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12 March 2016 at 21:14 #229637
HOWARDT
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Not today but the last week. Finally made the jump and bought a Sieg C3 lathe and Sx2 mill. Looked at various options but being close to a supplier helped in the choice. Buying both together got me a fair deal on a good selection of tooling to go with them.

My reason for choices was I am only using the machines for hobby use, intend to build gauge 1 and 3 1/2" locos. Also my engineering workshop has to fit into a built in garage, in the UK these only accommodate a micro car not the F150 in an American garage.

So far I have only bolted the machines down and ensured they worked, my next project is to check both machines for accuracy. Have both 80mm Chinese chuck and ER25 collet chuck so it will be interesting to compare these as bought. Will have to get some bar before getting the lathe fully tested along with some of their tooling.
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12 March 2016 at 23:29 #229647
Robbo
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Today I heard the first lawnmower of Spring!
12 March 2016 at 23:41 #229649
John Stevenson 1
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Posted by Robbo on 12/03/2016 23:29:16:

Today I heard the first lawnmower of Spring!

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Well it weren't my bugger
13 March 2016 at 07:07 #229662
Speedy Builder5
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wasn't mine – My Flymo burnt out after 10 years of abuse. Not much to re-cycle, a pair of carbon brushes, 2 springs and 5 screws, all the rest went for re-cycling at the tip.
13 March 2016 at 09:47 #229685
jaCK Hobson
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Yesterday, I mowed the lawn. A quick squirt of Cold Start was required. I take that risk once a year. First 20 minutes was cleaning up after a winter of dog and flushing the rubbish down the drain – yuk.
13 March 2016 at 10:55 #229700
Anonymous
Posted by jaCK Hobson on 12/03/2016 19:35:50:

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 08/03/2016 13:43:18:

I've indulged in more cheque book engineering. This time via Ebay:

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It's a vertical slide and a high speed milling/grinding quill for my Pultra 1750.

Andrew

I had my eye on that. I hope it is as good as it looks.

Jack: Sorry about that, I promise I won't be bidding on any more Pultra vertical slides! It certainly looks good and everything seems to work smoothly.

Andrew
13 March 2016 at 11:42 #229710
mechman48
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My mower has yet to see the grass this year, too damn wet & the grass looks like it's got a 70's mullet… maybe this week if it stays dry enough.

George.
13 March 2016 at 11:53 #229714
Gordon W
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I've just heard the first lawn mower ,a ride-on of course, up here in the far north. It's about a mile away so could be worse. A new building plot has just been sold for a kit house, the man bought an acre extra 'cos. his hobby is cutting grass ! And folks say I'm mad. It's only 1/2 a mile away so 3 or 4 at once.
13 March 2016 at 20:00 #229797
Bazyle
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Me too heard one yesterday. Today the cricket club fergie started after only 20 seconds of cranking following the winter break and I hitched up the big roller. Awful noise as I moved off and find the wooden block bearing had rotted out over winter. Another job but one of the players did the other side last year so will hopefully do this. Decanted the back end oil I had drained out into the now empty oil container. Supposed to be 22 litres but 30 came out – lucky I had a backup bucket.
Took the carb off one lawnmower and brought it home.
Club secretary rewarded me with free tea and cake in the village teashop. well his wife who owns it did.
13 March 2016 at 20:55 #229808
pgk pgk
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I started mowing yesterday, too. Just the worst parts and I'll slowly get around it as it dries enough. Just 1/2 acre yesterday. Today I started rotorvating for the spuds..did the oil change on the rotorvator last week.

Once the grass really starts growing then I do sections daily. Too much lawn to do in one hit…
13 March 2016 at 21:28 #229814
Neil Wyatt
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Hmm. Our lawn needs rotovating. I hate trampolines.

Neil
14 March 2016 at 07:01 #229830
Bob Rodgerson
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Too wet for one of them in my garden at the moment. It never fully dries out, even in a good summer if you sit on the grass you will get a wet patch for your efforts

My mower is not a grass mower it's a moss cropper.
14 March 2016 at 08:30 #229839
Ed Duffner
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My neighbor was out with his mower yesterday. Robbo, you don't live two doors away do you?
15 March 2016 at 11:28 #230063
pgk pgk
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 13/03/2016 21:28:18:

Hmm. Our lawn needs rotovating. I hate trampolines.

Neil

One gets a lot of time to mull over the important issues while planting onion sets..between back pain recovery and yet another bag-full.

Neil shouldn't be thiking in terms of rotorvating.. that would be against the spirit of his forum hat. He should be thinking in terms of scale traction engine poughing and harrowing. We'll expect the video mext week….

(or just cut out the worst bits, level and lay turf)
15 March 2016 at 12:28 #230073
Neil Wyatt
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I have enough harrowing experiences.

Mistaking 'Manic Panic' hair gel for Swarfega just now was one – luckily I couldn't get the lid off!

Brake pads on the Mondeo – barely any disc left

Amazed to find I can get a pair of disks delivered free today for just over £32! This is a BIG ventilated disk – shows how mass production brings down the price of complex castings!

I remember paying £14 a disk years ago and thinking that was cheap.

Neil
15 March 2016 at 13:02 #230080
pgk pgk
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Many years ago on a family camping trip my dad was complaining about the dragging from his new tube of shaving cream. Which was not as bad as the taste of my toothpaste…
15 March 2016 at 13:22 #230081
Neil Wyatt
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Posted by pgk pgk on 15/03/2016 13:02:14:

Many years ago on a family camping trip my dad was complaining about the dragging from his new tube of shaving cream. Which was not as bad as the taste of my toothpaste…

My brother muddled Sensodyne with Preparation-H. He didn't use it on his teeth…

Well, my brake discs are here already. I hour and 14 minutes from order to delivery!

Hat's off to Euro Car Parts for that one.

Neil

<ediit 14 not 4!>

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 15/03/2016 13:23:06
15 March 2016 at 14:28 #230092
Clive Hartland
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pgk pgk, Look after your Onions as last years Onion harvest failed and a shortage of Onions is forecast!

Have you ever tried Japanese Onion seeds?

Clive
15 March 2016 at 15:02 #230105
John Fielding
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Hi Neil,

Do you get Alfa brake discs over there in the UK?

Made locally here in Joburg I think.

Damn good product and not expensive at the moment.
15 March 2016 at 15:09 #230106
Ian P
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If one has an Alfa Romeo car one can certainly get brake disks for it. Is that what you meant?

Ian P
15 March 2016 at 15:46 #230116
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Car back in one piece already.

No, I had the choice of eicher, pagid, brembo or bosch. Eicher are cheap and I've never had a duff part of theirs and UK made!

Same brakes as Jaguar X-type as its built on the same 'platform'.

Neil
15 March 2016 at 15:57 #230120
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Oh – and I had to clear an error code as well.

'EGR valve restricted flow detected'

If it keeps doing that I'll refit the blanking plate and teach it what restricted flow really means

Neil
16 March 2016 at 11:08 #230226
Neil Wyatt
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We have long had a buzzard that roosts about half a mile from here. Walking the dogs yesterday i saw it make a long slow glide across to one of its favourite trees. Walking back I heard it call, and to my surprise it had found a companion, I guess they were looking for the same rabbits that fascinate one of our dogs. My thought was I hope tehy will nest…

Well I went out to put towels on the line a short while ago, and herd a buzzard call again. Within a couple of minutes three were circling directly overhead – one nearly landed in the big hybrid poplar just beyond the end of our garden.

Another went over very low, so low I could easily make out individual wing feathers.

After they went I fetched the camera, and managed to get one feeble snap of one of them, about 200 yards away. If this sunshine continues tea breaks will be in the garden with camera to hand!

Neil
16 March 2016 at 11:15 #230231
martin perman 1
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Neil,

You maybe interested in this site then http://upp.hawkandowl.org/norwich-peregrines/norwich-cathedral-peregrine-live-web-cam-2016/

Martin P
16 March 2016 at 11:21 #230233
Clive Hartland
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Regarding Hawks, here in Kent on the North Downs we have a visiting Hawk. He comes and circles and the Pigeons are up in the air mobbing it. Then the birds in the gardens are scared stiff and fly fast to safe places in the shrubbery and the Pigeons and Doves settle in the middle of the trees to feel safe.

The usual target is Ring neck Doves and we had one taken in the yard outside the garage with people less than 10 mtrs away and all it did was eat the brain out.

Clive
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