Labour Saving and General Guntering

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hate cast iron....

Tasty enough all the same

foxy farmer

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Hate cast iron....

Was asked to weld an old cast iron garden seat about 12 years ago. A few of the cross bars were cracked. Turned into a total nightmare. As soon as i'd weld the crack it would crack within minutes right next to the weld. Had cast iron rods and gave it small picks of the welder but still no good. Found out after that heating with a torch is a great help.

Nekarsulm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Was asked to weld an old cast iron garden seat about 12 years ago. A few of the cross bars were cracked. Turned into a total nightmare. As soon as i'd weld the crack it would crack within minutes right next to the weld. Had cast iron rods and gave it small picks of the welder but still no good. Found out after that heating with a torch is a great help.

Slow cooling is the secret. If its a small enough piece, build a coal fire and get the broken pieces almost red hot. Weld them together and bury back in the coals.
Leave it there till the fire goes out and cools.
That handle is brazed. Brazing is easier, good oxy torch will do the job. Give it a few small heats afterwards and leave to cool

mayota

Took the deck off lawnmower, got it sandblasted and then dipped. Hopefully extend it's life.image.jpg

SCOL

Great job, how much did it cost ?

mayota

SCOL wrote: »

Great job, how much did it cost ?

Friend sandblasted it and sent it too galvanisers. I'd say €20 for blasting and €20 if that for dipping.image.jpg

jack of all

mayota wrote: »

Friend sandblasted it and sent it too galvanisers. I'd say €20 for blasting and €20 if that for dipping.image.jpg

Would you give it a coat of stonechip/ underbody sealer to help preserve the galavanise from the worst?

Zr105

jack of all wrote: »

Would you give it a coat of stonechip/ underbody sealer to help preserve the galavanise from the worst?

Would the undersealer not leave it with the textured surface tho that grass would stick to where as the galv would be smooth and a quick rinse of a hose would knock most off?

mayota

jack of all wrote: »

Would you give it a coat of stonechip/ underbody sealer to help preserve the galavanise from the worst?

Think I'll leave it as it is, it needs to be smooth for the grass not to stick.

Reggie.

mayota wrote: »

Friend sandblasted it and sent it too galvanisers. I'd say €20 for blasting and €20 if that for dipping.image.jpg

I said it before and ill say it again.....

Shiney

onyerbikepat

The ring feeders I repaired with 0.9mm galvanised sheeting. I also welded some angle to the inside as it was there the last sheeting started to peel away first.

onyerbikepat

The frame I welded up for the Drinking Bowl. I bolted it to the cubicle so I can move it if I like. What do you think, should I wrap some steel around the front, to stop the cows from breaking it?

TheBody

onyerbikepat wrote: »

The frame I welded up for the Drinking Bowl. I bolted it to the cubicle so I can move it if I like. What do you think, should I wrap some steel around the front, to stop the cows from breaking it?

I definitely would.

Some tasty work there. Well done.

Nekarsulm

onyerbikepat wrote: »

The frame I welded up for the Drinking Bowl. I bolted it to the cubicle so I can move it if I like. What do you think, should I wrap some steel around the front, to stop the cows from breaking it?

With the weekend that's in it, Wrap that Rascal
Very neat job there.

Reggie.

onyerbikepat wrote: »

The frame I welded up for the Drinking Bowl. I bolted it to the cubicle so I can move it if I like. What do you think, should I wrap some steel around the front, to stop the cows from breaking it?

I'd see how ya go and if it looks like it needs it then weld away. Must put up a pic of my own

9935452

TheBody wrote: »

I definitely would.

Some tasty work there. Well done.

It wold be worth giving it a small bit of protection. Cattle have a habit of scratching off of anything. Personally id bend a short length of inch pipe with the same diameter of the bowl and weld it on.
Nice job though

raypallas

Here's a pallet forks i made up late last year, forks and euro brackets and 100mm flat cost about €180 and i had 100mm box left over after another job. Would be lost without it now.

Reggie.

raypallas wrote: »

Here's a pallet forks i made up late last year, forks and euro brackets and 100mm flat cost about €180 and i had 100mm box left over after another job. Would be lost without it now.

You forgot the pic raypallas

just do it

raypallas wrote: »

Here's a pallet forks i made up late last year, forks and euro brackets and 100mm flat cost about €180 and i had 100mm box left over after another job. Would be lost without it now.

Think you need around 25 posts before you can put up a pic. Pity as I'd like to see it

Reggie.

Here's my drinker bracket

onyerbikepat

Reggie. wrote: »

Here's my drinker bracket

My cubicles are right into the wall, so I couldn't get a plate in at the back.

Reggie.

onyerbikepat wrote: »

My cubicles are right into the wall, so I couldn't get a plate in at the back.

Its handy for lowering or raising the drinker

raypallas

Reggie. wrote: »

You forgot the pic raypallas

Sorry reggie can't stick one up! Goin to be a while i think its 50 posts!!! So its goin to be a while!

Kovu

If you use an image hosting site like photobucket or Imgur, I can embed the pics for you if you message them to me.

raypallas

Kovu wrote:

If you use an image hosting site like photobucket or Imgur, I can embed the pics for you if you message them to me. 

i am new enough to posting on boards, how do i pm you the pics?

Kovu

raypallas wrote: »

i am new enough to posting on boards, how do i pm you the pics?

Do you know how to use a hosting site like Imgur? Just upload the photos there and links will appear on the right hand side which you can copy & paste. Then click here and it will bring you straight to messaging me.

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

Do you know how to use a hosting site like Imgur? Just upload the photos there and links will appear on the right hand side which you can copy & paste. Then click here and it will bring you straight to messaging me.

Hope the pics are civil now

foxy farmer

foxy farmer wrote: »

Bender for rebar. 2 rollers off scrapped vibrating roller destined to make a concrete filled land roller. Couldnt locate a third one. Heavy enough to stay put when in use. Could bend 2 bars at a time but its hard work. Haven't used it on 5/8 bar but would be capable of doing it I'd say.

main pics too big.

Reggie.

foxy farmer wrote: »

main pics too big.

Very nice foxy

foxy farmer

Here are 2 more.

foxy farmer

I'll try again

foxy farmer

Third time lucky maybe.

Muckit

Do you do steel fixing for tanks etc foxy?

Nekarsulm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Third time lucky maybe.

A double acting ram and a spool valve to the tractor, and you'd be flying!
Like the bench, engineered on a massive scale!

foxy farmer

Muckit wrote: »

Do you do steel fixing for tanks etc foxy?

Just my own jobs. Not a job I particularly like. First slatted house was done by contractor. Roof was almost on when i realised he had built house smaller than ordered. He finished job but at reduced price. Prxxk. Ever since any building to be done i tackle it myself. Silage slab and walls second slatted house workshop all done by myself and a bit of local help. Once i see what a job entails once it stays in my head

onyerbikepat

Nothing like doing a job yourself. At least you know it's done right. What would sorry me though, is maybe putting the rebar in the wrong place etc. Hard to undo a mistake when the concrete is poured.

Connemara Farmer

Improvised Connemara bale trailer, could carry two round bales of straw at a time. Quad pulled it uphill and through mud easily, don't think it'd make it through anywhere soft mind you!

Photo too big, will have to add that off laptop in a while.

Muckit

Is it a sled or a trailer? ! I'm curious now!

Connemara Farmer

It's not as exciting as you think Muckit

Muckit

A decent galvanised trailer with wheels that go round and everything. Sorry. Disqualified. Too good for the guntering thread!

Is that the sheep tunnel in background? Looking tasty.

foxy farmer

Neighbour had a BB Inspection lately. He was told to put a box around the fuseboard in the dairy . Old type 6 way screw in type fuseboard. Anyway Muggins here was asked to come up with something that would fit in a tight space. Made a 9x9x5 box out of flat galv sheet with a hinged perspex window. Forgot to take a pic of the finished article. Heres 2 without the window.

Reggie.

foxy farmer wrote: »

Neighbour had a BB Inspection lately. He was told to put a box around the fuseboard in the dairy . Old type 6 way screw in type fuseboard. Anyway Muggins here was asked to come up with something that would fit in a tight space. Made a 9x9x5 box out of flat galv sheet with a hinged perspex window. Forgot to take a pic of the finished article. Heres 2 without the window.

Very nice. Your abit of a dap hand at the auld guntering

onyerbikepat

Not mine but a nifty way of bending sheet metal. Half thinking of making one. I'll be able to make some feed troughs from all that stainless sheeting thrown out at work.

Reggie.

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Not mine but a nifty way of bending sheet metal. Half thinking of making one. I'll be able to make some feed troughs from all that stainless sheeting thrown out at work.

Wouldn't be too hard to make id say

foxy farmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Very nice. Your abit of a dap hand at the auld guntering

Would prefer it to beef farming any day.

Milton09

Upped the size of the wheels on the baler to 550 22.5 floatation. Consequently need to put in spacers over the axle to get enough clearance on the mudguards, 2 X 10mm plates each side - job done !

have2flushtwice

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/mattsimis/850CSI/Pipe%20Flare/IMG_0851copy.jpg

found this one on the motors thread. 100 psi held together with jubilee clips.

Reggie.

have2flushtwice wrote: »

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/mattsimis/850CSI/Pipe%20Flare/IMG_0851copy.jpg

found this one on the motors thread. 100 psi held together with jubilee clips.

It'll be grand

have2flushtwice

Till he starts it!

9935452

have2flushtwice wrote: »

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g136/mattsimis/850CSI/Pipe%20Flare/IMG_0851copy.jpg

found this one on the motors thread. 100 psi held together with jubilee clips.

To be fair we all have air hoses for compressor with fittings held on them by jubilie clips and they have 100-150 psi in them