Stuff you have fixed today

[Maker]

Thanks @Onoff. That looks like a virtually identical gauge, other than the company. Since it was manufactured or sold to a boiler company, it seems logical that it could have been used on a boiler or on some kind of steam equipment.

I just tried applying some air pressure to the gauge. The mechanism seems to be working smoothly, but I have NO idea if it's even reasonably accurate anymore. When I applied exactly 35 PSI of air to it, the gauge read 64. The closest pressure unit equivalent to 35 PSI I've found was 71 inches of mercury, which isn't terribly far off, considering that the gauge is probably way out of calibration. Inches of mercury is/was commonly used to measure atmospheric pressure, so that would be a possible unit for an 'altitude' gauge. Maybe one of our steam afficionados would know more about it.

I think it's probably feet of water, 35 PSI equates to 80 feet.

 

[Blue Chips]

I think it's probably feet of water, 35 PSI equates to 80 feet.

35 PSI = about 71 inches of mercury or roughly 81 feet of water. Even though the 64 reading on the gauge that I got from applying 35 PSI is closer to 71 than 80, the gauge could be, and probably IS, way off.

It appears that @Maker is correct. I just found this listing in the 1920 National Boilers, Radiators and Specialties Catalog. The gauge is virtually the same as mine, and it says that it measures the height of the column of water in the system, in which case it would have to be feet of water. Apparently, my gauge is badly in need of calibration.

 

[sako243]

Kept breaking this locking eye off and picking up another bale of hay for the horse meant I spent 10 minutes grinding back the old rubbish and welding it back on. It's not tidy but the whole headstock was a lash up and is slowly being broken apart but for a lash up it's picked up 2t comfortably and probably shifted 500t plus since built.

Only needs really to take the weight of the headstock when crowded down below 45°, just means I'm less likely to lose the headstock into the stable when tipping the bale off.

 

[qwakers]

well that was a lot of sweat...

final grade and compacted

road fabric and shuttering completed (i know its not straight. i ran out of motivation. never let perfect be the enemy of good enough. its not as bad as it looks in that pic) it gets wider as it gets closer to the road as the depth increases. this is intentional.

and poured. 3/4 ton of aggregate(a guess, may be less...), and 2.5 bags of cement.

i am absolutely knackered.

im even more knackered today....
but i am getting there.

sharp sand dumped ready for the surface.

and one ton of aggregate dropped down dads yard to fill a couple of low spots

 

[qwakers]

oh and as a side note. trailer towed perfectly. no bouncing at all except over speed bumps. whereas when empty before i had issues with it bouncing constantly over the slightest bump. there is a side effect that you feel every bump it goes over in the car much more than before, but that's to be expected.