Druid's 'Drema's Druidfab Attachments !!

**#1126** » 03:41:45, 25-09-2018

V8Druid skrev:.....there was now a can you just ?? ....

Strange! This seems to be an international code for: put everything else to the side and come here, now!

**#1127** » 10:52:28, 25-09-2018

PeterR skrev:
V8Druid skrev:.....there was now a can you just ?? ....

Strange! This seems to be an international code for: put everything else to the side and come here, now!

Spot on Peter :thummar:

..... you get that a lot too do you?? :skratta3:

.....
I wonder how they communicate it though :???:

or is it an inbuilt instinct that they're born with :huh:

**#1128** » 11:46:08, 25-09-2018

I believe it’s an instinct that comes with the DNA......

**#1129** » 12:50:00, 25-09-2018

We, men, are trained to it, but we did not recognise when it happend. :uupps:

**#1130** » 02:08:40, 28-09-2018

another lovely day yesterday and sky to finish off with

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sod all done yesterday, aside from entertaining lil' miss Clara .... not seen her for a week, as she and mummy have been visiting cousin Shem in Plymouth ... she made up for it .... and kept me on my toes all day !!

Squeak has turned 'Punk', with a green forehead .... god knows where he'd been

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and much to Clara's amusement

did manage to get a suss on me gate hinges after she'd gone home, in readiness for a crack at 'em today ..... after I'd lopped this up into 4, more manageable lumps, in readiness for a repatriation with Josh and Katie May, the next time we head down to Plymouth ...

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made for their wedding .. 5 years ago and been taking up space here ever since ... didn't want it slung out, so it had to be made more transportable ..... after I'd removed all the 'pretty' lights

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one of the many things I was tasked with, back then .... bit of a head scratcher at the time .... "you want what? .... how big? er .... ok see what I can do " the things we do

anyway ...... been a busy day today, on all the fiddlys for yon gates .. takes for ever to make the lil' bits, especially when they have to be mm accurate, to get it all to fit and work ...

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only two more to make ....... once I'd got a 'fit' sussed.

stuck some cross bars in't frames, suitably positioned to match an existing 'run line' and fitted the first pair, ready for a trial fit .....

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then set them up for a lift into position to suss the other pair of hinges ......

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the posts they're attaching to were perfect when i put them up about 5 years ago .... but being timber, have been subject to the vagaries of the UK climate and aren't as upright as they were, when they got set in concrete

so needed to tailor make the top hinge set ..... once i could measure up the discrepancies .....

enter the 'Drema to the fray

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and a bit of assistance

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suitable sussed, they went back on the bench ....

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and I turned my attentions to producing the bespoke top hinge set to allow for some bent/warped posts

by the time I was ready for a re-fit, my assistant had 'burgered off' to her keep fit class, so was a one man op getting it all back in spot and suitably 'fixed' in spot ........

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mission accomplished though ....

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big grin from 'the boss' on her return

now to dream up the next bit ...... infill and decoration

Certain people have been playing with 'templates' of what 'she'd' like, this afters.

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made the mistake of telling her I'd got several sheets of 2 & 3 mm stainless stashed away
yet another great skyline tonight .......

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**#1131** » 09:29:42, 30-09-2018

A bitt of odds and ends as usually... :eat:

I do like your gate hinges, swinging the gate out of harms way, not amused by the ones leaving the gate ( a portion of it and/or the hinge pin..) in the gateway. ( due to some misshapes that need no further mentioning... :vissla:

)

**#1132** » 09:41:36, 30-09-2018

Hear hear! :shake_hands:

**#1133** » 23:14:21, 01-10-2018

Skru'are skrev:We, men, are trained to it, but we did not recognise when it happend.

isn't that the truth :huh:

**#1134** » 23:19:18, 01-10-2018

jörgen.ottosson skrev:A bitt of odds and ends as usually...

I do like your gate hinges, swinging the gate out of harms way, not amused by the ones leaving the gate ( a portion of it and/or the hinge pin..) in the gateway. ( due to some misshapes that need no further mentioning... )

Got it in one Jörgen :thumme:

... reduces the opening width and allows for the 'odd incident' perhaps ..... still got the full 2550mm between the posts and nothing to catch your ankles (or anything else on) :grin:

Plus, in this instance ... when finished, hopefully it will look like just another fence panel, in the fence line :vissla:

**#1135** » 23:31:56, 01-10-2018

we got Clara-ed the following day so sod all was achieved other than mowing the grass after she'd departed :vissla:

crazy cat developed a new skill set :smile:

.... Mower Surfing :uupps:

... rode around the entire lawn, either on the bonnet or on my lap :screwy:

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not the greatest of pix, but was on the move :driver:

and almost dark :insomnia:

it was a beautiful day ..... up here at least though ... :vissla:

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..... was pretty bloody foggy, down in the village :eek:

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not a great deal achieved Friday either :sad:

... Pam's elderly farmer cuzs turned up, mid morning :vissla:

.... which slowed any progress ..... followed by more visitors after lunch, which damned near knackered the entire day ..... :sad:

did get the one end of the black shed finished off with a fresh coat of 'black bitch' and a few facia boards cut and painted ready to get the guttering up, for the inevitable winter downpours, in between the interruptions :thumme:

Now't done over the weekend too, as we've been down to Plymouth for Lil' Shem's 1st birthday and his christening gathering :hurra:

got back about half nine last night ... can't seem to better the 2hrs 20mins for the trip ..... dial 80mph and sit there for 170 miles .... bloody busy on the M5 motorway though ... will have to have a go much later in the evening next time we go down and see if I can better it :grin:

Fire guard fitted a treat :thummar:

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and was pretty well 'received' :grin:

..... took some getting in the back of the Golf though :eek:

.... was an 'only just' job and I mean ONLY !! :eek:

Forecast looks good for the coming week, so soon as my infill material arrives for yon gates, I can get those finished off and 'the boss' can get the paint brush out :vissla:

Should also have 40t of planings before the end of the week to play with too, so'll hopefully have some more usable space the spread a few bits out, to get at said stainless sheets, currently at the back and buried, to make Pam smile :smile:

..... yet again :vissla:

...... once they've had a talking to with the plasma :grin:

Day recovering from the weekend today and we've had Clara most of the day too :vissla:

..... plus I've an early start tomorrow ... up at 05.30 to be in Llandough hospital for a loooong hour plus, head first, in an MRI scanner ... again!! .... at 7.45 !!
don't think they realise it's a 100 mile round trip for me :driver:

... done enough mileage this weekend already :vissla:

.. gonna be pushing my luck :sad:

and ............I'm claustrophobic ... it's always a very loooooooooooooooong hour plus, laid in there, unable to move :eek:

Time for bed :bira:

**#1136** » 23:46:35, 01-10-2018

V8Druid skrev: when finished, hopefully it will look like just another fence panel, in the fence line

.. and hopefully no offence :vissla:

**#1137** » 23:49:34, 01-10-2018

magirus skrev:
V8Druid skrev: when finished, hopefully it will look like just another fence panel, in the fence line

.. and hopefully no offence

very good Mags :thummar:

**#1138** » 19:43:54, 06-10-2018

'Twas a loooong day Tuesday, as I said :sad:

.... 90 minutes in the MRI scanner is enough for anyone .... especially a claustrophobic Druid ... :huh:

back on the road by ten and home just after eleven ..... traffic much better at that time of day ... :thumme:

second breakfast and set to sorting the battery cables on the Thwaites :vissla:

..... she wouldn't start for me the other day, which is unusual and having looked at the battery connections, had decided it was time for some new ones and a good clean up of the earth point on the chassis. :idee3:

couple of new pole clamps and some fresh ends to the leads and she was away first flick !! :hurra:

Moved her to a new parking spot behind the 'Drema, for now .... trucks were going to need all the room I could give them when they arrived with the planings. :thummar:

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then spent some time with a paint brush on these ..... :sad:

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... started with the hard bit first .... and had 3 doors done by tea time :vissla:

been trying to get around to painting these a darker colour for a loooong time ... always something more urgent, when it's dry. :vissla:

As I've been waiting on the planings and materials to finish the gates, I thought I'd use the dry time to get these done :grin:

... another ear ache-er :sad:

to be ticked off the list, when they're finished !! :hurra:

Plus it'd be nice to have 'em not quite so conspicuous from the top of the drive !! :uupps:

spent a lot of wednesday, between interruptions finishing off the doors .. :vissla:

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and a bit around the side that has a bit of damage to it .... been there since I bought the box, 30 odd years ago and makes it a bit difficult to roller it, so slapped the brush over it whilst I had it 'wet', after the finnicky bits on't doors. :thumme:

been on t'other end on/off thursday, again between interruptions and Clara.
unknown to me ... SWMBO had been sneaking a few pix :smile:

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Phone call late afternoon ... was I at home about 6.30 tonight to take delivery of ........ 40t of planings .... you betcha. :hurra:

phone call 6:15 from a truck driver for directions from the main drag and ten minutes later I can hear them rolling down the drive way :grin:

...
no. 1 in, turned and tipping ... :smile:

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no. 2 in and turning round, ready to hop into his mates wheel tracks ... :vissla:

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up alongside, so no.1 can get back out ..... :thumme:

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and swapped around with no. 2 tipped ready to depart.... :hurra:

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good job Pam was up in the window taking pix .... I was way too busy 'marshaling' traffic !! :lmao:

Nice bit of stuff .... :thummar:

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and a good pile of black top for spreading about.... :vissla:

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scored a bit of scrap too .... old cast iron cat's eye!! :skratta3:

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was gonna get the last little bit of the box ends done the next morning and set about relocating this lot to where I want it, perhaps, ... was 'sposed to rain friday evening so didn't really want to crack on with the boxes, if they were gonna get rained on . :sad:

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that said .... was going to see what the morning brought, weather-wise .... they never get it right these days !!!! :vissla:

spent the day yesterday ........ painting !! :sad:

boxes were so dry it just had to be done ....... :huh:

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they've shrunk !! :grin:

amazing the difference the darker colour makes ... no longer look like they dominate me patch :cool:

body is wrecked this morning after doing the roofs and finished about half six last night ..... that's a lotta square metres of paint :eek:

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the one's a doddle as it's flat :thumme:

.... the others are corrugated so much harder work to cover .... fabricator's friend slaps it on........with me behind it .... have had LOT of practice :lmao:

what I couldn't get at will get done as and when things get moved :vissla:

was gonna have the morning spreading planings today .... visitors this afternoon so that's the afternoon buggered :sad: