Took me a second to work out that Clorchards wasn't orchards (sometimes my dyslexia amazes me!) and indeed is a french word for begger!
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Memmeddu
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Didn't know ,I thought that was an universal word to say what in Italian literally translates in "roofless"I had to look it up as well
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I have the Lidl version, looks identical except it is green. The plastic trough is a bit wobbly but it works well keeping edges nice and cool.
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Happy day. 
I finally got the contents of my storage unit relocated, and temporary electric service ( extension cord 
) to a couple of machines. So today I finished up a support washer for a motorbike mirror, which fits in the end of the handlebar on my old BSA. Without a supporting end piece that fits into the tail end of the handlebar, the mirror has a tendency to shift position or interfere with the throttle; don't know why an end fitting isn't provided with these mirrors for a proper installation.
I finally got the contents of my storage unit relocated, and temporary electric service ( extension cord ) to a couple of machines. So today I finished up a support washer for a motorbike mirror, which fits in the end of the handlebar on my old BSA. Without a supporting end piece that fits into the tail end of the handlebar, the mirror has a tendency to shift position or interfere with the throttle; don't know why an end fitting isn't provided with these mirrors for a proper installation. 
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I am sick to death of painting. That's the second lot of black steelwork, and I've painted my brother's new welding table. Everything had red oxide as well.
The cheap spray gun is giving me grief with unpredictable air pressures too. It's working, but getting binned at the end.
I'll pull the table frame and top out tonight and spray the topsides of the steelwork... fingers crossed last session!
The cheap spray gun is giving me grief with unpredictable air pressures too. It's working, but getting binned at the end.
I'll pull the table frame and top out tonight and spray the topsides of the steelwork... fingers crossed last session!
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Looks good
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That is a lovely shade of orange
Edward Teach
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I will be going past Castelo Branco next year if restrictions permit, riding The TET
Prajna
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Take a little detour up the Gardunha close by CB for a better view of the world, Ed.
Edit: Ah, just looked at the link. Seems that this is right where you'll be. Those rocks are Gardunha rocks.
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Nice to have a big empty barn to paint in. When dad's hay barn is empty I use that as it's right next to the workshop.
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I only know of 1 fuel station that makes you get off your bike when filling up, in Crickhowell, Wales
I sit on my bike when I fill the tank because,
1) I can see how much fuel is in the tank of my KTM640 - 20 litre tank, I don't always want it filled right up, it is quite heavy,
2) I want the tank on my ZX12R filled to the maximum, on its side stand, leaning over !
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It's our sheep barn and backs on to my workshop, very handy in the summer for this sort of thing
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I made a bick of sorts to help me forge some round ring like stuff (for scythe handles and also a retaining ring for the scythe blade itself)
Should probably have made a longer shank for the hardy hole, but it was pretty tiring work, it seems to hold well when I try and beat on it. Eventually I might point it to make it more flexible, fo rnow I will just clean up the surfaces.
Should probably have made a longer shank for the hardy hole, but it was pretty tiring work, it seems to hold well when I try and beat on it. Eventually I might point it to make it more flexible, fo rnow I will just clean up the surfaces.
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A few coats of Tractol primer & "Claret Red" paint applied with a roller over the evenings of this week and it's finished:
If you've been paying attention, you'll notice the switches have moved. I realised that if I put the power supply up on stilts, I could spin the front plate around and move the switches further away from the disc. That took a lot of rewiring and general mucking about, making me wish I'd thought of it before, but I got there in the end.
I used it this morning to flatten the back of a 50 mm chisel and then grind the bevel square and it made the job really easy. It was a fair way off flat on the back so it would have taken a long time to sort it out by hand. I followed that up with a #4 plane iron and again it was quick and easy (with the iron staying nice and cool). Both tools had a final touch-up on a waterstone, but that only took a few seconds given that everything was square and flat.
Now I just need to write it up for my website I guess.
If you've been paying attention, you'll notice the switches have moved. I realised that if I put the power supply up on stilts, I could spin the front plate around and move the switches further away from the disc. That took a lot of rewiring and general mucking about, making me wish I'd thought of it before, but I got there in the end.
I used it this morning to flatten the back of a 50 mm chisel and then grind the bevel square and it made the job really easy. It was a fair way off flat on the back so it would have taken a long time to sort it out by hand. I followed that up with a #4 plane iron and again it was quick and easy (with the iron staying nice and cool). Both tools had a final touch-up on a waterstone, but that only took a few seconds given that everything was square and flat.
Now I just need to write it up for my website I guess.
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Is that the standard way of making your anvil captive to the block in your locality ? Or Is it like that because you've used numerous lengths of timber to make the block up ?I made a bick of sorts to help me forge some round ring like stuff (for scythe handles and also a retaining ring for the scythe blade itself)
Should probably have made a longer shank for the hardy hole, but it was pretty tiring work, it seems to hold well when I try and beat on it. Eventually I might point it to make it more flexible, fo rnow I will just clean up the surfaces.
