My week this week! My workshop videos!

[hermetic]

Hi Folks, So last week I got the heat exchanger finished, only to find that when I offered it up into position, the fan was going to hit the front door as it opened, so I tore poor old K9 to pieces again and rebuilt it with the fan in line with the body instead of hanging out the bottom, finished it Friday and had a damned good tidy up! 
Phil spring rain still in East Yorkshire!

[hermetic]

Hi folks, This week I get the heat exchanger up on the ceiling, get the boiler in position and finsh most of the plumbing. On Friday I visit a retired precision engineer of very wide experience to put some more three phase sockets in his workshop, and have a good look around at his collection of machinery and one of the many innovative things he has built! A very interesting week! 
Sunny and warm in East Yorkshire? It won't last!! 
Phil

[hermetic]

Hi folks, a mixed week of triumphs and tragedies, but I soldoer on through to the end, and actually achieve a lot, the good news is the plumbing is finished! For the bad news see the end of the video!! 
Phil in warm and only occasionally wet East Yorkshire!

[hermetic]

Hi folks, This week I finish the new grinder bench and then start the job I am not looking forward to! Seeing if I can repair the leak in the hunter stove. So its out with the plasma cutter, off with its bottom, and dive in! All in all a succesful week! 
Phil in wet and COLD again East Yorkshire 

[hermetic]

Hi folks, 
I get the boiler back together, reinstalled, but just get started on the flue and run out of Mig gas, so its on to some other joblets to fill in! Boiler is refilled with no leaks, so the Fernox leak sealer has triumphed once again, other makes are available! A short, mainly wet week! 
Phil, June 1st is grey and cold in East Yorkshire! 

[hermetic]

Hi folks, A very short week of modifying an inherited partly made(?) stand to suit my very heavy gas forge, so thatI can use it anywhere in the shop, as opposed to having to carry it to some level surface and set it up to use! Only got a couple of days in before life overtook me, but much was achieved! 
Phil, in occasionally warm and sunny East Yorkshire!

[Vinny]

That's not gonna be too top heavy?

[hermetic]

Without the gas bottle, probably! but I can weight it if neccasary, I have just swapped to a smaller (and much cheaper!) argon bottle on the tig, which frees up the counterweights I used to stop the larger bottle tilting the welder, but I think with the gas bottle in there it will be fine! Gas bottle full weighs more than the forge! I will have to be careful with it Vinny, but I dont plan on moving it far!
Phil

[hermetic]

Hi folks, I get the gas forge up on its stand, change the gas burner orientation to make it more compact, and get it running in order to heat and flat bend some strip steel. Then I get the new boiler flue fitted and fit a new thermostat so it will self regulate and shut down if it gets too hot! Looking at the weather I might need it! Time to test it soon!! 
Phil, splish splashing through the EastYorkshire monsoon!

[hermetic]

Hi folks, I get to the root of my heating problem when I strip the pump down, but only manage one and a bit days at the workshop this week! The bushings on the pump are very worn and the rotor is catching on the stator and the pump locks up. I have an ominous feeling in the back of my mind that thisis why I took this pump out of service in the first place! We find that no matter how many of a thing you have in your pile of junk, you eventually use up the last one! Phil, deep in the steamy rain forest of East Yorkshire!