My week this week! My workshop videos

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Another very hot week of field work on the kennels, which thank the lord are nearing completion! Now we know the construction method we can get straight on to construction without too much thinking time! Enjoy my cab ride in the engine at the Yorkshire Wolds railway! Unlike most heritage railways, this one has been rebuilt in an empty field where there used to be a railway line from Driffield to Malton, no taking over an existing line and rolling stock fror these true enthusiasts, they started with nowt and have created a railway out of it! Look them up @YWRailway and come for a look and a ride! Tell them I sent you!!

Phil, in sweltering Torremalangtoft!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi all! A week of steamy tropical humidity, not easy to work in, and we had to struggle on! Days missed due to rain and hospital appointments, But still we persevere! This week we have the luxury of a cameraman for a day, so you get to see me and cousin Keith actually working! If we don't get this project finished by next friday we will both go insane, , some would say it is far too late for that, others would throw there hands in the air and wander off muttering under their breath, I seem to do a lot of muttering lately……

Phil, in the East Yorkshire rain forest, slowly steaming!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi all! Another week of steamy tropical humidity, not easy to work in, but we had to struggle on! Days missed due to plasterboarding the ceiling at home on Monday, and forgetting my camera Tuesday! We finally move the tenants into kennel #1, and thus free up the last pair of metal bars to complete #3. Friday we finally crack and go to town to buy more fence rails which are our main constructional timber, based on the realisation that we can save much time and sweating by not having to make do and mend with our dwindling supply of 12' lengths! We get a bargain by buying up some "wonky" ones as well at half price, as the chicken run fence steps down a slope so will have to be done with six foot lengths! We may yet need more roof sheets, but we will know that next week!

Phil in steamy but glorious East Yorkshire.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All, Crazy crazy weather, June was flaming, as its legend goes, and now July is overcast, chilly and wet! We dance between the rain and get in a good week! The roof is finished, the wire is finished, but the rain comes down friday afternoon and we don't get the plastic sheets on. No matter, now we are so close to complete we can taste freedom again! Next week, plastic sheets on, gutter on, and finally felt the roof, but we have to get the felt, nails and compound first!

phil, in Damp miserable East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All, The Kennels are finished all bar the roof felt, and are fully occupied, so we move on to the Chicken run, then it rained, and rained! July is monsoon season in East Yorkshire! We get most of the chicken run fence completed, and I do some workshop repairs which involve…….water pumps! I manage to get quite wet in the workshop!. Never mind, we are all moving forwards!

Phil, in monsoon struck East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All, This week I finally get to the bottom of an ongoing water pump problem on my rainwater recycling system at the workshop! I get it all running beautifully, but don't find anything that I can put hand on heart and say that it was definitely the problem, apart from the old pump being damp internally but still running as long as it was on a non rcd circuit!! I shall dry it out and keep it as a spare. We spent Monday and Tueasday(in the rain) dismantling and transporting another dog run from the next village (2 miles away) to Langtoft and start to level for the base, luckily this is a steel bolt together affair which we will complete next week, and then NO MORE KENNELS!! back onto field work, which means more time in the workshop now that the monsoon has started! The humidity turns us into slow motion workers!

Phil, in the outdoor sauna in East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All This week a mixed bag! I went to Murton park and Yorkshire Farming museum, and had a ride on the Derwent Valley Light Railway, which was fun, and in good weather too! IOn the field at Wicani Farm we get the kennel base finished, but not before the tractor gets stuck in the mud! The field is so soft it is like driving on wet sponge caker! Due to inclement weather I also get some time in the workshop to begin another lovolite rebuild!

Phil, in the East Yorkshire Rainforest.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All
This week I get the last coat of paint on the LoVolite and leave it to bake off in the workshop we get all the bits of the new kennel transported up the field, assembled and finished, and even get the roof on! So whats left to do? Everything!, no seriously we need to put felt and gutter on the large kennel block and then the whole project is finished and we can get back onto the field clearance which is what we started on! We have another unexpected fly in the ointment though, Keiths car clutch, which john and I replaced only a couple of months ago, has failed! John reckons the (brand new) clutch cover spring has failed! I will keep you informed of the outcome! the areas we cut with the Fordson are ready for another cut, so that will be next weeks first job, unless we are car hunting, or in the workshop if wet! Thanks for watching and don't forget to like, comment and subscribe!
Phil, East Yorkshires been HOT this week and so humid!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All

This week I am back in the workshop due to the weather! it has rained on and off all week! The Lovolite rebuild continues, we get a new car for keith due to the Volvos demise, and I repair two faults on the Ryobi chainsaw We did a little field work in final preparation for a much smaller than usual Wicani Jamboree, but were so rushed in between the rain I didn't get much time for filming!

Phil, in increasingly soggy East Yorkshire.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All
A very mixed bag this week, a couple of days of workshop fixes and Fordson major and topper working on the field topping out the regrowth on the bramble patch we cleared earlier this year. The tractor started (just) after a couple of months, and all running fine after my last attempt to blow it up when the water ran low because the rad was leaking and I didn't check the level before I started!! All running sweet, good oil pressure, cool running and no dramas, so I set up a couple of cameras, went back to the tractor, and it wouldn't start! in fact it was totally dead. I jumped it off from the Toro2CV tractor (which ran out of petrol mid charge) and then proceeded to finish the area and took the tractor to a power point and put the charger on it……nothing, ammeter didn't budge, and a test proved the battery to be open circuit! Probably a broken internal link. £166 later we have a new 900 amp one, and boy does she start, although at that price I would expect it to cut the field by itself! I will be back to it Monday, weather permitting, this will probably be the last cut of the season.

Phil, in lovely late summer East Yorkshire.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All Which indeed? Keith and I went to look at, and bought, a mobility scooter for Angela to ride round the field on so she can get through her very demanding day a bit easier! We ttried it, I rode it, and he bought it, but when we got it home, we realised that it was fine on the flat, but even the slightest incline bogged it down! I have come to the conclusion that it has had the wrong control PCB bodged in some long time ago, not by the guy we bought it off, who sold it in good faith, as I found the screws holding the cover over the PCB were rusted solid. Looking at it from this end, it was a bad buy, we are trying to find a wiring diagram,and the spec of the board that SHOULD be in it! Got the spares for the chainsaw, and fitted them, and it starts, then stops! more attention required! Got the new handle on the pressure wash finished, so I suppose something has gone right this week, and Martyn came over Friday, fitted a couple of security cams for me, and set up the network so that I can view them remotely And I had a ride in a Teswla, and the wildlife cam too, and then he took me for a ride in his wifes Tesla, which ,although he is a complete computer nerd, he hates! Me, being a bit of a prat, forgot to video it, but the acceleration was much MORE than impressive!! Phil, Summer has been switched off in East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All A very hot week in which both field work and shop work get done! Lots of grass cutting with the Fordson, and i got video to prove it! and also some workshop time working on a couple of old stairlifts that are being sold off as a project. a little generator, and I fix the yardcam as well. lots of stuff to interest the eclectic tastes of my viewers (I Hope!!) Hard to get into anything apart from an iced G&T when it's so hot!

Phil, in sweltering East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi all, A short one this week as we got involved in a very dirty and boring clean up operation which I didn't bother filming to save you the drudgery of sitting through it! I got the stairlifts repaired and working, and fixed the spark problem on the brigs and stratton on the little generator, but thats about all Next week we have more grass to cut, a tree to fell, and looking at the weather, more workshop time!

Phil, in Autumnal but still warm East Yorkshire.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi All, This video was made with Clipchamp, but it won't be made with it ever again! what an execrable piece of crap it is! Microshaft have disabled video editor, and replaced it with clipchamp which is grossly overcomplex, and doesn't work. It would normally take me about 1-1/2 hours tops to turn raw footage into a video, I started at 7 and now its after 10 and I havent finished yet! Clicked the tab to arrange clips in ascending order, didn't work! neither did descending order! Tried to click in the text box to add screen text, it didn't work, but when you rewatch the video it has inserted "type text here" into the video, and by clicking on the screen I was eventually able to add the text I wanted! Trust Microshaft to take a simple and usefull piece of software that works perfectly and completely screw it up! RANT OVER!! Lots of repairs of kit I have for sale, and a recalcitrant Ryobi chainsaw which I think I got to the bottom of! Unfortunately Keiths wife, Angela is in Hospital at the moment, which means the looking after, cleaning out and feeding of 30 odd dogs has fallen on our shoulders, so I only get an hour or two in the workshop a few days a week! Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible, please bear with me!

Phil, in Calm, peacefull and sunny East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

This video was made with Clipchamp Yes folks, still clipchamp, and still a horrid piece of bloatware garbage that hides everything I want to do behind a wall of bloat that I have no interest in whatever, and apparently microshaft will NOT let you revert to video editor! watch this space! They are asking for feedback, so I am going to give them some!! So what have we this week? an incremental improvement on the pressure washer, and a realisation that it may be the limit of my water systems input that is causing lack of output!! I take on the carb on the Ryobi chain saw and change it from almost running properly to not even firing! Life brings good weeks and bad weeks, and the bad ones shorten your patience, test your temper, and sometimes make you doubt your own ability , but I must remember that, despite my autistic nature, it is not essential to be able to repair everything!

Phil, in the East Yorkshire rain forest!

[Jim Young 2Participant @jimyoung2]

Has Phil stopped posting videos?

[Jim Young 2]

On Jim Young 2 Said:

Has Phil stopped posting videos?

From info on another Forum, I believe Phil has some health problems.

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Sorry to all who have missed me, I have had health problems which are now back to normal, thanks to some medication and an enforced chilling out period!!I had thought that all my previous post had dissapeared into the ether, but now I have found them again I can recommence posting!

Phil

 

 

 

Hello Folks,
I am back on the Holbrook and feeling much better, thanks to all the well wishers, really appreciate your concern!
Week two (or rather three days) of work on the Holbrook lathe some bits arrive, and we find signs of tailstock abuse, but as usual it is press on and fix them all!
Phil, in bitterly cold East Yorkshire,
Tell Greta I want a refund!!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Sorry guys, no video thiis week, awoke with covid on monday morning, much better now, but still not work fit! Hope to get back on Tuesday!
Phil

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Good news! I have today tested negative for covid, so will go back to the workshop to carry on installing the new heating next Monday! Normal service will be resumed on the following Saturday at 4PM! Feeling a lot better but still got the hangover cold that my brother was suffering from  when I caught it off him…….maybe, who really knows!
Thanks for your patience!
Phil

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Good to hear you are feeling better Phil.   Post as and when you can. No need to knock yourself out.  Best regards

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

A short week, as will be next week, but no less interesting I hope! I attempt a fix on a linear acutator in a rise and fall column for a piece of opticians equipment, and then on to the workshop heating. I find all the plumbing bits I need and build the heat exchanger for the ducted air heating in the workshop!
Phil, in STILL cold and wet East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi Folks,

A very short week of one day! due to busy commitments on all other fronts, but next week should be a full one! I finalise the design for the heat exchanger and get it about 3/4 finished. Amazing how these back of the head designs suddenly come together and start to make sense!

Phil, Still wet and cold in East Yorkshire

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi Folks,
A varied week in which the heat exchanger is completer, the fault on the rise and fall column from last week is found, and in order to get the old bench in the Blacksmiths shop removed, I make and fit some metal racks to the wall to store my vast collection of interesting bits of metal! I also Became a Dong farmer (qv) for a couple of hours, and a dog food delivery man, but thats another story!
Phil, In soaking wet and cold East Yorkshire!

[Phil WhitleyParticipant @philwhitley94135]

Hi Folks,
So last week I got the heat exchanger finished, only to find that when I offered it up into position, the fan was going to hit the front door as it opened, so I tore poor old K9 to pieces again and rebuilt it with the fan in line with the body instead of hanging out the bottom, finished it Friday and had a damned good tidy up!
Phil spring rain still in East Yorkshire!

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