slim_boy_fat
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Stop being difficult!
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Stop being difficult!
- you know what I meant. 
Hood
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Stopped off at the workshop to cut some hinges and other bits for the table from 12mm 5083 and pick up some 6" x 1/4" angle.
Two of the hinges welded onto the table frame.
The other two will be for the back section of the table that will be approx 3m wide by 1.7m long. It is quite hard to pull that section up a there is obviously a lot of weight in it and you are not really getting much of a pull due to the angle. Once it has lifted a bit then it is easy enough to fold over but the initial tilting is always a pain. I made a simple device for one of the Cats I did last month and it is just basically a hinged pole which drops into a couple of sockets on the table and means the angle of the hauling rope is much better for lifting. I have not seen it in action but the skipper has said to me on a couple of occasions how easy it is to use, he can now lift the table one handed where before it took two of them to do it. Anyway after that long story that is what the other parts are in the pic of the plasma cut parts.
Got the table sheeted with 5mm 5083 and it was lifted into place just before I headed home.
Wind wasn't quite so strong today this is the view from my car while I had my dinner.
Two of the hinges welded onto the table frame.
The other two will be for the back section of the table that will be approx 3m wide by 1.7m long. It is quite hard to pull that section up a there is obviously a lot of weight in it and you are not really getting much of a pull due to the angle. Once it has lifted a bit then it is easy enough to fold over but the initial tilting is always a pain. I made a simple device for one of the Cats I did last month and it is just basically a hinged pole which drops into a couple of sockets on the table and means the angle of the hauling rope is much better for lifting. I have not seen it in action but the skipper has said to me on a couple of occasions how easy it is to use, he can now lift the table one handed where before it took two of them to do it. Anyway after that long story that is what the other parts are in the pic of the plasma cut parts.
Got the table sheeted with 5mm 5083 and it was lifted into place just before I headed home.
Wind wasn't quite so strong today this is the view from my car while I had my dinner.
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I don't any more, I gave up the sea about 25 years ago and now I repair and fit out the boats as well as other welding, milling and turning work.
The boats I do most work for are creel fishing for Lobster and Crab.
Hood
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Plenty velvets but not much prawns at Arbroath but a few of the Arbroath boats work out of Pittenweem and fish for Prawns in the Forth area.
I did a hopper , gantry and shelter extension to one of those boats earlier on in the year, few pics below.
I did a hopper , gantry and shelter extension to one of those boats earlier on in the year, few pics below.
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Agree, also in a fire that metal frame house will fold like an accordion where as a wooden framed house will hold out much longer.
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Today I made my car warm 
It only yook me 5 months of on-and-off browsing to find out where the thermostat was hidden on my C180K. Hidden in plain view as the saying goes.
Instead of changing the stat, which I'd asked them to do at the last MOT, they found a host of other problems. The MOT cost me £866
That aside, this could be the reason for the cool running
Now, there's a lot of debate on the forums about whether to use genuine Merc replacement stats or after-market ones. I opted for a Quintin Hazell. Good reliable OEM supplier, yes? Well, the old stat has a flange OD of 47.75mm and the OD of the replacement was 48.1mm
Consequently it got stuck in the hole when I tried to ease it in. Oh, and the retaining ears need bending out, too, so that it clipped into the plastic elbow. After two trips through the house to visit the off-hand grinder it slipped in nicely
Job's a good'un
A total of 35 minutes, a lot of which was spent sucking the coolant from the header tank with a turkey baster (I couldn't find a piece of tubing to syphon it).
A quick run round the block and the needle comes off the stop after 400 yards and everything is toasty again. £27.74 for the stat, £2.90 for a turkey baster and £11.39 for a set of Marchine Mart 'E' sockets (I could have got a single one for £3.99 less discount from Halfords but you never know when you might meed another size...) - £42-03 and no coolant wasted. I hate to think what that would have cost at the local garage.
It only yook me 5 months of on-and-off browsing to find out where the thermostat was hidden on my C180K. Hidden in plain view as the saying goes.
Instead of changing the stat, which I'd asked them to do at the last MOT, they found a host of other problems. The MOT cost me £866
That aside, this could be the reason for the cool running
Now, there's a lot of debate on the forums about whether to use genuine Merc replacement stats or after-market ones. I opted for a Quintin Hazell. Good reliable OEM supplier, yes? Well, the old stat has a flange OD of 47.75mm and the OD of the replacement was 48.1mm
Consequently it got stuck in the hole when I tried to ease it in. Oh, and the retaining ears need bending out, too, so that it clipped into the plastic elbow. After two trips through the house to visit the off-hand grinder it slipped in nicely
Job's a good'un
A total of 35 minutes, a lot of which was spent sucking the coolant from the header tank with a turkey baster (I couldn't find a piece of tubing to syphon it).
A quick run round the block and the needle comes off the stop after 400 yards and everything is toasty again. £27.74 for the stat, £2.90 for a turkey baster and £11.39 for a set of Marchine Mart 'E' sockets (I could have got a single one for £3.99 less discount from Halfords but you never know when you might meed another size...) - £42-03 and no coolant wasted. I hate to think what that would have cost at the local garage.
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Theres a lot of clever engineers in Scotland, Its a genetic thing. I reckon the fear of wasting money makes them want to do it right first time and make it to last forever
Hood
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Ha ha I never have any money so obviously I am not one of themTheres a lot of clever engineers in Scotland, Its a genetic thing. I reckon the fear of wasting money makes them want to do it right first time and make it to last forever
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My old dad was a jock. He only accepted perfection and it had to be bullet proof and last forever. Remember the saying 'clyde built' I reckon lang lathes and smt pressbrakes are a good example amongst MANY fine machines and ships made in Scotland
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Spoke like a true scot , denying having any money!Ha ha I never have any money so obviously I am not one of them
Hood
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I don't deny having it, keeping a hold of it is my problem, always a nice new toy to buy and I can't resist.Spoke like a true scot , denying having any money!
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Sounds familiar
slim_boy_fat
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Theres a lot of clever engineers in Scotland, Its a genetic thing. I reckon the fear of wasting money makes them want to do it right first time and make it to last forever
Oi!!! Them's
words, but in view of your post #4628 we'll let you off this time. 