2021....

[Keitzy]

https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sca-sca-tyre-changer-portable/345858.html

 

[Moneybox]

Or buy a manual tyre changer... I have one. Easy as to use.

I guess I should have looked at one of these while in Geraldton but it's the sort of thing that takes up floor space and gets used once in a blue moon. It might struggle on the 8PL van tyres too.

 

[Keitzy]

True, Ive only used it on basic Holden
/ford rims before... surely they make one similar for the size you need tho. There easy stooked away on a cupboard shelf till needed.

 

[Moneybox]

We've got a small garden shed out in the yard but it was so untidy you couldn't get inside. I got really annoyed the other day trying to get a garden tool out from amongst the tangle of junk Phil had thrown in there. I decided to tidy it up and create some sort of order. A big task, I know.... especially in the heat but it had to be done. Just how many shovels do we need, Phil? I know there are two others around the corner as well.

The floor was 15cm deep in leaves, red dirt and very sticky spider webs. I told Phil once I got down to ground level I wanted to concrete it. Lo and behold I actually found a concrete floor under all of that. Good heavens, one job achieved already, lol.

I got rid of the grass/weeds growing up the walls, shooed out the small snake that slithered past me, a couple of lizards, a spider or three and a click bug plus 10,000,000 or so ants. I did at least find a bucket of missing plumbing fittings. Phil can put his hand in there and pull them past the spider webs.

I cleaned up the two shelves already in there, commandeered Phil off Tonka (the loader) to attach them to the wall and began to sort. I threw away damaged/leaking items and many empty containers, washed others so you could see what they were or added labels. I won't show the bin in case Phil wants to 'rescue' something!! The number of like items I found in about five different places around the property filled the shelves. Then I gathered all of the other things we decided to store in there and added them tidily.

I also found a lot of stuff including random tools, nuts and bolts, rocks etc that I put in their right places elsewhere and a number of things left behind by the previous owners. They included a French teapot and a couple of sets of pencils which I use. They both have a Grace Bros sticker on the back but the price has faded away. Grace Bros was an Australian department store chain founded in 1885 and became defunct in 2004.

What a difference! I have to say I am very pleased with the result and Phil couldn't believe it was the same space. There is only one problem.... where are all the garden implements? Looks like they are going to have to find another home, lol. Maybe we'll put some hooks on the walls and hang them neatly. Yes, maybe. Phil... one day?!

 

[Rockhunter62]

Or buy a manual tyre changer... I have one. Easy as to use.

I guess I should have looked at one of these while in Geraldton but it's the sort of thing that takes up floor space and gets used once in a blue moon. It might struggle on the 8PL van tyres too.

I have one of these in the shed that I used to useback when I was younger.

http://www.randrbeadbreaker.com/store/r-and-r-beadbreaker-and-tyre-refitting-tool-p89744

Used it a few times, portable to take bush but your little digger seems fine anyway Phil.

Cheers

Doug

 

[Moneybox]

Or buy a manual tyre changer... I have one. Easy as to use.

I guess I should have looked at one of these while in Geraldton but it's the sort of thing that takes up floor space and gets used once in a blue moon. It might struggle on the 8PL van tyres too.

I have one of these in the shed that I used to useback when I was younger.

http://www.randrbeadbreaker.com/store/r-and-r-beadbreaker-and-tyre-refitting-tool-p89744

Used it a few times, portable to take bush but your little digger seems fine anyway Phil.

Cheers

Doug

I remember looking at those perhaps 20 years ago. I just find it hard to pack all the tools that I might need when on the road. There's always more things than I can find a place for so I end up unloading while loading to go away :lol:

 

[Mackka]

Well Done Sandra looks fantastic.
Mackka

 

[Pro-oz]

Hey Sandra, the bucket of plumbing fittings! are actually rear wheel nuts off a small truck! Phil could be looking for them one day.

Cheers Prooz.

 

[Nightjar]

Or buy a manual tyre changer... I have one. Easy as to use.

Have one of these to fix punctures on the 750/16 split rims we use when at our bush camp. (Concreted bolts in ground to attach too when we are on site.)
A godsend making the job simple.
Prior to that we sometimes had to drive over tyre in several places to break the bead.

 

[Nightjar]

Call road side assistance :lol:

Good one Goody, 1000km's away.

 

[Nightjar]

Mrs MB, You can come and sort our shed next. :lol: Great job, all your critters will appreciate not tripping over everything, great pictures.
The collection of long handles: Drill holes in the handles, a few fencing wire hooks on the side of your shed and they will have a tidy place.

Looking forward to seeing the next dryblower episode.... :goldpan:

 

[Moneybox]

Wonderful news Phil, please PM me with your address and I'll get things organised, don't worry about postage, just happy to provide something to keep Sandra occupied and challenged while she is recuperating.

From a recent Moneybox Mania blog:

I cannot believe it was way back in January 2020 when I wrote about cleaning up my glass table to do a jigsaw. Where has the time flown to?
There was a good pile of jigsaws from which to choose but I settled on one I thought would be interesting and a bit challenging. Hmmmm. Famous last settle!!
Needless to say the challenging bit was a bit more than A BIT. The giraffes took a while but the sky. well, that took forever, lol. :8

I started the giraffes puzzle before we went on our 2020 prospecting trip and subsequent other trip months after that. In between I tried to spend time on it every week (and failed) but in the last two months I really wanted to get it finished. It was annoying me and I have other puzzles that must feel really neglected by now.
I would spend a couple of hours on it (on and off between tackling myriad other things) and only fit a few pieces. It was so frustrating that Phil joined in to help out. He fitted some pieces and working as a team we narrowed it down to what I thought was 30 minutes worth, about 70 pieces to go.

Well, oh ho ho, not a chance. It took a couple of hours for three days before we got it finished. That is one of the hardest skies ever, thank you very much Susan and Stephen.... my dear friends. So glad you didnt give me the all black gorilla one, lol. I did enjoy it immensely but am glad its over. Now its a matter of picking the next one. sucker for punishment I am. O

I have recently bought five wooden puzzles that are A3 size (Chrissy present for myself, lol). They are really attractive and every piece made of birch has a unique shape. They are shaped like jungle animals, sea creatures and the like that match the topic of the puzzle. Really cute. The problem is I can't decide which puzzle to start on so I ran a friends poll last week to find out which puzzle they would like me to complete next. :argh:

Follow-up blog:

Hi there, I hope you're having a good day. Here are the results of the jigsaw puzzle vote. Thanks to those who participated in my off-the-cuff poll. Every beautiful critter had a vote but "Wolf" is the winner. However, a spanner has been thrown into the works. Isn't it always?

A few days ago I received a parcel in the mail. I was so excited I just ripped the paper open. If only I'd known it was so pretty on the inside I would have been more careful. I managed to rescue a fair bit of it for reuse another day, though.

Wow, what a nice surprise. There was a lovely panoramic jigsaw sent to me by Dihusky. He had decided I needed it to keep me busy during my dislocated ribs recovery. How cool is that? Awesome thrown spanner, lol. Thakyou . erfect:

I'm very grateful and appreciative of your kind gesture, Dihusky. Although that means that winner Wolf has to wait until after I've completed this one. At my current rate of jigsaw attack that could be years!! It is 830mm x 310mm so will take up most of the width of my table. It certainly doesn't look easy.... definitely challenging. Maybe the giraffes weren't so difficult after all?! {)

 

[Moneybox]

We've got to the point where we'll soon be out in the field doing some trials with the dryblower. It didn't go totally as planned. When I first started the motor yesterday morning the drive belt slipped on the diff pulley. Did somebody mention that, Tathradj perhaps :8
I just leaned on the adjuster a little and set the conveyor belt going. Within a minute or so the conveyor belt had drifted to one side, I expected it might but it was too quick for me to get a spanner onto the adjuster.
That just brought about another problem. The Subaru Suretrack diff started to slip.

I already had the diff apart but couldn't find my way inside to weld the internal gears.

I ended up having to remove the diff again this morning to dismantle it again.

I still couldn't get inside because these diffs are bulletproof. They sell secondhand in the US for USD$400 or more.

I felt bad cutting up a perfectly good diff but I did weld it up again

Next I added another idler to the drive belt to get a better wrap around the diff drive. Then it was just a case of adjusting the conveyor belt to stop it working off the side.

[video=480,360]https://youtu.be/ID8WR5utyRQ[/video]

 

[StoneTheCrows]

Geez MB
Give a man some duct tape and he can fix almost anything
Give a man some duct tape and a welder and he can fix everything

Good job

 

[Simmo]

That looks awesome!! Well done!!

 

[Gpx5000]

Well done MB, can't wait to see it churn out gold. :goldnugget:

 

[Nightjar]

Professional piece of mechanical genius there MB, and without plans?
Feel sure there are many persons here, like me, hoping we see you making dust very soon. And seeing the results in the sluice/pan.
All the best this season.

 

[Mackka]

Nightjar, I couldnt agree more with your comment. Now to see the results.
Mackka

 

[silver]

Can you adjust your rate of inflow ( coming out the bottom of the hopper) ?

Will it start with the hopper fully loaded ?

can you empty the hopper if need be ?

Do the big bits that wont break down or fit through the mesh get dumped away from the unit (and detected for juicy big bits of gold ? )

 

[reynard]

Your projects never cease to amaze us phill can't wait to see how it produces. Sandra i have two shed that could realy do with your touch.
Good luck for the year and lets see all that hard work turn golden.
Jim :clap: :clap: :clap: :goldnugget: :goldnugget: ickshovel: :Y: