Oil Oil Oil

Well this is hopefully the last incarnation of my waste oil burner .I've made a new aluminium sealed tank ,a lot smaller than the previous .Now its a lot nearer nozzle it helps to keep the oil hot before it goes into the nozzle .Top of tank is just below the nozzle so no run on after stop altho there is a solenoid on the pump so this shouldn't  be an issue (just airing on caution ).Pipe to nozzle is now only 50 mm long

Will have to see how it goes on over the winter ...long time yet lol .Its heated the water up without any bother so leaves me a little time this summer to do other stuff .........YEEEEEHA back to press a button heating .

Up in the air

All assembled with new ropes 

 Up and on the mounts,Right view from orchard ...wire was wrong side of tower ...doh

And finally wound up 3/4 so prob 65ft to wire

Another tower

Well i have acquired another tower !! Its a little bit under the weather but nothing a little bit of welding sanding and paint wont sort out .

 No before and after pics ,just in the middle of .
The end of top section was rotten ,mainly due to wood being put into the hollow round section to stop water ingress ,unfortunately this made it worse by actually harbouring the water causing it to rot.
So new pipe spliced into the old and made a foot (300mm) longer ...lol i just cant help it !!

 New pole mounts made .The rotator cage taken off as this is just to hold the 120m doublet up in the air 

Trial fitting of fabricated wall mount(pre paint) .20mm through bolts hold it in place .Walls are 2 feet thick (600mm)

First lower section trial fit ...looking good !!,Its a little lower than current scaffold mast which is 45-50ft ,im hoping for around 70 ft with this tower arrangement 

80 m Vertical mounting post repair

The recent storms took there toll on my 80m vertical ,as you can see the tilt on her ...poor thing .I feel an upgrade coming up 

 Jcb always helps to take the thing down 

 I use the ladder to get up into bucket to fasten the strop to tower 

 Scrap shaft ,well not fit for purpose,so its in the lathe having a lick of it ...down to 62mm so it goes inside the mounting post for vertical

 Getting there ,took abt 3 hrs to rip it down was 90 mm to start ,seems like a lot of work but a piece of en24 1500 long comes in at a fair price maybe £150 

 Top was cut off the mounting post (cap was welded on to stop water ingress) You can see the shoulder on the pin as it goes in .This sucker was tight due to the slight bend left in tube ,jcb(5 tonne) wouldn't push it in so hammer was called for ....eventually it met up.Lots of rain and darkness stopped any more pictures,I will take one in day light .

Antenna got put back up in dark ...not something i would recommend ,oh and that wind came too just as it was time to lift it back up ...amazing lol !!! 

Base finished

That finishes the base of tower ,added the clamp arrangement ....a little over kill being 20mm x 80 mm fb .All that's left to do now is send it to get galvanized .Then its install time at long last .....yeha !!!!

Trial fit and lower section extension

Lower section of tower trial fit to base.

 Lower section receiving the 1500mm extension ,You can also see the boss's for the hold down bolts in the base plate

 Consider it extended

Catch plate at bottom left to fabricate then its galvo time 

gussets added

Tower base at 3m high

Pulleys setup for lufting wire ,basically to throw the cable over to side of post so handle doesn't hit the girder

And again on the other side which goes to the tower 

In all its raw glory 

Left to do now are the mounting holes in the base and the bottom retaining plate for the tower