Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Going poor

I have had to rationalize my life since the flood in Gundagai and half my wealth and income gone. There is the strong probability that the insurance company will refuse insurance to me and place me on a list. The cost of this would be immense and probably send me to the wall. I am in the process of changing the way I am to do things and the direction in the way I am to go.
This is a great place of change in my life and one to look forward too.
Gone will be the making of things because I could. From now on it will be based on needs not wants and a simpler life will be had.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Gypsy wagon Shepherd hut shanty boat?

This is a cross between a gypsy wagon and a shepherds hut.As the build progresses it changes direction and the mind wanders. As the wagon can be separated from the trailer it could be easily placed on a couple of pontoons and become a shanty boat with ease. As stated I picked up a bee swarm and have gone into bees.  I think I will paint it bright yellow with bees drawn on the sides in black and white. The mind is having fun with this one.

gypsy wagon


 Led lights have been installed along with the number plate. The trailer is registered as a bulk carry trailer and the box is the load.part of the floor has been laid, it is second hand flooring Australian hardwood.
 Vapor barrier installed
  Expanding foam seals the gaps.

More of the vapor barrier.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Warning! Do this at your own peril.

Cleaning small engine parts and gear box parts Get an old dishwasher and place it in the corner of the yard away from flammable materials, disconnect the pump out pump, and block up the hoses . Load the machine and poor in diesel and water and set the machine going. Use the low heat setting until you get game to use the high heat setting. I used old petrol thinners and any thing I could use that was cheap. I used this for many years with out any dramas. In the end it was high heat with steam emitting from the machine. The parts came out clean as a whistle but you have to spray machine surfaces with rust retardant as the parts would rust within hours,

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Thoughts and quotes

.....Who ever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before,would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together. Whom said this?
I would like to make a quotation of my own "Any man who plants more than one plant in his life time does more for society than all the politicians of the world"



Answer; Jothathan Swift Gullivers Travels