I now own my favourite kind of horse, a saw horse that I made from two pallets. Today I used it, got another load cut down.
I have now installed two seatbelts into the back seat of the Land Rover, I will not go into the legal side of things regarding this installation, show to say that it’s slightly nuts. It’s done, and they shall be used by those who sit in the back. I placed a some large 10 mm thick plates under the wheel arch to spead any load, I have also rigged it such that while not in use the belts can be strapped up out of the way and will not rattle around.
This was the last of the stuff that we were able to cut using a 20inch bar chain saw. Next is the main trunk which is going to require some serious sized saw. I also made this short video:
I decided to replace the candle power head lamps with something that I hope will be brighter. I hhave thus far just daisy chained the indicator and side light onto the existing circuits. In the future I plan to add circuits back to the Arduino and some code so that those lamps are individually controllable.
Mike and I spent lunchtime cutting, loading and organising the brash. So that was two more loads done. Still got a few to go yet.
I got a chainsaw sharpening kit yesterday and sharpened the chain. It’s easy to do, once I’d been shown how by a kind neighbour.
I offered to help a neighbour cut up a fallen tree. I imagined he’d want the wood for himself and that it would simply be great fun. But it turned out that he didn’t want it and just wanted the tree removed. He offered me a chainsaw in exchange for removing it. I accepted his kind offer and have enlisted the help of some other neighbours who want the wood also. We had a great day cutting it up on Friday. I think at least one is then was up there over the weekend, I’ll have to spend some more time up there this week as there is more to go yet.
We walked up to Golden Cap today, it is quite impressive, even on a grey and slightly misty day. Apparently it’s 191 m above sea level.
Ben did kindly print out the speedo case: I think that I’ve worked out how it is going to connect the cable to the gearbox, but the middle gear doesn’t allow enough backlash, so I have ordered two more gears, which are slightly smaller by 2 teeth and 4 teeth, these won’t arrive here till Jan 20th, so I must practice patience.
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