Grumpy old buggers thread

[Tins]

and railway line is not very easy to drill large holes in with handheld tools.

Indeed.

[Saitch]

Yes, although they need to be fairly hefty bolts, and railway line is not very easy to drill large holes in with handheld tools.

Perhaps try and source some line from an old, Chinese railway? Probably easier to drill.

[JDNSW]

But wear more rapidly in use. And in any case I already have these. I think from memory they are made by BHP, I would guess in the '50s, and from quite a tough steel. Certainly I have been using the drag for around thirty years with minimal wear.

[scarry]

Yes, although they need to be fairly hefty bolts, and railway line is not very easy to drill large holes in with handheld tools.

Yes,but a good fitter welder,could probably get you a nice hole where needed with an oxy set and the right cutting tip.

[JDNSW]

Yes, but I no longer have oxy, and can't justify getting it just for this job.

[V8Ian]

Weld and heavily gusset with E7016 (low hydrogen) rods.

[JDNSW]

Right at the moment I cannot even think about welding or using oxy outdoors due to the fire risk. There is supposed to be rain on Thursday, but the last two lots of forecast rain have simply not happened.

In any case, the fuel supply situation suggests I will not be able to use it for a while, so it will become a more long term project.