I had bought a cheap one just in case but I thought I would have a go at repairing my original.

It had stopped responding to the welding flash and the headstrap had broken.

For the first issue, I had replaced the two power cells, and given all surfaces a good clean.

Also, I found that the previous filter cover replacements were still covered by their protective plastic sheeting.

Peeling this off resulted in a much clearer view.

I used milk bottle plastic and small pop rivets to repair the broken head band and in the end I had a working helmet.

At the end of the day I made a start on cutting up the 75 x 10 mm bar for the top and bottom of the column.

Sunday

Linda was unwell from a bee sting the previous day so we did not make our usual visit to the cinema.

This gave me an extra day to work on the column.

I cut the column to length, drilled mounting holes in to the top bracket piece and tack welded this on to the column.

I then made a visit out to site to check that the column, along with its top and bottom headers, would fit accurately in to place.

I also caught up with Jim and Sandy for a coffee.

Back home, I continued with the tack welding.

Monday to Friday