Not a true damper sorry mate. No birdshit, ants, weevils or feathers in it 🤣

Gotta love tha ingenuity of the bushies, gal iron chimney

Clever to home make the siphon point and brilliant piece of footage I've been chasing of real world results of this system in an actual tank with sediment. Lots of claims that it'll chew through 30cm of sediment. Which I don't doubt next to the pipe. But my interest that been with the rest of the floor which despite the amount of water you dumped. It only cleaned local to the holes in the pipe. Next step for me would be maybe testing what happens if you swirl the water entering the tank. Will the sediment be aggressively disturbed or can you just gradually push it around to pile up against the pipe. Then just have the intake hole predominately on that side. Thank you for up loading this video!

Im sorry, where was the review???

What an ingenious piece of equipment - a glimpse into the effort & expertise required to create items in days gone by, ably demonstrated here by another of Clifton Museum Queensland's multi-skilled volunteer members. Thank you, John & and Ian, for giving us this insight into how it was done 😀 👏

@johnccrispin1491 how has the bike held up over time?

Old farm machines and old men! Yee Haa! That one fellow sure was enjoying the experience. Thank you.

Good that these old machines are kept in working order. My grandfather had a Sunshine horse-drawn binder in the 1950s, later pulled by a tractor.

How wonderful! The delight on the faces of the guys starting and running it! There’s nothing quite like that is there?!

Old farts

Where is the throttle on this bike ? I can’t find set up instructions anywhere online manual is hopeless can’t find many reviews either can you help please , Thankyou 🙃

Hey John, I appreciate the video, but can you explain your experience with the bike so far? Does it work as intended? any problems/issues?

Im glad no one ever painted it. They are best in original condition. Paint should only be used in full restoration projects. It can ruin the look of a nice working machine. Nice unusual machine thanks for showing. It would be interesting to see it working.

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Was this the machine that had no cutter bar, but just stripped the heads off and relied on the serrated auger to cut the heads off and fee them into the feeder house?

Beautiful, that would have to be the biggest comb ever in 1936. what is it 14' or 15'?

Great to see this machine saved and running again! Most have been scrapped. The engine sounds great. I believe the first ones used a Fordson engine.

To be quite honest l miss those days . I was happierr then than i am now.

Im only 59 and l can still just remember a few of this being used by old timers in my day.

It is great to see an icon of Australian design and manufacture still in running condition after some 85 years. You need to pass on the operating technique to the younger generation before it is lost forever.

Yes those ones only had 2 forward speeds were the WT models the KT ones has 3 speed gearboxs we had 3 of the autos in New Zealand with the same motor as yours

Better than the saw at Bunnings and the man is so nice.