NB Esk

I like hopper barges etc, so that's a sad sight. Those particular ones are BACAT barges. What river is that please?

Yes, suitably spruced up (courtesy of the lockdown) and could be for sale to the right person.

Is that a " match"ed pair?

Jammie bottoms with the slogan......"May contain nuts".

Try using a narrow strip of paper, between the door and it's frame. If the paper moves freely, that would indicate a gap or low spot, if the paper gets trapped, that will show where there's a high spot. This may help to identify the place you need to look closer at.

Thanks......"Pole of the month" , loving it. Wish I'd known about this site at the beginning of lockdown.....

Am I seeing things, or is that telegraph pole actually mounted inside the arch? There doesn't seem to be a bottom bit to it.....

You should be on the canal when it's coming towards you, makes you forget about the scenery......

The ones they'll be sourcing at the moment, will be "lockdown" bolts.

Really nicely done, thanks for posting.....

I changed to legacy just to see what would happen. The list was back as it always had been but it made the rest of the forum look unfamiliar, so changed back again. (iPad) I'll manage without it, no hardship.......

Just checked mine and the same things happened, used to be a list there but now blank. (iPad)

That's how I'd have done it. Take it there are no issues with yours?

If I'd have made those, the ends of that rain deflector channel (the inverted angle iron) would have been closed. What's to prevent water leeching under the highest end and running along the underside?

Don't believe there's anything down there but I will check to make sure.

No problem, my setup is ancient, piston being wooden and leather but the general idea remains the same. As mentioned by a post above, the pump framework fits into a square (in my case it's what the lid engages with) Pics show pump at top and bottom of stroke, the entire framework and below decks, the cylinder. Hope this helps.

Hi, is the "weighted rubber flap" hinged at the rear, so it can open and close? If so, I also believe it to be part of a bilge pump system. The rubber valve would normally be known as a "clack valve". I own a vessel with similar hand operated bilge pumps, I'll try to take a pic later... Lovely boat, got some really nice lines and it doesn't look to have had a hard life, those plates look really good.

Spoiling of a good video with ignorant, boorish behaviour, one of the "Heywood" brothers I presume. If he carried on with that performance, passing through our area, he'd be exchanging the boiler suit for a wetsuit.

Can I bring my new Anvil? I will allow caresses....

Kind of you to say.... I looked after between 90 to 100 items of plant, just me. Repaired everything from tracked excavators to compressed air demolition picks. Getting operators to report faults relied on assuming a modicum of intelligence, here's an example. Received an internal phone call from Huddersfield ICI fire brigade, one of " my " compressors had been on fire, could I get it sorted? On arrival I couldn't help noticing a mass of burnt and congealed rubber, at the side. This turned out to be an old sofa cushion that a labourer was using to make his dumper seat more comfortable. As it came on to rain, he'd put the cushion inside the compressor cowling, " to keep it dry ".

In a previous life, as a contractors plant mechanic, I found the first thing to go missing on the fleet of road compressors, was the spade ignition key. The operators soon found out the engine dipstick doubled as a great ignition key. Then, when the switch no longer operated, due to the stresses put upon it, they found the same dipstick could be used jump straight across the solenoid terminals. Then, when the end of the dipstick finally burned away, too much oil was poured into the oil filler. Then.........