2012 at the Hammond Barn

[Phil Waterman]

Was wondering if we would have the next season in that great reality program the Hammond Barn.

You guys are far better than TV you have a new installment nearly everyday while television is lucky if they can get out 26 new episodes.

Cheers Phil

[cliff]

I have made this new 2012 thread a sticky one and unstickied the 2011 barn one guys. Phil I'll do the same with yours when you start a new 2012 one.

[RHClarke]

With the young fellow away at camp (school break - for the teachers not for us), the better half working, and being a gummint employee (of sorts), what better way to spend the day than at the Hammond Barn?

There I met two other gummint employees (real civil servants) and we embarked on a number of small projects. Bob and Grant assembled a set of shelves to help keep things organized, and did some wiring, while I played with my Bronco hinge set.

The last attempt to free the hinge pin met with failure, so today, I drilled out the pin. The first attempt at drilling went OK, and when I repeated the process for the bottom half, things also went well. I took the hinge set to the vice to attempt to knock out the rest of the pin which resided in the center loop. While trying to rotate one of the hinge arms, the arm came free. Seems we busted up the pin while pounding on it yesterday. The upper and lower remnants of the pins were drifted out with ease. The center portion did not want to leave home. It was heat treated again and then came free after a few hits on the drift.

The next stage of the operation was to drill the hole slightly oversized to accept a nice stainless steel rod as a replacement pin. The holes drilled out quite nicely and the steel rod fit just like it was supposed to. I rounded over the top portion of the steel pin and reattached the hinge set to the rear door. Once the door was properly set in the opening, the inside hinge arms were then center punched. The hinges were removed and the center punched marks were drilled out. The tap finished off the job.

After reattaching the hinges to the door (for what seems to have been the twentieth time), the door was put back into the opening with vice grips holding the hinges to the frame. Three large flat head screws were turned into each hinge – I have to admit, my alignment was not spot on, so one set of screws needed to be “convinced” into their respective holes. Once in place, the door opened and closed for the first time in over seven years.

Now that the Bronco hinges have been modified after some intense effort, I am sure that a set of rear door hinges will fall into my lap in the near future. It is part of the Hammond Barn DNA not to let a scarcity of parts keep us from the ultimate goal. I think good things will happen in 2012 - unless you are Incan...

Photos:

1 - Outside view of the "new" hinges
2 - Lower configuration
3 - Upper configuration - the rear wall-mounted seat brackets are visible in this pic

[RHClarke]

The weather this morning was wonky at best, and dangerous at its worse. We had a light dusting of snow last night that was followed by a bout of freezing rain. It took quite a lot of effort to clear the driveway this morning. I got to the barn late only to find Bob sitting by Lucifer reading porn (a CMP manual). Not much happened before lunch, and after lunch Grant joined us.

Again, Bob and Grant were fixated on racks – not the kind young fellows think about, but equipment racks. They fabbed up a rack that eventually got bolted to the rear wall. After that fun Grant kept busy dashing about – in fact he disassembled four dashes this afternoon. As with all things CMP, differences soon appeared – Grant can fill in blanks on this one.

My afternoon was spent clearing snow and ice from the shelters, doing some sandblasting and fixing a window throw out arm off of the 42 Pilot Model. One of the four arms was broken. Another had been repaired with a very nice weld job, so I called in my expert to fix the break in the arm. Bob did a great job aligning the metal and flattening out ends so that they matched. A few zaps later and a quick session with the grinder, the arm looked ready for use.

Like all things we enjoy, time at the barn went by in a flash, and I headed back to Ottawa for my domestic duties.


Photos:

1 - Bob playing with a nice rack
2 - Mr Dash
3 - Pilot Model window throw out arm - before
4 - Arm - during
5 - Arm - after

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Guys

Been off line for a couple of days rebuilding computer so it was good to see somebodies weekend was productive.

Looking at the first picture wondered about the rack material, is the local super market missing a bunch of carts? Whats the English term for them? Trollies?

Good work on repairing the windscreen arms. I'll have to dig out the pictures for creating them from scratch with a plasma cutter. Mine on the Pattern 12 were so far gone had to create new ones.

Keep up the good work

Cheers Phil

[Bob Carriere]

When Joyce was a manager at Staples they would ...every now and then....throw out racking for more modern ones...... I scavenged a bunch of them.

We needed to take some scrap cut off steel off the floors in corners for room to work and easy access to the odd pieces and bits for future jobs. Wire shelves were nice but needed some bracing with angle iron for holding the weight that we will put on them.

Nice project for the Winter.

Also building a good sturdy box for storing and possibly securely transporting my recently acquired 19 set...... the whole set up moounted on the travel board will fit inside and be a two men carry.

Once that is completed will tackle sheet metal worjon the nose sheet metal fo tha cab 11 which has some nice large rust holes...... will try patches and or repro..... butt welding patches and spot welding will be the process of choice.

Still have to tackle the twisted frame but that will wait until we get milder weather.

Nice to fire up "Lucifer" and be able to work in a 50 to 55 F degrees setting.

Bob

[RHClarke]

The mercury dipped to -23 oC this clear and very sunny morning. With the wind, it felt like -32 – cold on any temperature scale! It was so cold that I was the only one at the barn this morning. Bob and Grant (I’m guessing) were out on Saturday. All of the vehicle shelters had the snow removed, so the boys were busy yesterday. Bob did a great job of clearing the snow from the front driveway, the road to the barn and the area in front of the barn. I’ll bet that was great fun, as no matter where the machine blows the snow, some is bound to blow back over you.

When I got to the barn I didn’t fire up Lucifer as I could only stay for a few hours. Upon entry I noticed that a new bin system was assembled and placed against one of the walls. Bob and Grant continue their fascination with racks and the like. So far most of the bins are empty, but that will change. Hopefully, the boys will chime in to speak of their exploits.

My morning was spent removing about 10 inches of snow from most of the roof of the old shed. The snow was in three layers – a soft top layer, a sheet of ice with compacted snow underneath. It was a bitch to breakup and clear off as the snow rake is somewhat flimsy and it catches the nails on the tin sheet roof. We will need to extend the reach of the snow rake so that I can get the remainder of the snow without having to get up on the roof. The old shed has developed a noticeable westward lean, and there was no sense in tempting fate.

After that fun, I fixed a broken shovel. The shovel blade had split where the dent for the handle meets the flat part of the shovel. After getting the power level right, the weld worked nicely. Some finishing touches with the grinder, and the shovel should last another five years. Yes, I am cheap. After locking up, I drove home for lunch very much enjoying the sun highlighting the ice in the trees. Winter in Canada can be a bit of a bitch, but it also can be downright beautiful.

Photos:
1 - Ice in the trees
2 - Camouflaged Dodges
3 - Unladen Bins