sat 12th feb

Got a bit done today, went out to the vintage tractor shed and pulled a wheel off a International WD-40 tractor, dad is making a spacer to tit W-9 wheels to the big tractor. 28" tyres a very scarce now. They have the same spline size, just a bit more offset. so a 2" thick spacer is required to pack out the rims. Most tractors were sold here with steel wheels during the war years, then a company in horsham made aftermarket conversions using david brown wheels aparently. So now she will have genuine "Inter" cast wheels anyway. Came home, and spent a few hours tieing up some mesh behind a little FUJI apple tree in the garden, so will be able to espalia the branches along the edge of the garden bed. Should stop the branches breaking, happens a lot to little trees here.

just checked ebay, and won on Donald De carle's "With the watchmaker at the bench" so thats a find:-) also got a tailstock for my 8mm lorch collet lathe, but that hasn't arrived yet. maybe monday or tues.

more later when it does arrive.