Magazine: Articles by Pat Callaby

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Rotary Mower Blades
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (19 Jun 08 13:30)
A helpful article on the importance of keeping rotary blades sharp and in good order-details inside - Read Article

Student mechanics have day at Ryder Cup venue
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (27 Apr 08 18:00)
Mechanics students from Evesham College, get shown the ropes at The Celtic Manor Resort-details inside - Read Article

Creating a waste disposal area
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (25 Mar 08 13:00)
Waste is a necessary evil and when you run an operation from the Celtic Manor Resort, keeping it under control is of paramount importance-details inside - Read Article

Creating a refueling area
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (29 Nov 07 11:00) - 2 comments
Pat Callaby discusses the merits of having designated areas from a health and safety point of view-details inside - Read Article

Workshop Administration - Part 1
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (20 Aug 07 12:45)
I have covered my commissioning process for new machines in an earlier article so we won't go there again except to say that to have all machine records of repairs and servicing plus the machine details is very convenient at times. - Read Article

The Use of Machine Lifts in the Workshop
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (01 Aug 07 14:15)
Not so many years ago a workshop housing a machine lift was unheard of, let alone big enough to hold a lift inside it-details inside - Read Article

Innovative parts board for the workshop
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (18 Jun 07 11:15) - 2 comments
Each winter I try to identify something that we need in the workshop that can be fabricated by the technicians, they are encouraged to come up with ideas of their own that are both practical and cheap-details inside - Read Article

Good housekeeping in the workshop
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (12 Feb 07 15:15)
Another good piece of advice from Pat Callaby, resident workshop manager at The Celtic Resort. - Read Article

Take control of your servicing and inspections
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (16 Nov 06 11:00)
How many of you repair machines on a reactive basis rather than having a service/preventative maintenance program in place?-details inside - Read Article

Contract Maintenance
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (20 Sep 06 10:00)
Sometimes it is convenient to contract maintenance work out, here at Celtic Manor Resort there are several types of servicing and/or repairs that are better done by specialists. - Read Article

Making a Unit Trolley
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (28 Jun 06 12:10) - 1 comment
If you have, as we do here at Celtic Manor Resort, spare greens units, it can be useful and time saving to mount these on a trolley rather than hang them on a wall or (heaven forbid) keep them kicking around on the floor forming a trip hazard and making them prone to damage. - Read Article

Disposal of waste
Golf - By Pat Callaby (13 Jan 06 14:00) - 2 comments
Those of you who are involved in organizing and/or running a Golf Course workshop i.e. Course managers and mechanics, have special responsibilities concerning disposal of waste materials. Some of this waste is the subject of legislation and other types are not. Those waste materials that are the subject of legislation must be disposed of in the approved manner and a record kept for three years, failure to keep an accurate audit trail can result in very heavy fines for your company (up to £20,000.00). - Read Article

Setting up a greens mower
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (05 Aug 05 19:00) - 1 comment
Another informative article from the Workshop Manager at Celtic Manor Resort - Read Article

Packing Bottom Blades
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (05 May 05 11:45) - 2 comments
Pat Callaby, Head Mechanic at Celtic Manor GC offers his advice on preventing the biggest waste of bedknives (bottom blades). - Read Article

So you want to buy a grinder?
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (07 Apr 05 16:00)
A simple costing exercise is needed to clarify things for the people who sign the cheques for capital expenditure. Count the number of cylinders held and include everything, trim, fairway, pedestrian, ride on etc-full article inside - Read Article

Organising the workshop
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (17 Mar 05 16:05) - 1 comment
I have a commissioning process for new machines that helps me to order parts and claim warrantees, when the machine may not be readily to hand and to record other information relevant to that machine-details inside - Read Article

Merits of workshop maintenance (Part two)
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (11 Feb 05 16:00)
We keep a fairly large stock of parts to minimise down time but it can soon get out of hand if not carefully monitored, nonetheless it is essential to keep a certain amount of stock rather than working on a “just in time “ basis, which would work well if only we were clairvoyant.-Pat Callaby continues his series on workshop maintenance - Read Article

Merits of workshop maintenance
Mechanics - By Pat Callaby (04 Feb 05 11:00) - 2 comments
Here at The Celtic Manor Resort we have a large, well equipped, well stocked workshop facility employing three mechanics and a workshop manager. In the first of a series of articles, Pat Callaby explains the needs for and merits of having an in-house machinery workshop. - Read Article