THE BALE BLASTER do you need this on your farm machinery?

[@fredharrowven1040]

Good morning Tom, Great idea save a bit of time you are not just a good looking 👀 guy and no I don’t fancy you lol, Best of luck with it. Take care of yourself and stay safe.🛠️🛠️🚜⭐️👍👌🎅🤶🎄

[@yellownev]

My lad introduced me to liquid PTFE - its very good but I prefer the tape and pipe jointing compound - I've a tin I inherited from my dad and he died 34 years ago ( I do use it !!) Keep them coming. Our farmers like our nurses and health care staff are so undervalued.

[@adrianflower3230]

Brilliant, Gromit. Nice cup of tea and some Cheese now, lad you deserve it 🧀☕🍵🍵

[@alexdyke194]

Tom, you are gonna need a way to drain condensation from your tank if the tractor doesn't have a dryer on the compressor. Every time you cycle the system, you will get condensation from the expansion of the gas. If you don't have a drain in the tank, it will eventually rust out

[@Tomlamb980]

@@alexdyke194 it’s got a tap under the tank

[@Qspecialman]

Terrific Tom, I hope you have patented your idea. That is what I call a good idea cleaning the machine from the tractor seat. You watch, in a few years that system will be standard on this type of kit.

[@Tomlamb980]

Thanks 👍

[@ConradHallAuthor]

Wonderful idea and congratulations for putting it together. Your attitude toward just wanting to make it simple and easy for others is outstanding. I have been thinking about the early demo where you blasted air at some straw on the frame of the baler. Would it be useful to have an air blast that pushes the straw up and off the areas where it catches? Maybe one switch could activate a blast going up to loosen stuff. Then a second switch activates the blast going down and sideways to blow stuff away. Colin sent me over to your channel. You have good content and a good sense of humour.

[@daveellard9463]

Couple of thoughts, a auto water drain on the tank, the air nozil/ fan may work better with gentle curves not straight,the powder fire extinguish attacks metal, settles with vibration and time and can turn solid and not deploy.

[@philipcounsell4709]

Brilliant Tom, it will be interesting to see a manufacturer will pick up on this brilliantly simple system interesting their products . 👍👍

[@Tomlamb980]

Fingers crossed!

[@ianedwards9136]

Coming along, glad the valves have arrived. I was working with a plumber/ gas fitter and he never uses that tape, he said best thing to use is the master plumbers/ gas fitters paste. Seals air / water / oil and gas, is pressure approved. Don't need heaps and 100% seals first time no worries. I never use the tape anymore and use paste on every fitting no matter if i am plumbing, working on vehicles.

[@Studio-gp4nk]

A good practice is the Ball Valve should always fall to the off position for safety! Great job 👏 👏👏👏

[@Tomlamb980]

Yes, thanks

[@IanPothecary-dx1jd]

That's impressive, well done all your hard work has paid off. Cheers, Poth.

[@tflemming287]

On the nozzles as it spreads in one axis, it should narrow in the other. The current design just instantly reduces the pressure.

[@trevorsidley7697]

Very simple & practical - Well done Tom. Can't wait for Harvest 25 to see it in action.

[@paulleaver8820]

It looks like you have done a good job of it well done Tom

[@richardparsons7012]

I like the arming lever. As it rattles around the field, it can shake down to the armed position. 😂

[@jamesonpace726]

Farmers are brilliant. Real solutions to real world problems. Farmers for Presidents....

[@mattyod73]

Hi Tom great idea . One thing that will help you with your leaks is fit two union fittings between the elbow and the inlet to the solenoid valve that will allow you to tighten everything before you fit the solenoid

[@ricebar6773]

2:25 glad you fixed that

[@peterclarke3300]

Great video Tom and it’s looking pretty good and you have mad good progress with Tom’s bail blaster or TBB 👍👍

[@Lorddanielrushton371]

Best idea since sliced bread. Great job Tom. Cheers

[@Tomlamb980]

Thanks 👍

[@charleshart6992]

Excellent Tom! Well worth the wait!!

[@Ryanhps]

Nice video Tom, if the leak persists swap the hydraulic adaptors for 2" galv hex nipples they will seal better mate. Ryan HPS

[@Tomlamb980]

Thanks for the advice mate

[@robertellis8738]

Brilliant!! , keep the videos coming Tom

[@garyevans8116]

Is the powder getting moisture from the condensation from the compressor. If so you can get a moisture trap. I think that’s what it’s called. Great job Tom.

[@jonathanjennings4232]

Hi Tom, just wanted to check that you have fitted a safety relief valve on the air receiver to ensure it’s not going to be a time bomb should it go over pressure. Try using loctite 572 or 577 thread sealant instead of ptfe tape it’s much better on pipe work. A great idea to blow down the bailer

[@Tomlamb980]

The tractor controls the air flow it’s impossible to go above 115 psi

[@jonathanjennings4232]

@@Tomlamb980 Hi Tom I have worked on compressors / air receivers my whole working life and you can never trust a machine not to go over pressure, a simple valve can save a lot of problems, every air recovery in a system should have its own valve to protect it . I will get one sent up to you, we have them on the shelf.

[@jonathanjennings4232]

Just have a check for the design pressure on the air receiver it should be stamped on one end of the convex ends normally stamped WP with TP sometimes which will be the test pressure let me know the WP so we can match a valve to suit the pressure.

[@memyselfandeye1234]

Glad You Got Your Vales In The End .... Glad You Could Vent Of To... peace

[@stevewareing8525]

Great video Tom, the blaster is getting there now you finally have right size fittings. 👍.

[@Tomlamb980]

Yes, thanks

[@SkyPilotXSX]

Loving this series of vids! You need a new hat…. “Now we’re engineering!” 🤣 Loving the cheeky edit when you realized the isolation valve was the wrong way round and the lever wouldn’t open all the way 🤣

[@KevinCowe-uk5us]

Great video Tom..the bail blaster will be a great bit of kit when it's all finished. 👍

[@Tomlamb980]

I hope so

[@colbysquibb7854]

Proper job mate.

[@user-ce7bj4rk8r]

Have you thought about some sort of agitator on the nozzle? Something like the spinning nozzles on the end of a power washer. Little more complicated but it may give you better cleaning.

[@saragayle2217]

I could watch a whole video of you making things brilliant ❤

[@Tomlamb980]

Thank you so much 😀

[@richardcanning7351]

It’s looking good Tom. You’re doing well trying to work on this along with everything else. What about taking a line of the pressure gauge to connect to a second gauge in the cab that way you can see if you have to increase or decrease the flow into the tank. Has the cat signed the concrete yet? 😂

[@Downsviews1056]

Hi folks 🎉 Hi Tom🎉 thanks your getting there. Great idea bet you have been mulling this over, and you now see some fruits of your developments. Hope, you get your drilling up together. 🎉🎉

[@Tomlamb980]

Not yet!

[@jakobrebeki]

The answer to your thumbnail is YES. Even as a fire protection system it would be worth its weight in gold. Blowing the debris off the machine would be a bonus. Ever thought about using Halon for the fire system. Not to dear but discharge with care as it can kill you. Thanks for posting....

[@RobScarlett]

What a great idea, love it.

[@Tomlamb980]

Thank you! 😊

[@The_Real_Pope]

Would it make more sense to order things: Manual Isolator > Fire Extinguisher Tee > Solenoid. Just thinking that way you can use the fire extinguisher tee without needing to separately engage the solenoid?

[@johngell4842]

Top job Tom lamb now we are blasting 🤠

[@petergardner2334]

it s a great idea

[@timc7345]

Hey Tom, you should patent that Bale Blaster, before someone else does mate!

[@gardenogauge]

Swap your SOV and isolation valve around 🙂

[@Tomlamb980]

Thanks

[@stanislawsmykowski5850]

First 😅 greetings from Poland. It rains here a lot lately

[@Tomlamb980]

Second

[@stanislawsmykowski5850]

@@Tomlamb980 thanks Tom for your work. I'm always glad to see, that You've posted som new staff. Deep down I'd love to be a farmer

[@philapps3805]

That was quick for UPS great idea the blaster try blasting bathroom scales to see how much force it produces at different psi in main tank

[@thedudeabides8046]

Bail blaster is genius, how about a scaled down version for the clearance of flattus! The pants blaster! windy wind removal! Proving yet again I too am guinness /genius...

[@gardenogauge]

@@thedudeabides8046 sounds like a project for Colin!!

[@jongmassey]

Careful now, a bad aim and you've got a ball blaster!

[@markfudger5267]

You don't need a tennis ball, just a spud will do.😊

[@briangomm8391]

Tom, try loctite 55 sealing cord instead of PTFE, it's loads better.

[@Tomlamb980]

Thanks

[@StevenCasper]

Beautiful. That's it. :)

[@Tomlamb980]

Glad you like it!

[@zjzozn]

Will to hover like a jump jet?

[@peteb3365]

colins new potato cannon been developed 🥳🤣

[@bobcrawford2105]

Tom I find if you use gas sealing tape instead of ptfe you get better seal on threaded couplings

[@Tomlamb980]

@@bobcrawford2105 thank you

[@Frank-mn9qi]

Your the next James Dyson ,tom

[@Piglife101]

A little T joint with a train horn would be cool! 160psi would be mega

[@Tomlamb980]

You could if it ran a separate compressor

[@graham-martin5847]

have you put a none return valve on the feed from tractor to tank ?

[@Tomlamb980]

Yes it’s a air valve off a bike

[@graham-martin5847]

No I mean the pipe you plug into the tractor when you remove it does the air not flow backwards out of the tank

[@Tomlamb980]

@@graham-martin5847 yes a bike valve

[@graham-martin5847]

@@Tomlamb980 u got me confused tom I do a lot of compressor work and I am not sure what part of a bike valve would go inline with the feed from your tractor to the tank to stop the air from your main tank just flow back out of the connector you plug into the socket on the tractor

[@AW-Services]

I strongly suggest you do not use ABC dry powder as it's highly corrosive, and it could damage your machinery and component parts. Also, it will clump as you've noticed due to ambient moisture. Could you not use high-pressure water misting in an emergency situation

[@SimonPerry-cz4ke]

I thought Dave was organising the Concreting?

[@cheechU38K]

Tom X Furze = 🤘🏼🤓🤪

[@neilharropwork9103]

Now were blasting...

[@ianhudsontlm]

I am really worried about this blaster. You are effectively building a bomb. Any failure of this equipment on the high pressure side will produce high velocity projectiles that could kill someone. There are so many connections and potential failure points. Be careful Tom, would hate for something bad to happen. You really need an additional pressure release valve in the system to ensure you don’t over pressure the system.

[@philleeson7835]

Will Dave the concrete cat fit up the pipe. How far would he bounce🐈‍⬛

[@Tomlamb980]

To the moon

[@johannesvik3241]

Good idea, but waste of time building a prototype in order to find out it doesn't work. You would need a ten times bigger air-tank to achieve what you want...or a gigantic air compressor.

[@GrahamWP58]

Useless ...Paltry.... Service. Great test Tom

[@zebraforceone]

I saw the picture of the solenoid this morning jesus christ lol Get an air horn on it

[@Virusviper]

Unreliable Parcel Service, never fails always delivers... Eventually!

[@flybywire5866]

Today I watched a video of a John Deer combine burning down. As the reason, it was said the gear box for the drum overheated, starting a fire. This gearbox seems to be located under the plastic diesel tank. When the driver noticed the situation, it was already too late. In another video, the reason given was the same. There it was a lack of oil, leaking oil tube. These $500000 machines seem to have no $30 oil pressure or temperature sensor. Maybe the manufacturer can't afford how much the $30 sensor cuts into the profit. Well, for the manufacturer, it's win-win. Don't spend the money on the sensor, sell another combine. A cab full of monitors and no warning. These insanely expensive highly flammable machines have no fire detection and no fire suppression at all. Your invention seems quite desirable to have, at least to me.

[@Tomlamb980]

@@flybywire5866 thanks

[@johnwarwick4105]

Yes if a combine was running in industry, key components like that would be linked up to a simple temperature sensor. Very low cost and would trigger an alarm long before a fire could be started, may even save the gearbox as well. Common problem on the drum drive gearboxes oil seal fails and gearbox runs dry till something catches fire, crazy.

[@dfross87]

Manufacturers are terrible like that. The example I use is that I've never driven a car with a factory fitted low coolant sensor -- something to alert you when a hose starts leaking: *** BUZZ *** "Hey, you're running low on coolant, you should check it before you lunch the engine!" Yet my current runaround has a sensor fitted to inform me that I'm running low on....windscreen washer fluid 🙄.

[@flybywire5866]

@@dfross87 I guess repairs are more profitable than selling new vehicles.

[@zjzozn]

Tom’s BJ machine

[@dfross87]

Progress is slow and....slow. Sounds like most of my projects 🙃.

[@bizzer999]

c4yt

[@adrianhutchin4925]

What farming getting in the way of playing how rude 🤣🤣🤣