Hi all.
As I expect you have all noticed, the weather has been turning for the worse lately. I decided that it was probably time for the Lister B to move from the garden to the engine shed. To understand how I made the stupid mistake that I did, lets backtrack a bit.
The Lister B, my first engine was brought home it bits and put into my shed. The shed was then cleared of old motorbikes and other unwanted bits and became the "Workshop". A bench, pillar drill, tool shelves and other niceties were installed along with a power, lighting and a bar heater to keep the frost and condensation at bay in the winter.
Last summer bits kept coming out to be painted and then dry in the warm sun. Flywheel, crankcase, base casting and all manner of bits went in and out all summer.
Early this summer I decided to build a modest but nice "Engine shed" in readiness for the completed project. This was actually a shed to put the engine in, hence the term.
Late summer and the big day arrived. The engine was rebuilt in the garden, checked and tested. It started first time. After four weeks of finishing and checking (Well just having fun with it really!) I decided to put it away for the winter. Now remember that it has spent over a year coming in and out of the workshop in bits and pieces. Guess what? The assembled engine was too wide for the doorway of the engine shed. It was also 1" too wide for the workshop entrance.
The existing engine shed has now become the "Garden tool shed" as I have spent today building the new engine shed! What with the summerhouse as well, my garden is beginning to look like a shanty town and I am thinking of naming the paths between the various buildings in the manner of Workshop Way, Summerhouse Saunter and Lister Avenue.
Now I am wondering whether I have just been working too hard today or have I completely lost the plot????
Simon Taylor ( The resultant size of your thumb is proportional to the velocity of the striking hammer.)