Hi B_S,
I guess I forgot about that as I thought it would've gone via Air but when it showed up it was in a "Flat Rate" satchel which would've meant by road and not air I guess.
As far as finishing the machine is concerned I've had a set back, forgetting that I'm going to require chain link extenders as it's being run as a Verti-Cutter and not a cylinder reel. The VC is set down much further away than a normal cylinder and thus requires a slightly longer chain.
These seem to be a bit hard to come by here in SA so I'll wait for a friend to get back on Tuesday and get a couple from him as he's got them on hand and that's much easier for me.
Meanwhile I've removed the original brass height adjuster, glazed and polished it as the original cast finish was really poor, but not forgetting these were all originally painted in the same colour as the chassis so quality of casting wasn't that important.
One thing you'll notice if you look at the before photo that's in the next post and that is this poor old adjuster knob has certainly copped it's fair share of harsh abuse, it's even had a pair of stillsons on it at some stage of it's life. So the challenge was there
Anyway it's now done and ready to be refitted after 2 hours on the wheel.
Wow, sometimes I wonder why we do these things to ourselves ?
Cheers,
BB.
