.5 meter high, so I decided since I didn't feel like cutting them by handsaw to put them 1.5 meter into the ground.
Now the conifer hedge died so we decided to put a sort of woven plastic foil (?), to the existing fence, but then 1.8meter high.
First I thougth to pull them out of the ground 30 cm, and made a boom on the back of my tractor. Didn't work because the poles are too stuck.
Plan B was to simply weld a piece of the same tubing I still had in stock(!), on top.
Bit of an experiment to weld with a fifty meter extensioncable, so made one to test the procedure.
The welding went smooth and I am happy, but I set a bit of dry grass on fire, what spread really quick in the direction of the trees 2.5 meter away.
Luckily my son was filling up the pool within shouting distance and came with a bucket of water to save me.
Half a minute later the pine would have been on fire and after that the forest next to it, pheww.
Plain stupid off course, lesson learned.
Poles are three one meter long thickwalled tubes welded together by myself 25years ago.
The gauze I had back then was only 1.5 meter high, so I decided since I didn't feel like cutting them by handsaw to put them 1.5 meter into the ground.
Now the conifer hedge died so we decided to put a sort of woven plastic foil (?), to the existing fence, but then 1.8meter high.
First I thougth to pull them out of the ground 30 cm, and made a boom on the back of my tractor. Didn't work because the poles are too stuck.
Plan B was to simply weld a piece of the same tubing I still had in stock(!), on top.
Bit of an experiment to weld with a fifty meter extensioncable, so made one to test the procedure.
The welding went smooth and I am happy, but I set a bit of dry grass on fire, what spread really quick in the direction of the trees 2.5 meter away.
Luckily my son was filling up the pool within shouting distance and came with a bucket of water to save me.
Half a minute later the pine would have been on fire and after that the forest next to it, pheww.
Plain stupid off course, lesson learned.
Hood
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Working on the second batch of mackerel stripper boxes and one of the pipes need is a right pain to tig. It is inside the a tapered bit and trying to get both hands in and have the torch at the right angle and feed the filler in without blasting a hole through the 1.5mm thick sheet and 1.5mm wall tube is not easy, especially when my only welding bench is a vice 
So today I thought I would see how it went with the stick welder, it has been a long time since I stick welded 1.5mm stainless so was thinking it may have been a bad idea but no, it went well and I had all 5 pipes stuck in place in the time it would have taken me to do one side of one with the tig
So today I thought I would see how it went with the stick welder, it has been a long time since I stick welded 1.5mm stainless so was thinking it may have been a bad idea but no, it went well and I had all 5 pipes stuck in place in the time it would have taken me to do one side of one with the tig
Tupers
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Yes I’m going to be on a long shelf with 6 holes in it so I can have it mounted to a wall but easily pull rods out when I need them.
badabec
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What is a mackerel stripper box?
badabec
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Thank you, now in my basket..
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More of the same
I made the lead on the grinder shorter (again and made my foot hurt. I had 56 75cm lengths of 25mm box clamped together and stood up for 'levelling' and I'm not sure what happened next, but they were on the floor, the trip had gone, and my foot is a little sore.
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Today after many days of history (exactly 15 months) I've eaten some marinara anchovies 
Unfortunately I can't eat them since I've discovered my kidneys problems but once a year would not hurt
I'll probably need to drink water till tomorrow
Unfortunately I can't eat them since I've discovered my kidneys problems but once a year would not hurt
I'll probably need to drink water till tomorrow
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I made the lead on the grinder shorter (again and made my foot hurt. I had 56 75cm lengths of 25mm box clamped together and stood up for 'levelling' and I'm not sure what happened next, but they were on the floor, the trip had gone, and my foot is a little sore.
I would laugh, but I feel your pain.
I have spare cable............
Grinder is fixed. Foot is a bit red...
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Are you turning Russian Comrade?
