Druid's 'Drema's Druidfab Attachments !!

**#1171** » 02:03:56, 07-11-2018

guess what I've been doing yesterday ?? :vissla:

found a 2m x 1m in the pile ... ideal :thummar:

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the noble art of 'nesting' .... used to do a lot of that!! :grin:

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four down - several more to go :vissla:

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a little torch 'attention' required :thumme:

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light lunch ..... coffee and Pam's GF Cappuccino cake .... yum :eat:

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16 out of 0.55M sq :thummar:

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trimmed up ready to put away again :smile:

Pam had to have a play about with them .... :skratta3:

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held on with bulldog clips .... for now :vissla:

going to take a few hours fettling, before I can get them welded in situ :sad:

.... and dare say the 'design' may well change before then !! :huh:

also need to get the gates painted too .... if a colour can ever be selected!! :vissla:

**#1172** » 10:15:34, 07-11-2018

At Last!!!! :hurra:

To see The Mighty Druid perform his magic!!! :buga:

**#1173** » 12:03:59, 07-11-2018

magirus skrev:At Last!!!!
To see The Mighty Druid perform his magic!!!

LOL Mags ..... not very often she's interested enough to be taking pix of what I get up to :huh:

..... or anywhere to be seen either :vissla:

... I'm the 'original' lone worker, 99% of the time :sad:

**#1174** » 12:09:42, 07-11-2018

Well, Oh Druid, I´m playing in the same league :vissla:

talking to meself, acting weird for the odd "outsider" :mrgreen:

BUT, I´m not so keen being seen on pix :myzsko:

can scare people to death :skratta3:

**#1175** » 19:40:34, 08-11-2018

Thats probably the last nesting birds this season.... :bira:

...it goes all south from here.. :grin:

(the latest referring to the layout on the gate.)

Nice work on the gate. :thumme:

**#1176** » 02:23:31, 12-11-2018

jörgen.ottosson skrev:Thats probably the last nesting birds this season.... ...it goes all south from here.. (the latest referring to the layout on the gate.)

Nice work on the gate.

aye Jörgen :thumme:

..... the real ones buggered off in the middle of September :vissla:

....... before the poxy rain kicked off :aaargh:

And cheers boyo :grin:

........ been some sort of wet here the last few days and sod all done :sad:

**#1177** » 02:31:09, 12-11-2018

right gentlemen :thumme:

...... I am in need of your collective knowledge/experience :grin:

.... maybe best guesses. :huh:

tripped over this pic today ......

this is the valve that controls the 'Drema's throttle .. this ain't mine but is identical off another Hydrema. :smile:

I have five levels of 'volume ' ..... Idle 1000rpm, standby 1400 rpm, low 1800 rpm, medium 2000 rpm and high 2300 rpm, all button controlled. :vissla:

she auto idles after 10 seconds inactivity and I pre-select what 'volume ' I need on start up :thumme:

(or at any time I like after that)

if you can't make it out on the pic :sad:

..top pipe is labelled L and the port below it is labelled P
I'm guessing the 'goldy' coloured bit next to L is a solenoid and there're 4 wires going into the other bit from the multi plug ... as far as I recall and can see here :vissla:

Anyone ever seen one of these before, or got any ideas how it works ???? :???:

.... it basically varies the stroke of what must be a cylinder which pushes the throttle cable and opens the injector pump up to give it the beans :grin:

I surmise that P bleeds pressure as required, from the LS line, when it senses a demand for 'action' :huh:

(I'll have to see if I can see WTF it comes from on mine),which is in no where near as convenient a position, to examine (tucked down/under/beside the Deutz's sump),as this one is - hence grabbing the pic ....

but quite how much travel to give the throttle must be determined by those wires, which presumably are the four separate switches on the dash - SB, L, M & H :???:

also guessing the 'goldy' coloured item is responsible for dumping said pressure for auto idle to occur ??
Some kind of proportional stepper solenoid perhaps? :huh:

If this ever goes wrong it's gonna get a cable - end of, but would be nice to know HTF it works and whether anyone has any idea WTF this 'valve' is called ??? :???:

plus of course how it functions :vissla:

Game on fellas ....... :grin:

**#1178** » 01:17:35, 14-11-2018

rudely awoken at 7.30 by me phone this morning :sad:

.... me drug delivery driver lost :vissla:

one day we'll have someone turn up who's actually been here before !! :huh:

so a slightly earlier start than usual (I am retired, after all :grin:

) ....When it had stopped precipitating, 'bout 10.30, had a lil' project to sort. :thumme:

Clara's birthday Saturday coming, and we've not got her until Friday afternoon this week - unusually, so had some time to get this together for her. :thummar:

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had considered making one, but couldn't for the price of this :vissla:

.... and having the dry time to do it. :sad:

pretty good kit, but yer average Joe'd struggle getting it together, especially with some of the issues encountered and some pretty crap 'destructions' to follow :aaargh:

when I put it together it had captures for M10 bolts ... in the UK they'm a 17mm AF head. :vissla:

Bolts in the swing kit were M10 with continental 16mm AF heads :aaargh:

...
guess what didn't happen in their capture holes ..... they weren't and just spun :aaargh:

Good job I had some M10 x 55s to replace 'em with :vissla:

Seems odd with all the ISO sh1t that Euro M10s are 16mm AF heads, yet nuts are 17mm AF :???:

... have a lot on the 'Drema that're 16/17mm combinations :huh:

hopefully it'll have the desired effect, when she next arrives ...... :grin:

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She loves the swings at the play area, next to her nursery school, down in the village :vissla:

.... one of her own ought to go down a storm - we hope :huh:

The baby seat's for little Shem, who'll be here, from Plymouth, this weekend, for her birthday, :thumme:

but have a.n.other std seat for when he's grown a bit

Gonna have to bungee him to the glider though, for now :skratta3:

... super glue might be a bit drastic :vissla:

spent a few hours after, collecting bloody leaves and bits of tree, after all the bloody rain and winds, these last few days :aaargh:

........ forgot to pop the bonnet on't 'Drema for a hose suss though :ohnej:

......Manyana :vissla:

**#1179** » 10:15:29, 14-11-2018

Oh Druid, you really fulfill our Grandpa-duty with excellence!! :buga:

BZ to that!!! :thummar:

**#1180** » 01:46:07, 15-11-2018

magirus skrev:Oh Druid, you really fulfill our Grandpa-duty with excellence!!
BZ to that!!!

cheers Mags ...... pretty sure she'll love it :grin:

and the lil' fella likes swings too apparently :vissla:

...... don't see enough of him, to know from experience :sad:

..... Pam's like a dog with two tails, waiting for Friday evening :vissla:

have to say apart from the bolt issue and shit assembly instructions, yon swing was quite well sorted :thumme:

..... but would love to see Mr Average assemble it :lmao:

(in the three hours quoted) :skratta3:

.... or perhaps I am just too fussy about having it 'right' :vissla:

busy on the bench this afternoon ....... painting .... :vissla:

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side 1 of #2 gate ........ when Squeak arrived with a gift ..... :huh:

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his way of telling me it was time for his tea :eat:

..... his body clock is completely shot with the clocks going back an hour :grin:

just about got side 2 done before the light gave out and had to turn the flood lights on ...... God knows what it'll look like in the daylight .... good job it's only HBZP primer :vissla:

Both gates in a box, in the dry .... reckon it'll be frosty tonight :sad:

... my feet were bloody frozen, by the time I'd finished, :huh:

but at least the wind that'd been drying the primer on the brush and trying to take my ears off, all afternoon had dropped :thummar:

A decision on a colour has been made :hurra:

....... sort of :huh:

..... provisionally, at least :vissla:

.... we'll see :huh:

... might change yet, :sad:

but at least they'm now primed, :thummar:

so the possible 'Hammerite' choice, that was being mooted, has had it :smile:

... won't take on top of primer :thumme:

**#1181** » 01:54:46, 24-11-2018

'twere a busy weekend last weekend .... lil miss had her third birthday Saturday :grin:

.... the swing (despite being in place for several days hadn't been noticed ) and she had a great surprise to find her very own .... :thummar:

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was a bit of a hit :thummar:

A lot of the day spent at her favorite farm park later on,. with her furry friends ..... :vissla:

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and lots of soft play toys for her and lil' cuzzin Shem ... :smile:

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followed by a bash down the village hall, on the Sunday for her 'pals', with one of granny's 'specials' as centre piece ... :cool:

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Pam and I have spent the rest of the week trying to recover ...... but thwarted by a hectic week .... :huh:

An old friend....guy who came with me when I bought the 'Drema in Norwich and spent a lot of his time helping me clearing my old workshop, got out of bed Monday and promptly had a stroke :uupps:

.... not good :sad:

.... so been back and fore with his missus to see him at a specialist unit 30 miles away. :driver:

Then had a friend from another forum spend Thursday morning with me, drooling over and getting to know the subtleties of 'Drema ownership and seeing just what she'd do :thumme:

..... he wants one and we've found a suitable candidate in Sweden, he's in the process of negotiating on and planning a trip home for it :driver:

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Plus of course ... the usual Clara duties 3 days this week ......... so been a far from recuperative week :huh:

**#1182** » 02:46:24, 24-11-2018

V8Druid skrev:right gentlemen ...... I am in need of your collective knowledge/experience .... maybe best guesses.

tripped over this pic today ......

this is the valve that controls the 'Drema's throttle .. this ain't mine but is identical off another Hydrema.

I have five levels of 'volume ' ..... Idle 1000rpm, standby 1400 rpm, low 1800 rpm, medium 2000 rpm and high 2300 rpm, all button controlled.
she auto idles after 10 seconds inactivity and I pre-select what 'volume ' I need on start up (or at any time I like after that)
if you can't make it out on the pic ..top pipe is labelled L and the port below it is labelled P
I'm guessing the 'goldy' coloured bit next to L is a solenoid and there're 4 wires going into the other bit from the multi plug ... as far as I recall and can see here

Anyone ever seen one of these before, or got any ideas how it works ???? .... it basically varies the stroke of what must be a cylinder which pushes the throttle cable and opens the injector pump up to give it the beans

I surmise that P bleeds pressure as required, from the LS line, when it senses a demand for 'action'
(I'll have to see if I can see WTF it comes from on mine),which is in no where near as convenient a position, to examine (tucked down/under/beside the Deutz's sump),as this one is - hence grabbing the pic ....
but quite how much travel to give the throttle must be determined by those wires, which presumably are the four separate switches on the dash - SB, L, M & H
also guessing the 'goldy' coloured item is responsible for dumping said pressure for auto idle to occur ??
Some kind of proportional stepper solenoid perhaps?

If this ever goes wrong it's gonna get a cable - end of, but would be nice to know HTF it works and whether anyone has any idea WTF this 'valve' is called ???
plus of course how it functions

Game on fellas .......

I have not seen this before and googling doesn't give that much. The color looks like Rexroth blue which is likely since the rest of the hydraulics is also Rexroth.
"Positioner" is probably a better search word than "actuator". "Governor positioner" is actually in this old pdf but looks nothing like it. https://www.airlinehyd.com/apollo/brp/a ... tioner.pdf
I know basic cylinders from Bimba has been used as a simple throttle actuator but that's about it. https://www.bimba.com/
Is there a sign on top of the valve? It would be interesting to know indeed...

**#1183** » 10:11:56, 24-11-2018

Watch out, Oh Druid!!!!
The Mighty JAC is on the trail to search for the truth of the Secret Valve!!! :cool:

This´ll be interesting to follow and see WHEN Jac has some clues and answers for us! :hurra:

BZ for the Celebration Report :buga:

and BZ to the Grandpa Duty performed with great skill! :shake_hands:

**#1184** » 14:14:22, 24-11-2018

V8Druid skrev:Then had a friend from another forum spend Thursday morning with me, drooling over and getting to know the subtleties of 'Drema ownership and seeing just what she'd do ..... he wants one and we've found a suitable candidate in Sweden, he's in the process of negotiating on and planning a trip home for it

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If you are going to visit Sweden to check the machine out let us know. Maybe you can get some local support, at least for a cup of coffee, and maybe more. :grin:

**#1185** » 03:11:18, 07-12-2018

magirus skrev:Watch out, Oh Druid!!!!
The Mighty JAC is on the trail to search for the truth of the Secret Valve!!!
This´ll be interesting to follow and see WHEN Jac has some clues and answers for us!

BZ for the Celebration Report and BZ to the Grandpa Duty performed with great skill!

Jac skrev: I have not seen this before and googling doesn't give that much. The color looks like Rexroth blue which is likely since the rest of the hydraulics is also Rexroth.
"Positioner" is probably a better search word than "actuator". "Governor positioner" is actually in this old pdf but looks nothing like it. https://www.airlinehyd.com/apollo/brp/a ... tioner.pdf
I know basic cylinders from Bimba has been used as a simple throttle actuator but that's about it. https://www.bimba.com/
Is there a sign on top of the valve? It would be interesting to know indeed...

I'll see what I can find JAC .... bt can't recall seeing anything on mine

Stridis2 skrev:If you are going to visit Sweden to check the machine out let us know. Maybe you can get some local support, at least for a cup of coffee, and maybe more.

Cheers boyo .... doubt I am going to make it over there ... too risky - the body just doesn't like traveling these days :sad:

Much as I would love to have a trip over with my friend for a good look. :vissla:

Apologies for the lack of response .... I'm not getting notifications again .. even though I haven't altered anything in settings ?? :???:

However ..... after an extensive questioning of the seller and a comprehensive set of pix getting poured over :vissla:

... yon 'Drema got discounted ... stood too long and too much required to get it back up to a usable/serviceable condition :sad:

..... so the second choice option got explored a bit further :thumme:

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a deal struck and it will hopefully land in the UK just before or just after Crimbo :grin:

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8 years younger :thummar:

.... bit bigger in the arse than the 1500, but looks a hell of a nice tool :cool:

can't wait to go take a look at her :thummar:

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when it lands it will become the fourth Hydrema duck to grace the UK shores .... Mine was the first in '97 .... followed by my mate's MX14 3 years ago ... another MX14 residing in Scotland about 2 years ago ...... and now this M1520 :cool:

The 'Drema Duck Owners Club is growing ......... slooooooowly :skratta3: