Stuff you have made today

[500e]

May I ask what sliding door gear you are using?

will get you part No's later in week

 

[Fraserb]

Made some dust, been some spell of weather to crack on, other than a slight technical issue mid week been flat out.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Made some dust, been some spell of weather to crack on, other than a slight technical issue mid week been flat out.

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I used to love fixing combines, it's been twenty years since I played with one and I miss it from time to time!

 

[minimutly]

I used to love fixing combines, it's been twenty years since I played with one and I miss it from time to time!

Rats is my experience of them, eating looms, and lots of junction box covers all over the place.

 

[Fraserb]

I used to love fixing combines, it's been twenty years since I played with one and I miss it from time to time!

This was the first time in 6 seasons ours has stopped us cutting, swallowed a stone at not machines fault, only other issues have been a chewed wire for a sensor and fried the GPS on the roof after I brushed some power cables.

 

[500e]

What sort of tonnage?

 

[Fraserb]

What sort of tonnage?

Through the machine in total or what it's yielding. If yield then wheats averaging about 4.5 ton to the acre so far

 

[cr500dom]

A mess mainly but a few I’m not ashamed of
First time ever TIG on 1.5mm Aluminium

 

[sako243]

Made some dust, been some spell of weather to crack on, other than a slight technical issue mid week been flat out.

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Could be worse a friend in North Wales sent me this

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

Could be worse a friend in North Wales sent me this
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I used to fit fire supression system to Combines in the past. Took 3 days to route the pipes.
It is a shame more are not being fitted.

 

[Cheesie]

A mess mainly but a few I’m not ashamed of
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Get yourself some 2 or 3mm much easier, if you dip the tip, stop clean and re start, let the plate cool before laying your next bead once the job gets heat saturated things can get messy

 

[Maker]

Could be worse a friend in North Wales sent me this
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Not a combine but this went up about a mile from me last week.




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.

 

[Mick Annick]

Made some dust, been some spell of weather to crack on, other than a slight technical issue mid week been flat out.

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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

 

[awemawson]

Bale him / her / them up. I'm sure a picnic party would fit neatly in a large heston

 

[Fraserb]

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.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Through the machine in total or what it's yielding. If yield then wheats averaging about 4.5 ton to the acre so far

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!

 

[cr500dom]

Get yourself some 2 or 3mm much easier, if you dip the tip, stop clean and re start, let the plate cool before laying your next bead once the job gets heat saturated things can get messy

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

 

[bigegg]

Over the years I have done some jobs I know for a fact nobody would have taken on and been successful but there have been a very small number of jobs, all of which I remember, where I know for certain nobody else could have done, these are the special jobs.

To quote Pratchett:

But that was the bargain - you shod anything they brought to you, anything, and the payment was that you could shoe anything.

Being the best is its own reward and price.

 

[northwest]

To quote Pratchett:

Absolutely lovely man, very fragile grip on reality.

 

[bigegg]

Absolutely lovely man, very fragile grip on reality.

The very best people often have.

Also the very worst.