Baby Grand
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- Joined
- Nov 12, 2007
- Messages
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- Location
- Windsor, CT.
- Tractor
- Kubotas: L3240GST B2320HST B5100D & G5200H
The Plant Manager was getting very frustrated trying to make 2 furrows, 64" apart
so we could lay a 6' wide sheet of Lumite down and bury the 4" ends.
I have been reading disc hiller threads and planning a build for over a year.
Yesterday was the day, but I finished too late in the evening to try it out.
It was in the low 90's, but thankfully not very humid. I think I lost around 7 pounds.
Originally intended for the PM's B5100, the hiller proved too much for it. Couldn't keep
pointed ahead as one disc or the other would grab and swing the front around, despite
having it in 4WD and a 100# weight hung off the front. The L3240 proved sufficient.
Here's what we have:
Construction was from a 6' section of old 2x2 tube that I have planned to use for this
project for some time. It's fairly thin walled stuff, so I'm not really satisfied that it will
hold up to much hard use. If it does fail, everything can be unscrewed or cut off and
reattched to a heavier walled 2x2.
Parts were cut out with oxy-ac and formed with my HF 4" angle grinder.
Lots of work for the drill press - I really need to get a heavier drill. Putting those
holes for the hitches thru steel was about all the drive belts could manage. The
Harbor Fright Silver & Deming large bits performed well, much to my amazement.
Welding was accomplished entirely with 3/32 6010 rod set on DC, running at between
45 and 60 amps, depending on the weld. It makes a tenacious, deep weld that may
not look pretty, and results in lots of spatter, but it is tough, tough, tough. Gave the
1/2" cold chisel a sharp edge and took off most of the spatter.
Pictures of setting Lumite to follow ....
so we could lay a 6' wide sheet of Lumite down and bury the 4" ends.
I have been reading disc hiller threads and planning a build for over a year.
Yesterday was the day, but I finished too late in the evening to try it out.
It was in the low 90's, but thankfully not very humid. I think I lost around 7 pounds.
Originally intended for the PM's B5100, the hiller proved too much for it. Couldn't keep
pointed ahead as one disc or the other would grab and swing the front around, despite
having it in 4WD and a 100# weight hung off the front. The L3240 proved sufficient.
Here's what we have:
Construction was from a 6' section of old 2x2 tube that I have planned to use for this
project for some time. It's fairly thin walled stuff, so I'm not really satisfied that it will
hold up to much hard use. If it does fail, everything can be unscrewed or cut off and
reattched to a heavier walled 2x2.
Parts were cut out with oxy-ac and formed with my HF 4" angle grinder.
Lots of work for the drill press - I really need to get a heavier drill. Putting those
holes for the hitches thru steel was about all the drive belts could manage. The
Harbor Fright Silver & Deming large bits performed well, much to my amazement.
Welding was accomplished entirely with 3/32 6010 rod set on DC, running at between
45 and 60 amps, depending on the weld. It makes a tenacious, deep weld that may
not look pretty, and results in lots of spatter, but it is tough, tough, tough. Gave the
1/2" cold chisel a sharp edge and took off most of the spatter.
Pictures of setting Lumite to follow ....
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