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Labour Saving and General Guntering

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    #4352
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Quick one....Roll pins.

    Can u drive out a roll pin either way? Tks.


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    #4353
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,218 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    It "should".
    Having the right size drift/punch is half the battle.

    Haybob tines are a useful diameter for the common size roll pin.
    Wear goggles.


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    #4354
    Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Farmer


    Generally yes, unless one end got abused and has flattened out a bit


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    #4355
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,664 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Ya, but I'm a self taught mechanic like Neks, a squeeze of a vice grip when it's half way out helps. Use a new one to replace it.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #4356
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Cheers lads. Not a haybob thankfully! They are a b*t*h to get out what with trying to stop the reels turning.

    I've to get the rams on sheargrab looked at. The chrome on rods has pitted and l noticed one leaking a drop so best get them done now than when there's hungry mouths to feed!
    The pins on end of ram are held in place by rollpins.


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    #4357
    Attie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 495 ✭✭Attie


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    It "should".
    Having the right size drift/punch is half the battle.

    Haybob tines are a useful diameter for the common size roll pin.
    Wear goggles.


    Roll pin punch set mighty job.


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    #4358
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,775 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    I had to take out some roll pins on the new spreader I bought a while back. Plenty of wd40 and a proper set of punches and they came out easy enough.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #4359
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Attie wrote: »
    Roll pin punch set mighty job.

    Have them ;)


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    #4360
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    Love it when a plan comes together! :)


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    #4361
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,446 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Muckit wrote: »
    Love it when a plan comes together! :)

    Nice


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    #4362
    ganmo
    Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    Muckit wrote: »
    Love it when a plan comes together! :)

    I love it when a plan needs a big hammer


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    #4363
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,775 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Never knew there was a specialised punch for roll pins. I just used a regular round one.
    I do have a set of transfer punches, if anyone is wondering what they are used for....:rolleyes:

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #4364
    Aravo
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Aravo


    Was changing the oil in the rotary mower. Had to weld on a bolt to open the oil in the bed area. Never checked the gear box Bolt at that time. Now its one of those square heads that spanners don't fit. Is the only option here to also weld on a Bolt. Have used loads of wd40. Any good tips for these square head yolks.


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    #4365
    Nekarsulm
    Registered Users Posts: 11,218 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Aravo wrote: »
    Was changing the oil in the rotary mower. Had to weld on a bolt to open the oil in the bed area. Never checked the gear box Bolt at that time. Now its one of those square heads that spanners don't fit. Is the only option here to also weld on a Bolt. Have used loads of wd40. Any good tips for these square head yolks.

    Often they are the size of the square drive on a half inch socket/ratchet.


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    #4366
    emaherx
    Registered Users Posts: 6,115 ✭✭✭emaherx


    Aravo wrote: »
    Was changing the oil in the rotary mower. Had to weld on a bolt to open the oil in the bed area. Never checked the gear box Bolt at that time. Now its one of those square heads that spanners don't fit. Is the only option here to also weld on a Bolt. Have used loads of wd40. Any good tips for these square head yolks.

    If it's a square stud sticking up an adjustable spanner normally works.


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    #4367
    Base price
    Registered Users Posts: 11,267 ✭✭✭✭Base price


    Stillson wrench is what we use for square heads.


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    #4368
    Aravo
    Registered Users Posts: 870 ✭✭✭Aravo


    Base price wrote:
    Stillson wrench is what we use for square heads.


    Stillson did the trick and I had it well rung with the adjustable and vicegrips. After I got it off I put a large nut over it and welded it. A small welder is a godsend for all those small jobs.


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    #4369
    blue5000
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,664 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Anybody else come across these gate handles?

    452987.jpg

    They work by compressing the spring when the gap is closed instead of pulling it. At long last some designer understands Hooke's law.

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



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    #4370
    Reggie.
    Registered Users Posts: 24,446 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    blue5000 wrote: »
    Anybody else come across these gate handles?

    452987.jpg

    They work by compressing the spring when the gap is closed instead of pulling it. At long last some designer understands Hooke's law.

    That's a good job there


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    #4371
    Muckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Muckit


    They look an excellent job. Is it your own or did u see it somewhere?

    I suppose what I'm really asking is where can they b got!!??


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    #4372
    Farmer
    Registered Users Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Farmer


    Last bunch I got were in local FRS.
    Online here also

    http://www.frscahir.ie/proddetail.php?prod=IC1022&Stainless-Steel-Spring-Handle


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    #4373
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,775 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Handy tip. Grease nipple broke off leaving only the threaded part in this 45deg type in a PTO shaft. Tapped in a Torx drive and turned it out with the ratchet.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #4374
    riemann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,063 ✭✭✭riemann


    https://www.coopsuperstores.ie/Farming/Farm-Hardware--Equipment/Fencing/Fencing-Accessories/Gallagher-Soft-Touch-Handle-4pack-0761027?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI0YSWsqHM2wIVDOEbCh1yfAoJEAQYBCABEgKTVPD_BwE

    Ive been fitting these handles for years and they work using compression, even some cheaper one's I've bought did the same.

    The picture above is quite inelegant and seems overly complicated for what is a very simple mechanism.

    Unless I'm missing something very obvious..


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    #4375
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,775 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Latest project, hydraulic log splitter.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #4376
    Thepillowman
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭Thepillowman


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Latest project, hydraulic log splitter.

    Built one similar a few years ago after a while extended the table with some 3mm plate about the size of your base. Very handy for large blocks as you have somewhere to stack them after you do the first split. You can also stack a good few small ones and split them all together or if you have another person they can throw up a good few while you are splitting, just a thought.


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    #4377
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users Posts: 10,775 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Thepillowman wrote: »
    Built one similar a few years ago after a while extended the table with some 3mm plate about the size of your base. Very handy for large blocks as you have somewhere to stack them after you do the first split. You can also stack a good few small ones and split them all together or if you have another person they can throw up a good few while you are splitting, just a thought.
    Ya, I was thinking the same today as I used it for the first time. Table height is ideal. Would be handy to have a bag holder on the other side too.

    'When I was a boy we were serfs, slave minded. Anyone who came along and lifted us out of that belittling, I looked on them as Gods.' - Dan Breen



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    #4378
    Thepillowman
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭Thepillowman


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Ya, I was thinking the same today as I used it for the first time. Table height is ideal. Would be handy to have a bag holder on the other side too.

    Now you are thinking or a conveyor with a hydraulic motor


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    #4379
    TomOnBoard
    Registered Users Posts: 5,110 ✭✭✭TomOnBoard


    ganmo wrote: »
    I love it when a plan needs a big hammer

    Sometimes a big hammer IS the plan ...


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    #4380
    gctest50
    Registered Users Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭gctest50


    Thepillowman wrote: »
    Now you are thinking or a conveyor with a hydraulic motor

    Or go experimenting







    ( cutaway and RPMs in video .... )



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    #4381
    zetecescort
    Registered Users Posts: 5,122 ✭✭✭zetecescort


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Latest project, hydraulic log splitter.

    often thought of making one or adapting a bought one to suit the loader. have the trailer on the back and do the splitting in the field


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