Muttley and tinys bridge

Gary Richardson · Post by **Gary Richardson** » Sat Sep 07, 2024 8:18 am

Hi Tiny

You are doing a brilliant job on the bridge. Glad to see you are keeping your dad on his toes. Well done

Regards
Gary

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Sun Sep 08, 2024 7:01 pm

Hi John and Gary

Thank you both for the lovely comments.
This is a reply from tiny all his own words.
John
I am looking forward to seeing you and driving tanks next year will there be any real ones we can drive.

Gary
Muttley is my grandad we do almost everything together hes the best.
He is called Muttley because that is what his friends call him on all there motorbikes.

Words from a nine year old thats my boy Tiny.

Take care and keep safe
Best regards

Steve and Luke

John Fitzsimons · Post by **John Fitzsimons** » Sun Sep 08, 2024 8:42 pm

Tiny, sorry you couldn't get to open day at Armortek this year. Hopefully next time. My Alex was driving my tiger most of the day. I have to take my bike out for a spin before winter.

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Sun Sep 15, 2024 9:20 pm

Hi Guys
A few more bits done over the past few days and weekend.
We sprayed some dark grey primer on the fittings and a good bit of over spray then lightly sprayed with the brown hopefully to give it a used look and not the new car shiny look.
We may have a lead on some larch at a very good price for the slats with not to much work to do on them.
Enjoy the rest of the evening

Take care and stay safe

Regards

Steve and Luke

Phil Dawe · Post by **Phil Dawe** » Sun Sep 15, 2024 11:38 pm

Steve, you and Tiny are catching me up!

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:21 pm

Hi Phil
Were doing our best mate Tiny is also itching to get back to the 251.

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:18 pm

Good evening guys
Just a quick midweek update tiny and I have made a start on the first span.

Take care all

Best Regards
Steve and Tiny

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Mon Sep 23, 2024 8:21 pm

Good evening all
Not a great deal done over the weekend.
My side kick Tiny took the weekend off as he had the chance to learn and operate the big tractor alongside the combine and cut his teath on the big round baler.
Bailing 9 bales.
Myself I had the pleasure of finishing off the first span the only thing now is to paint over all the fasteners and source the wood.
Next job tomorrow is to start span two

Take care and have a lovely evening

Best regards

Steve and Luke

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Fri Sep 27, 2024 7:32 pm

Good evening guys.
Well not a great deal done this week but one thing did crop up.
I was contacted by one of other forum members about a problem he found so after a lot of gigery pokery and a few choice words on my bridge I think I found the problem so I phoned kian for his advice just incase it was me getting it wrong.
The end posts will not fit to the spans with the bracing frames ( parts EN0134 135 ) fitted.
There has been a mistake in the instructions.
The bracing frames are fitted only to the span that is in the middle of the two spans I hope this makes sense to you all.
Both ramp ends are open.
Having said all that I am only removing ENO134 and retaining part 135 this is only because tiny and I were chatting and I ended up with an unsightly hole so part 135 will cover it nicely.
A big thank you to Kian for a worp speed response and all his help.
Take care and have a lovely weekend.

Regards

Steve and Luke

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:22 pm

Good evening guys.
Well Tiny and I managed to get a cupel of hours in the workshop on Sunday.
I brought a small tin of etch primer to paint all the silver ends of the fasteners and finished the assembly of span No2.
I also got fed up looking for a decent hard wood at a realistic price ( no such luck ) so I brought a small pile of red wood and a thicknesser plainer to bring it to size.
Our sapele tree trunk was just to big for us to process so we sold it and went for the more easy option.
Take care and keep safe.

Steve and Tiny

Charles A Stewart · Post by **Charles A Stewart** » Mon Dec 02, 2024 10:06 pm

Adheres very well, especially horizonally.

Joking apart, nice build by both of you.

Cheers
Charles

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Tue Dec 03, 2024 10:12 am

Thank you Charles.
It dose what it says on the tin lol.
Steve & Tiny

John Fitzsimons · Post by **John Fitzsimons** » Tue Dec 03, 2024 5:26 pm

Great to see more progress. I missed out on a slightly used thicknesser a couple of weeks ago. Didn't make a decision quick enough. They don't come up that often. Interested to see how you get on with the woodwork. Stock piling etch primer for my projects. Was good price in Halfords. €16 plus got another 10% off. You will be finished by the time I start.

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Thu Dec 05, 2024 1:23 pm

Hi John
Thanks for the nice comments.
Woodwork wont be a problem my first trade was carpenter/ cabinet maker.
Im hoping to get back into the workshop this weekend with Tiny.
Stay safe

Steve and Tiny

Steve Lewington · Post by **Steve Lewington** » Sat Feb 08, 2025 8:34 pm

Hi guys
It's been a little while since our last post. Well, we finally got a bit of time to get back into the workshop over the past couple of days.
At last, we got the first span finished with the decking planks treaded and stained, ready for some weathering at a latter date.
I must give a big thank you to Phil D for the Ribands he made and sent up to us a first class job, Phil.
The end posts took a bit of filing to make them fit nicely due to the fact we had undercoated and topcoateded all the parts before assembly.
The thickness of the paint, even though thin, made a difference to fitting them. Also, the holes for the pins had to have a quick ream 8mm for an easy fit.
We made a start on span two, and my little mate slid away to take the doom buggy for a spin the only clean part of him was his boots.
Take care and keep safe .

Steve and Tiny.