Difficult bit with pot maker is getting correct mix of compost material. With someone helping to feed compost in and take completed pots off it could be fairly quick. Always attracts attention at shows, usually with the questions what is it and what does it do. Seeing it in operation fascinates spectators.
The big problem I find with safety goggles, as I also wear glasses, is the reduced clarity of vision having to look through two layers of glass/plastic. But having ruined one pair of glasses by not wearing goggles when grinding I always make sure I wear goggles.
I plan to go through all the copies I have and scan the relevant adverts. In addition to Weeks, there are Cooper & Pegler, Drake & Fletcher, Geo Monro machinery and other products, Auto Culto, Planet, Bristol and Ransomes MG.
Some good photos and an assortment of exhibits. Nice to see another Glem pot maker, I have had one for several years. Not so sure about the ‘Tippings Ltd’ truck and caravan, not what I would call horticultural.
It would be a fair old archive if they did. Not sure when first publication was but with 2 volumes a year and second half of 1934 is volume LXXVIII (78) then the first one could have been 1895.
I will get our editor to put an advert in the April issue of The Cultivator, our club magazine. These are great machines but not many people seem to collect them, possibly due to the weight, about 4 1/2 cwt. If no one takes it on as a project it would be better to see it broken for spares rather than scrapped, just wish I lived a bit nearer.
Spark plug should be a Champion No 7 with a gap of 0.018 – 0.020″. I would suggest a call to the Green Spark Plug Company for availability and alternatives.
Castrol XL is still available. When mixing fuel for my SIMAR 56 sometimes I use Castrol XL and other times a modern 2 stroke oil, but always in the ratio specified for the machine ie 6%.
Andrew sorry to hear about break in, hope nothing irreplacable was taken. Shooting is too good for them, something more painful and lingering would be better.
