johnnys series 3 resto project

High Lander said:

My old man drove 109 out to India in the 60's. He cracked a brake drum in the arse end of no where. Found a forge. Guy took the old part and made a casting in the sand on the floor of his workshop. Took him a couple of tries, but got it in the end. Cost pennies and was still on the landie when he got rid of it in Scotland years later.

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thats another thing thats gone nowadays you cant find a local traditional foundry for love nor money
yet another sad thing about this country
i got stuck for a cast pulley once so i got creative and learned from this fella
bloody worked anorl

Metal Casting at Home Part 1 Backyard Foundry - YouTube

just takes ages making the cast moulds

johnny curt 1 said:

thats another thing thats gone nowadays you cant find a local traditional foundry for love nor money
yet another sad thing about this country
i got stuck for a cast pulley once so i got creative and learned from this fella
bloody worked anorl

Metal Casting at Home Part 1 Backyard Foundry - YouTube

just takes ages making the cast moulds

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Where I used to work we had a foundry and a pattern maker, he used to make stuff that couldn't be bought, then he retired and the shop was knocked down, hundreds of red painted wooden patterns went in the skip.

Did you ever see a set of pattern makers rules? Used for marking out patterns, the inch markings are all a bit longer to allow for the contraction of the metal when it cools. Different rules for different metals, brass, iron etc.

waldershelf said:

Where I used to work we had a foundry and a pattern maker, he used to make stuff that couldn't be bought, then he retired and the shop was knocked down, hundreds of red painted wooden patterns went in the skip.

Did you ever see a set of pattern makers rules? Used for marking out patterns, the inch markings are all a bit longer to allow for the contraction of the metal when it cools. Different rules for different metals, brass, iron etc.

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me granadads brother has a few sets of these rules and gauges for diametres the man is 91 now and has been an engineer since 1920 you wanna see the alladdins cave of a garage he has rammed to the rafters with anything and evrything you can imagine to do with metal work and engineering

it was his grandfather that started C H Thompson boiler works

johnny curt 1 said:

me granadads brother has a few sets of these rules and gauges for diametres the man is 91 now and has been an engineer since 1920 you wanna see the alladdins cave of a garage he has rammed to the rafters with anything and evrything you can imagine to do with metal work and engineering

it was his grandfather that started C H Thompson boiler works

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Wow:jaw:we used to have 4 CHT waste heat boilers in the mill where I worked. It's small world as they say.

Kind of sad that all the skills that built this country are now being lost, outsourced or replaced with massive multi-million pound automated lines controlled with computers.

Been thinking of putting together a gas forge actually - plan was to use it to hammer out blades. I've always had a thing for knives. Maybe a foundry should be on the cards too.

It's the way of transnational corporations if they can cut costs a few pence per unit by out sourcing in another country they will, I see that some Chinese company's have started moving production abroad. I also saw on a John Pilger documentary some poor sod's in Indonesia working 36 hour shifts in a Gap factory making boxer shorts for a dollar a day. It breaks my heart these poor guys are no different to us they want the same things as we do but these rapacious corporations only care about profit, I hope the occupy movement keeps growing around the world and then in a few years we can stop them. LOL Spose that makes me a Trotsky.

Sorry for going of thread JC but this stuff gets me going. Right off to the workshop to chill out.

hee hee a little more done and i know it dont look much but getting the dampers back on servicing the front brakes doing the last wheel and reconnecting the brakelines aswell as re routing them nice and neat as possible round the rails takes time and besides i felt like having one of those catch up days with the fiddly bits





and besides ive not been too well since last night

i cant figure out if ive eaten summot dodgy or strained me guts lifting the axle yesterday but all i know at the moment is its fekkin murder

i think ill be on the old recipee for bad guts warfare tonight

6 pints of tets mild bitter
1 strong pot of tea
back that up with a chicken tikka
and if that dont shift it theres something else up and ill need to go to the doctors again

owl said:

It's the way of transnational corporations if they can cut costs a few pence per unit by out sourcing in another country they will, I see that some Chinese company's have started moving production abroad. I also saw on a John Pilger documentary some poor sod's in Indonesia working 36 hour shifts in a Gap factory making boxer shorts for a dollar a day. It breaks my heart these poor guys are no different to us they want the same things as we do but these rapacious corporations only care about profit, I hope the occupy movement keeps growing around the world and then in a few years we can stop them. LOL Spose that makes me a Trotsky.

Sorry for going of thread JC but this stuff gets me going. Right off to the workshop to chill out.

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its ok mate this stuff does my tits in aswell id still be out there now if it wasnt for me guts

johnny curt 1 said:

i think ill be on the old recipee for bad guts warfare tonight

6 pints of tets mild bitter
1 strong pot of tea
back that up with a chicken tikka
and if that dont shift it theres something else up and ill need to go to the doctors again

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Replace that tikka with a vindy and you'll nuke your gut

Dr_evil said:

Replace that tikka with a vindy and you'll nuke your gut

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hmmm good idea and a donner keybab just to put some weight behind it

when that lot gets into the manchester ship canal its gonna be a danger to vessels

johnny curt 1 said:

hmmm good idea and a donner keybab just to put some weight behind it

when that lot gets into the manchester ship canal its gonna be a danger to vessels

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donner with hot chilli sauce is just screaming ring of fire its why I now order mine with garlic mayo instead after I've been drinking!

A hangovers bad enough……don't need to be ****ting napalm too

johnny curt 1 said:

hmmm good idea and a donner keybab just to put some weight behind it

when that lot gets into the Manchester **** canal its gonna be a danger to vessels

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areeet our kidd !!!!

still not well at all didnt even make it out of bloody bed all day i cant wait to get me guts sorted out again to get back at it and sort the engine out

its all hanging on the engine going back in now

soon as its back in i can button up the cab floors finish the dashboard sort the front grille and repair n refit the wings

but its bank holiday monday tomorow and we all know whats gonna occur then dont we
its gunna fekkin pi55 down :angry:

you predict the weather better than the bbc johnny....

johnny curt 1 said:

still not well at all didnt even make it out of bloody bed all day i cant wait to get me guts sorted out again to get back at it and sort the engine out

its all hanging on the engine going back in now

soon as its back in i can button up the cab floors finish the dashboard sort the front grille and repair n refit the wings

but its bank holiday monday tomorow and we all know whats gonna occur then dont we
its gunna fekkin pi55 down :angry:

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Yep I went to a L&C night and day comp and as predicted it pi55ed it down proper windy too.

now im starting to get around a little i had a couple of hours with the landy this afternoon and rebuilt the bottom half of the front grille pannel and sorted the leaky radiator by silver soldering the filler neck back in and a quick blowing over with the satin black paint





thought id do these little bits just to work meself back up to speed gradualy so made sure i wasnt doing any heavy lifting or mega strenuous graft

I have cottage cheese and linseed oil for me breakfast every morning works wonders.

Hope you are back on song soon Johnny.

owl said:

I have cottage cheese and linseed oil for me breakfast every morning works wonders.

Hope you are back on song soon Johnny.

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so do i mate im starting to climb the fekkin walls here and i think ive hit stage 2 on the comedown off these meds i was on its a propper rollercoaster :scratching_chin::scratching_chin:

one minute im fine 5 mins later i got the giggles and sweatin me balls off then the next minute overcome with the uncontrollable urge to just cry for absolutely no reason get up off me arse and i feel like im mega ****ed for a few seconds then back to normal

they say variety is the spice of life but fekkin hell this is weird

keep at it johnny.. that fron panel looks great..