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Fraserb
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There was a report in Berkshire yesterday of an irate picnicker standing in front of a combine because the dust it was emitting was getting in his sandwiches
I saw that, as a few people have said it was ironic he complained about dust on his sandwich, sandwich made from bread, made from wheat and guess what the combine was cutting.
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Last time I overhauled a combine was in Canada on the prairies. Two tonnes an acre was good going, but they'd use a swather to run two thirty foot rows together so the combine was cutting a sixty foot row. Mice were the biggest problem, especially when they didn't bother properly cleaning out after harvest. Every job I did, whatever it was, I always took a tiny gas torch, some solder and some liquid rubber and replaced every stupid 3M connector with a soldered joint. Took minutes and saved hours of time. The rest is just bits that go round and round and backwards and forwards. My doctor couldn't believe I could understand and fix something with thousands of components. I said it's easy, unlike you, I can turn the engine off while I'm working!
Yeah I have some 3mm coupons too
And I’m going to switch consumables as well to 2.4 tungsten on the advice of another Fabby friend of mine
A lot of these were gone over to fill holes etc but you are right, it all changes once it’s all hot
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Absolutely lovely man, very fragile grip on reality.
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bigegg
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I always took it to mean: if you want to be considered "the best", you have to do the jobs other people don't even consider.
There are worse maxims to live your life by.
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That is a good interpretation.
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Plus he made terrible coffee.
The palnts in the green house will eat flesh and the pot belly pig farts.
Nice man.
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We had the fire brigade out to the field behind us a couple of months ago, telehandler caught fire. Good job it wasn't more recently or the whole field (and possibly our house) would have gone up
Not so much made as altered:
Turned 10mm of threads off two bolts:
and put a 1/4 bsf thread on each.
Just so they would stick out of the Tom Senior column top and I can mount a plate to take a gas strut.
More to follow depending on going camping for a few days
Turned 10mm of threads off two bolts:
and put a 1/4 bsf thread on each.
Just so they would stick out of the Tom Senior column top and I can mount a plate to take a gas strut.
More to follow depending on going camping for a few days
James1979
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Done well to get the tractor off that.Not a combine but this went up about a mile from me last week.
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Notice a tire is missing, it's sat about 50 feet away in a twisted heap, not sure if it jumped that far or was dragged but lots of people in the village heard it go bang.
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Someone on Facebook said the pins were a bit warm.
I gather the guy driving it wasn't a farmer and didn't really know what he was doing, the people who usually work on the farm got the tractor away and pulled a bowser over to make a start while the fire brigade were on the way. News sites say an acre of stubble went up, it could have been a lot worse, the field has got to be about 50 acres, and right next to another the same size.
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Haha, looks about as shonky as mine!
Incredibly despite looking like a carbon copy of the above, it has lasted decades!
It's mainly pallet wood and some other bent bits left behind by builders. Shonkiness is part of the charm. I would have gone mad if I tried to keep anything true or square. I lobbed the joiner's square away. It's nice and strong though. I have built two others before and they are still going, not decades old yet though.
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iIve made some log stores out of what was lying around too. Im a firm believer in use what youve got
tThese are Pigwire and pallet wood
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Today I've made some connections .
no more fly leads on the welders now , on it's own 16 amp breaker , I've still some tidying and wiring to do but the garage is getting there now .
the double socket at the garage door is wired on a single 2.5 leg with the alarm fused of that, so I'll add another double by the commando socket and a return leg .The lighting is on some 1.0 so I'll use that for the alarm on a 6amp breaker and run a new 1.5 for the lights .
no more fly leads on the welders now , on it's own 16 amp breaker , I've still some tidying and wiring to do but the garage is getting there now .
the double socket at the garage door is wired on a single 2.5 leg with the alarm fused of that, so I'll add another double by the commando socket and a return leg .The lighting is on some 1.0 so I'll use that for the alarm on a 6amp breaker and run a new 1.5 for the lights .
