Stuff you have made today

[DAPPH]

101.75 litres of extra-virgin, organic, cold-pressed olive oil. Well not all today. We may do more if there is not too much rain next week. This week we have been helping others in the village with their olives and a run out to the press to collect our second batch of oil. Pic is the last two trees being picked on Álvaro's land neighbouring ours. The queue for the press took 7.5 hours after a 1.5 hour drive to get to a cold press where we could get our own oil from our own olives. I'm seeing an olive press construction project in my future.

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Interesting ,
Can you get hydraulic olive tree shaker attachments similar to an almond nut shaker etc for a small tractor to save the ladder work & time or does it always have to be hand picked off ladders for the taller trees ?

 

[Anguz]

What model is your 'toy car' !

Robin hood 2b. early one, used to have the sliding pillar suspension. I built my own wishbones. Used to be pinto, now duratec on throttle bodies

 

[Hood]

Got the bits and pieces for the hopper cut on the plasma.

Welded a bit of M20 threaded rod into an eye.

Made a few more bits for the hopper but forgot to take a pic.

Got a roller in to fill.

Three 3.2 rods later and it was filled.

Then turned on the lathe.

 

[Prajna]

Interesting ,
Can you get hydraulic olive tree shaker attachments similar to an almond nut shaker etc for a small tractor to save the ladder work & time or does it always have to be hand picked off ladders for the taller trees ?

In Spain they commonly use shakers but you have to plant in regular rows to use them and need rain before you can harvest with them or you damage the trees. Personally, I think it is disrespectful to the trees. Many use mechanical fingers run off a 12v car battery but they are generally noisy and throw olives everywhere except on the nets. The noisy ones also knock off leaves and twigs, by volume probably about equal to the volume of olives, which makes it harder to clean the olives.

What we love about olive picking is the tranquillity and the tactile nature of the process. We also love the community connections that are exercised during the season. All of these are more compatible with hand picking. I love climbing the trees and enjoy being up in the tree on a ladder. The olive trees are very forgiving and predictable for climbing and laddering.

 

[Newlands]

Do you sell them feller? And do you have a goldfinch one

Here you go, first test run, needs a little tweak here and there but that will only take a few moments. It usually takes a couple of goes to get it looking right.

 

[highseas]

Here you go, first test run, needs a little tweak here and there but that will only take a few moments. It usually takes a couple of goes to get it looking right.
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Very nice for a first run! Do you want to pm a a price? I might know a few lads who would like them

 

[Olderisbetter]

I covered by big big frame in plastic as insurance incase it rained while doing the fibreglass on my roof but luckily it was dry.

 

[Tupers]

Folded up a couple inner sill profiles.

Got the first one trimmed up and added the jacking point.

Many minutes welding and it’s in.

 

[Ubique]

Very nice for a first run! Do you want to pm a a price? I might know a few lads who would like them

Yer, I'd be interested in four of those!

 

[Kram]

Trying the boring bar. Before first chips it got me!

Bar is 20mm dia, 250mm long but listed as upto 5D. Im unsure if that means 5*D stickout or, deep in a part, but I felt it should be tried full length 9D, 180mm 1mm off diameter cut. There was some chatter but it did well!

It was more sensible at 120mm stickout.

Near final size now but wasnt happy with cordless feeding and it needs another cut.

 

[Maker]

How heavy is the bottle ?

So heavy I've had to make a handle for extra leverage.

 

[Hood]

Bit more to the hopper, got the gantry finished excepting the gussets at the bottom which I still have to make also got the two side extensions welded in and flat plate on top.

 

[AndersK]

Trying the boring bar. Before first chips it got me!

Be careful now, once they taste blood....
(Stephen King's "The Mangler")

 

[Tangledfeet]

Just recovering after some serious mattress action with my wife.

There was grunting, several positions. She even reached between my legs.

Also rope and knots. Hell, even scissors made an appearance. We also considered duct tape at one stage.

We had to make a rolled up mattress as Fife Council won't take away the old one unless exactly that.

 

[bigegg]

I didn't make anything but I broke two pattress boxes.

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I've given up on surface mounting the standard bakelite ones: I buy the "conduit" type now (toolstation, I think) - they're made of a more plastic material, rather than brittle resin - plus, they already have 20mm punchouts in them.

 

[minimutly]

Trying the boring bar. Before first chips it got me!
View attachment 319695Bar is 20mm dia, 250mm long but listed as upto 5D. Im unsure if that means 5*D stickout or, deep in a part, but I felt it should be tried full length 9D, 180mm 1mm off diameter cut. There was some chatter but it did well!
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It was more sensible at 120mm stickout.

Near final size now but wasnt happy with cordless feeding and it needs another cut.

Really? Why so far out?

 

[Kram]

Wanted to see if it was any good. A steel shank 12mm bar could have managed the 50mm stickout this needed, so keeping it short would have been too easy.

I clocked the angle with trig. For 60mm compound travel, I needed 16.7mm diameter movement on the cross slide dial to get back to 0, it should now be very close to 8 degree.

Final cut with the smaller bar. Turned the OD and face to be true and cocked up the finish, so polished OD with p800.
It now clocks parts at a tenth by the chuck and 0.0008 at 6" which Im happy to call done.

 

[daleyd]

Just recovering after some serious mattress action with my wife.

There was grunting, several positions. She even reached between my legs.

Also rope and knots. Hell, even scissors made an appearance. We also considered duct tape at one stage.

We had to make a rolled up mattress as Fife Council won't take away the old one unless exactly that.

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You *really need to stick a pair of old boots out of the bottom of that before you leave it out

 

[God mode restorations]

Following on from my lorry tipper build. A few more bits done. Almost forgot to do the body prop. Progress is slow but getting on.

 

[Hood]

Front box and sloping front welded on.

View showing the wash down pipe which will hopefully help getting the prawns and mud down to the doors seeing as I couldn't get the larger slope I normally do.

Close up of wash down pipe.

I was going to get it taken down to Arbroath and just finish off the rest on the boat but the forecast for the next few days is strong wind so I will just do the last few bits inside.