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The Haymaker
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Thanks for the kudos guys.
This has turned into a massive project. Worked on it from 0930 to 1900 and STILL is not done! Today made all four shoes (don't forget, two plows being made here) and vaporized enough metal to make all four end pieces, templates too, of course. Made a jig/template for welding nuts to ends of plow for fastening of ends. Woulda been MUCH easier had I decided this fastening method earlier in the game, like before the end webs were welded to the plow.
Also welded up a set of dies made from 1" round stock for bending the 3/8"x2" shoes in the hydraulic press. ****! Worked better than I ever would have imagined.
Now need to weld nuts to end of 5' unit, then make fancy braces for stabilizing ends. Then.... (huge heavy sigh) SHOULD be done!
End pieces are experimental, using 1/8" leftover from bending of skins. Not so sure it's heavy enough, but......
Oh yeah, and dropping what I guess to be 200lbs of plow on a Ryobi 4.5" grinder is bad..... Wonder if they'll warranty it?
This has turned into a massive project. Worked on it from 0930 to 1900 and STILL is not done! Today made all four shoes (don't forget, two plows being made here) and vaporized enough metal to make all four end pieces, templates too, of course. Made a jig/template for welding nuts to ends of plow for fastening of ends. Woulda been MUCH easier had I decided this fastening method earlier in the game, like before the end webs were welded to the plow.
Also welded up a set of dies made from 1" round stock for bending the 3/8"x2" shoes in the hydraulic press. ****! Worked better than I ever would have imagined.
Now need to weld nuts to end of 5' unit, then make fancy braces for stabilizing ends. Then.... (huge heavy sigh) SHOULD be done!
End pieces are experimental, using 1/8" leftover from bending of skins. Not so sure it's heavy enough, but......
Oh yeah, and dropping what I guess to be 200lbs of plow on a Ryobi 4.5" grinder is bad..... Wonder if they'll warranty it?
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