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Hob, I always find your projects interesting. I like that there always seem to be some cactus that make their way into your galleries too.
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daiv wrote: I like that there always seem to be some cactus that make their way into your galleries too.

i have so many i don't have room to work where there are not plants in the way :lol:
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Yes, Hob, you are a very good role model for the rest of us. :thumbright:
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Awesome caravan! 8)
......................I used to wonder what i would do when i retired ...........now i wonder how i ever managed to find time to go to work ...................
I hear you. I'm lucky enough to have a job where I only have to work 2.25 hours a day in order to pay my bills, and there still aren't enough hours in the day! :lol:
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hob wrote:
my latest project is a wood planer i bought from a scrap yard ..........on eBay.............. for £30.00...........estimated age ..............probably 75 + years though no makers name or date with it

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restoration diary here
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z279 ... ?start=all

this i hope will be my show piece along with a 1935 engine that i paid a fortune for last year :shock:


regards hob :D
started on the rebuild of this project, hoping it will be finished this time next week..............spent a lot of money on this one, but it will be my best showpiece for this years season.
went to a show today but only as a visitor
http://s195.photobucket.com/albums/z279 ... eam%202012

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old machinery is taking over my time now i'm retired .............. reminds me of my time in engineering when i was just a lad in the 1960's , days where an old motorbike with a bit of fiddling and a few £ spent could get you out into a whole exciting new world :D
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Nothing beats good cast iron machinery. :)
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just about finished now except for making a guard for it. :D

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Great job. =D>
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took the engine to another show last weekend ...........ran well all day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-NB-ZRTVpU&feature=plcp

2 more shows next month. :D
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show season over here at the moment, iv'e done 6 shows this season so far, doing another one on sunday.
going over on saturday to help set the show up then sleep over in the pickup saturday night ready for the show.

just finished installing an electric winch in the truck to pull the engine into the back

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iv'e done some test runs on the wood planer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e99XV67mPIg&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKxKNnrLloM&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7dCrC442SY&feature=plcp



the biggest show in the county is coming up next month, i'm helping there too should be there for 4 days helping to set the show out and showing the wood planer over the weekend. :mrgreen:
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Both machines turned out beautiful Hobs! :)
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Cool to see them in action - considering the original condition of each.
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Hi everyone ...........guess i should have looked in sooner than this .......................since my retirement other things seem to have overtaken me somewhat :oops: as you can see looking back on this topic, life changes as these things often do
I still keep my plants as i always did but this years strange weather has seen loads of Rebutia destroyed by spider mites along with most of the Chamaecereus hybrids ........... guess i lost about 50 or 60 plants maybe more, i left most to overwinter hoping they will make a comeback in the spring.
meanwhile my physical problems don't seem to get any better so with that in mind i bought this , its very small but should suit me fine.

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the idea being to see a lot more of the UK while i'm still able to, looking forward to going away a few times next year when the weather gets better..........tried it out the other week really enjoyed it

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hoping everyone is still well and those in the path of the hurricane are all ok, with winter closing in i hope to be around a bit more often.
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This looks like you're headet to vacation. Have a nice time. :D
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I like your trailer. It would be perfect for camping. :)
I guess I should go more now when I am young then wait until I am old. Just too bad I dont have much money or anything. If I get another job I will be too busy to do. It's a dang Catch 22
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