Tea? (Part 2)

[Arch]

I can't wait to see Resurrection....

 

[potsy]

 

[TheDoctor]

@Speicher,
You may want to look at this post.
It's regarding the delightful saddle cover you got me lumbered with

 

[coffeejo]

Mornings.

Following on from the Aliens discussion, I think I've been the victim of a serious case of bodysnatching. So far this morning, I've done the laundry and hung it outside, folded and put away the contents of the airing cupboard, brushed the dog, hoovered, and cleaned the kitchen sink. HELP!

 

[potsy]

Mornings.

Following on from the Aliens discussion, I think I've been the victim of a serious case of bodysnatching. So far this morning, I've done the laundry and hung it outside, folded and put away the contents of the airing cupboard, brushed the dog, hoovered, and cleaned the kitchen sink. HELP!

This is very worrying, up before noon 3 times in a row, cleaning, and even worse, no mention of eating

 

[coffeejo]

This is very worrying, up before noon 3 times in a row, cleaning, and even worse, no mention of eating

Actually, I've had breakfast ... twice. Once at 5am after a lot of not sleeping and then again at 9am. Muesli both times, so it doesn't count.

 

[TheDoctor]

Who are you, and what have you done with Jo????

 

[Arch]

Whoever she is, she can come round to mine....

 

[TheDoctor]

That sounds very wrong!!

 

[Night Train]

Whoever she is, she can come round to mine....

Never mind yours, Jo is welcome at my place any time!

 

[potsy]

My theory is that Speicher's butler is posting as Jo....no aliens involved just a malevolent manservant

Jo is not a man she just has certain male tendencies


Back from a little jaunt round the waterparks, got a bit confused with the route I planned (not like me) and ended up doing slightly more than I set out to do, just over 25 miles.
Ready for a huge mug of tea and a packet of biskits

 

[potsy]

Off to Aldi for a jaffa cake fruit run

 

[Arch]

Never mind yours, Jo is welcome at my place any time!

Give it long enough, it'll be the same thing!



I've sorted out my sock drawer. That is the limit of my usefullness today!

Well, I went shopping for a few groceries. Bought some mince, to replace the lump I got out of the freezer to make a batch of pasta/rice/whatever sauce. And a reduced loaf, to really fill the freezer up.

Then found when I got back, I've got two portions of sauce in the freezer already...

Ne'er mind, this batch of sauce will last all week in the fridge I think....

Just having a now, then I might do something else useful. Might, mind, I'm not promising.

 

[Night Train]

Jo is not a man she just has certain male tendencies

Potsy, on the other hand......


I have fettled the innards of a tractor winch using the worm and wheel form a chain hoist and some gears, shafts and chain sprocket from the old tractor gearbox. Don't you just love it when the right things fit together properly?
Just need to build a chassis or case to house it all now.

The large gearwheel just needs pressing further onto the keyed shaft, after it is in a case.
It gives me chain drive from the tractor's 17t sprocket onto the little 12t sprocket, which connects via the dog clutch to the small 18t gear, to the larger 56t gear, to the single start worm, to the 35t wheel.
Gives me about 76.88:1 ratio or 19.5rpm of the winch drum at 1500rpm motor speed.

Will need to build a cable drum for it, with a freewheel for spooling out.


However, in the meantime I decided to swap the MTB tyres from my cycle trailer wheels (ex wheelchair QR rims) for some Schwalbe City Jets. They were hard work to fit. I want to design and build a light weight (me do light weight!) trailer for towing behind Tiddles.

 

[Arch]

I want to design and build a light weight (me do light weight!) trailer for towing behind Tiddles.

Will you be fitting a winch to the trailer?

(how cool would it be, if you had some way by which flipping the rear Brom wheel under disengaged the pedals from the chain, and allowed them to hitch to the trailer winch instead .)