ditchman Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, hawkeye said: thought Ditchman would volunteer for first try....nowt like crushed nuts naaawww..........wouldnt want you to bend the top bar again....fat sarah wants one to squeeze her zits with.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 What you doing on here, your supposed to be fettling your Land Rover, get on with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Big Mat said. You didn't collect the bar from an engineering shop with the big white doors on harecroft road did you? I sure did Big Mat, is it your place of work. Some impressive CNC machines in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Made up a rough tool for folding angle brackets, not that I want to make any brackets, just playing. Just had a few scrap ends lying about, 2, 3 and 6mm, it handled the 6mm without effort. I am pretty happy with the way its turned out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 well............got to admit that is one tidy job............great job.....(im just telling myself i dont need one)......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Great stuff, you can make brackets, but don't want to! What is it really for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 17 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: Great stuff, you can make brackets, but don't want to! What is it really for? Some people go train spotting, I go out with my rifle or play with metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnphilip Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 Ideal for splitting logs aswell .it sure does a great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 13 hours ago, johnphilip said: Ideal for splitting logs aswell .it sure does a great job Log splitter johnphilip, now there is a project for the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Well if I ever need to replace the spring eye bushes on the Landrover again it will be a piece of cake. In the back of the workshop I had the original springs I took off my 76 short wheel base. As I was on my own I cut the end off one of the scrap springs to make for easy handling. I dont know if the bushes were original but prior to wire brushing they looked well rusted. As i didnt have any mandrels I had to resort to sockets, DONT TRY THIS AT HOME sockets have been known to shatter, although one was an impact socket. I am in no doubt a 10 ton press would have done it just as well, but this was just another little play exercise. I pressed it back in just to complete the exercise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Now it all starts to make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 you could put some wheels on it and rent the package out....."one man and his press".. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted April 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 10 minutes ago, ditchman said: you could put some wheels on it and rent the package out....."one man and his press".. Nah, I have more pressing things to do in my life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Get your coat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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