My week this week! My workshop videos

I bite the bullet once again, and take off the PTO shaft to relieve the tight bearing, which is nylon to metal, and will melt and self destruct if it is not right. I get the charging circuit working, although not at low rpm, but many fordson owners tell me that is how they are ! There may be a new regulator in the near future, as setting the old one up again when it is on the tractor is not easy access! Touch the paintwork up, and then as some light relief, I make a pair of moulding flasks for the copper casting experiment, It's all in my week this week!

Phil, in overcast, cool and cloudy East Yorkshire, Harvest is ON!

Another 3 day week!, Monday was my 70th birthday, so I took the day off, Tuesday was so unfeasably hot that I stayed home and sweltered! This is what remains! I finish the moulding flask, and get the sand mixed with the bentonite and wetted down, and then get sidetracked into a quick repair (why are they never quick) on the little Reid-EE sawbench. when I was at school I only got lines once! I had to write out 100 times "I must concentrate on the job in hand" I am living proof that the lines did not work!!

Phil, in unfeasably hot then dull and overcast East Yorkshire.

The furnace comes out for the first time, and works superbly well, the mould is made and the copper is poured, and a very good casting is made! I change the tractor engine oil, and find there is no oil filter in the cannister, just iike there was no fuel filter either!! well it has one now, and with new oil we have gained about 10 psi oil pressure, even though the oil pressure was good before. I have gone for the sae40 non detergent oil which is reccomended for working tractors. We round off the week with a day of antique metalwork repairs for my dealer friend, but only cover that briefly because we already have about an hour of vid this week, don't fall asleep! Phil, in Cool and wet East Yorkshire. Wot heat wave?

A varied week of highs, lows, and a poo run! I earned some money doing lots of very enjoyable little repairs to antique metalware, and it was all downhill from there! All I can say is it was a good thing that the weather was warm and sunny, or it would have been a lot worse! Join me in Yorkshire for a real rollercoaster of a week! Phil, in getting warmer East Yorkshire, the harvest is coming in!

I put the small pulley in the lathe and widen it for the A profile belt on the tractor, and then fit it, and now we are charging all the time! I Bore the copper disc casting to almost the correct diameter for the shaft to press fit, and then on to field work to get ready for the 2022 Wicani Jamboree, which involves tidying up and pressure washing everything, because once you have started with a pressure wash you just can't stop! Back to the workshop next week for the start on the Holbrook, and other fairy stories! Or is it?

Phil, Riding the heatwave in glorious East Yorkshire!

I finish the copper work on the "thing" sort the tractor charging, and then get on with a massive tidy up so I can get the Holbrook bed out from its hiding place to start the rebuild! Much else happens along the way!

Phil, Warm and sunny in east yorkshire

Yet another week of interuptions and "odd" jobs, but I get stuck into cleaning and paint removal, and by Friday the results are beginning to speak for themselves, But it was really dirty work!!

phil, basking in the late summer sun in East Yorkshire

Only a three day week, But a lot gets done! I get the headstock stripped and repainted in primer, and also after a couple of hours sanding, and needle gunning the base whilst in goggles and dust mask, I get that masked up and sprayed in red lead primer. There is a slight reaction with the original Holbrook casting filler primer, but nothing I can't cope with!! I get most of the headstock parts cleaned up, and polish the spindle and the gears and pulleys in the lathe Video will be out saturday, 4PM as usual, but I may sneak out saturday and see if I can sort the paint problems and get some black on!

Phil, in officially autumnal but still hot East Yorkshire!

A long video with a lot in it! I get down to the nitty gritty of some repairs on the SC box and selectors, quite a lot of lathecam on the covmac, but had to go to the colchester for knurling due to centre height! and get some paint on, Lots of polishing and washing goes on, and I realise the value of scotchbrite for polishing metals! I almost got 5 days in!

Phil, a wet week followed by a Friday scorcher in East Yorkshire!

A shorter vid this week which starts with gratuitous tumble dryer repairs, same dryer, different fault! cracked drum pivot (caused by stretch belt?) and then on to the Holbrook and a week of stripping, cleaning and repairing. One cannot fail to be impressed by the build quality of this machine. 92 years after its construction, and after quite a tough life, it is still in amazing condition!

Phil, in sunny but slightly autumnal East Yorkshire

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A short week, but I have turned the corner and started on the rebuild! new bearing felts, making a new bull pin, and the slightly fiddly task of assembling it all by myself without damaging anything, or scratching the bearings! It actually turned out easier than I thought once I got it all fitted up on the bench, then on to the bed, a couple of hours, and a revelation later I got the cams adjusted, and it all went together a treat!

Phil, Back to summer in East Yorkshire!

A good week with a lot of progress, the headstock bearings get adjuster correctly after some sage advice from the Holbrook Sage! Various broken bits get fixed, and various bodges are exposed! I remove the old pin from the back gear shaft, repair it and drill and fit a new one, I strip and clean the top slide and the cross slide, and eventually repair the missing pin from the topslide nut plus lots of other bits cleaned and fitted

Phil, A fair week and a Friday storm in East Yorkshire!

Another good week of fettling and eliminating some of the bad repairs and abuses this machine has suffered over the years. I spend much time degreasing the saddle to get the Belzona to stick, and hope I suceeded! I repair the broken Gear cover casting with MIG which is far from impossible, and sus out a scheme of repairing the rest!

Phil, in Cool and wet autumnal East Yorkshire.

A very trying week being Mr Pedantic and trying to get the gear cover repair EXACTLY right which tried my patience to the point where I took a midweek break and started work on building a waste oil burning insert for the wood stove! That will be continued, and I hope completed, next week. It is (or at least was) getting colder, and as I have about 75 litres of waste oil from the tractor rebuild and a regular source of expired chip oil, it would save a lot of woodcutting. I get back on the Holbrook on Friday, and it turns out really well! Sometimes it pays to take a break!

Phil, an indian summer in East Yorkshire

To continue from last weeks blurb, sometimes being pedantic pays off! I get the shaper and the mill fully back into commission, make a new vice jaw to replace the missing one on the shaper vice mill the weld off the new section for the gear cover, it falls apart and I settle on a new strategy fot order of assembly! With milling and shaping, tidying up and 3 foot long dreadlocks, its all in my week this week!

Phil, In exceedingly wet East Yorkshire

Hi Guys, sorry, no video this week, the covid got me, I am slowly recovering!

Phil

Hi all, I get back to the workshop on the Thursday of this week, was going to do friday as well, but circumstances overtook me and I never got there. As winter approaches fast I decided to crack on with the heating, and find the fan which is most suitable has knackered bearings, more on order as we speak. I have other fans I could use, but they are predomantly plastic, and although they would work, not really suitable for a burner! I also have a few gas boiler flue fans, but all have a 2" outlet! I will prevail! I will try to get back Monday and see how it goes, the fishermans freinds are a usefull anti cough!

Phil

There are also THREE others that I forgot to add to forums, please go to

https://www.youtube.com/@philhermetic/videos

to watch them!

Thanking you all for your continued support as I recover from the dread virus!!

Phil

Hi all, Just a short video to bring the 2022 fun and games to a close! I am not a great christmas fan, mainly because of the cold weather, the rampant consumerism and the cynical exploitation used to extract peoples cash! BAH HUMBUG!! Having said that it is a good excuse to do nothing with lots of good food and glasses of port and brandy, to aid the digestion and keep out the cold you understand, and strictly NOT to be enjoyed in any other way! Hope you all have a good time and don't over indulge too much A merry Yule to one and all!! It's flippin freezin in East Yorkshire

Have a great Xmas Phil. Stay out of the workshop if indulging heavily in the port & brandy.

ATB.

regards