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Aar0sc
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by Aar0sc » Sun Aug 14, 2011 9:26 pm
JPB wrote:My vacuum cleaner didn't take well to retirement and spends much of his time in rehab:
Hahaha that's the most brilliant use of a hover ever!
We have a Dyson; entirely because mum stupidly allowed dad and I to buy it and it's insides look like a jet engine
1977 Triumph Spitfire 1500; 1974 Jaguar E-Type OTS V12
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by rich. » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:13 am
our old henry vacuum ended its days like that....
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by Luxobarge » Mon Aug 15, 2011 11:48 am
rich. wrote:our old henry vacuum ended its days like that....
Why? IMHO there's no reason for a Henry ever to die - you can get every single component spare part quite easily and cheaply, that's why I bought one, so I can keep fixing it every time it goes wrong. I'm going to treat it as a little personal challenge, to keep it going for as long as I can - much in the same spirit as running an old car really!
If anyone's throwing out a broken Henry, throw it in my direction!
This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay! 
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
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by JPB » Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:17 pm
Luxobarge wrote:...This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay!
Yeah, maybe it needs a bit of
wheelbarrow action to redress the balance?
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true.. 
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by Luxobarge » Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:33 pm
JPB wrote:Luxobarge wrote:...This is turning into a Vacuum cleaner thread - yay!
Yeah, maybe it needs a bit of
wheelbarrow action to redress the balance?
Ooooh, you've got a long memory Mr JPB!!! I'm gonna start a "classic wheelbarrow" thread
eventually.....
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
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by rich. » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:14 pm
cant beat a good wheelbarrow... ill just go and take pics of mine
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tractorman
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by tractorman » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:55 pm
Hijacking my own thread...
The cab frame I have been working on is shown in the shed - note the old compressor hiding there too! The compressor just about runs a spotblasting gun successfully, but even with 7.5CFM FAD, a gun is a no-no! That's the sandblasting theme contiunued - the frames won't go in the cabinet; mind you, I suspect a good blast would destroy them!
BTW - who needs a wheelbarrow?
This is the one that needs a new roof to stop the sparrows making their home between the inner and outer skins.
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by rich. » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:07 pm
i used to have an 885 like that, rear axle casting broke so we sold it on..
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by tractorman » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:35 pm
Rich wrote:
i used to have an 885 like that, rear axle casting broke so we sold it on..
You can go off people you know
However, I never liked the 885's - the cab was too heavy and made the front end too light (so my former colleagues at a DB agency told me when one was sitting with its back wheels on a wagon and the front ones in the air!). The 780 was the predecessor (though not with synchro gearbox) and was a much nicer machine (if it didn't have the awful Victor cab like mine had).
The frame was about to be removed in this picture:
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