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Needs Must…
Needs Must…
For many months now, the garden has been just too wet to do any work in, not just gardening, but as for many people the garden is my…
Andrew Drapper
Jan 31, 2016
Safety Wire
Safety Wire
We have yet another skill to learn.
Andrew Drapper
Dec 7, 2015
Making a Curve-sole Plane
Making a Curve-sole Plane
I am hoping to get into some chairmaking in the near future. I have many of the tools I will need for this, but there are still a few I do…
Andrew Drapper
Dec 4, 2015
Blowing my own Trumpet!
Blowing my own Trumpet!
Not that I am one to blow my own Trumpet, but we are two large bits of tractor more de-rusted.
Andrew Drapper
Nov 23, 2015
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First bits up to top coat.
First bits up to top coat.
Yay!
Andrew Drapper
Nov 4, 2015
Rust, rust and a little less rust…
Rust, rust and a little less rust…
Our de-rusting process continued.
Andrew Drapper
Oct 20, 2015
Rust, rust and more rust, cont.
Rust, rust and more rust, cont.
Continued from Rust rust and more rust.
Andrew Drapper
Oct 17, 2015
Thread cleaning.
Thread cleaning.
A few days ago I received the bolts that I will be using to hold the crown wheel to the differential. They are second hand and the threads…
Andrew Drapper
Oct 14, 2015
Rust, rust and more rust…
Rust, rust and more rust…
So, we now have around a third of the big bits of our tractor at our house.
Andrew Drapper
Oct 12, 2015
And so it begins.
And so it begins.
We have been wanting a little grey fergie for many years now. We have saved and spent many times. A little money gets saved up, and a bill…
Andrew Drapper
Oct 11, 2015
So, Why “The Skutters?”
So, Why “The Skutters?”
I have to admit it, “The Skutters,” is a strange name for a website about re-building an old tractor, but there is some sense to our…
Andrew Drapper
Oct 11, 2015
It all begins
It all begins
For many years now, a few of my sons and I have been wanting a tractor. Yes, I know it is mad of us. We live in a small three bedroom…
Andrew Drapper
Oct 10, 2015
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