PapaPerk
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Well I have the custom implement bug again.
Last year I designed a tree scoop for my QA Kubota L3830 loader. I then had a machinist make it for me. Turned out great... and was around $500.00 when all said and done. The one I modeled it after cost around $1300! :confused2:
This year I want to make a 3 point skidder plate and modify a John Deere iMatch hitch I just bought. Sooo time to start designing.
With that being said... should I buy a welder, etc to start making the implements myself or should I continue to pay someone to do it?
And before you ask me if I know how to fabricate stuff... yes I do. :thumbsup: However I do not have the right equipment at home to do metal work like building attachments.
I've worked in multiple well equipped shops both at university and work. So I've been spoiled by having nice large equipment to make whatever I want. Of course at home I have major price constraints, etc. The most important thing is when the project is done... that it's done right. And I'm not sure how well I can do the work without investing mucho dinero in equipment.
So if I do the work myself.... what is a basic list of equipment you think I need for a home shop? My biggest concern is cutting steel accurately and having a quality welder. At work we have $30,000 Marvel bandsaws that cut any thickness steel like butter... at my house not so much. LOL! :laughing:
Thanks for the help guys!
Last year I designed a tree scoop for my QA Kubota L3830 loader. I then had a machinist make it for me. Turned out great... and was around $500.00 when all said and done. The one I modeled it after cost around $1300! :confused2:
This year I want to make a 3 point skidder plate and modify a John Deere iMatch hitch I just bought. Sooo time to start designing.
With that being said... should I buy a welder, etc to start making the implements myself or should I continue to pay someone to do it?
And before you ask me if I know how to fabricate stuff... yes I do. :thumbsup: However I do not have the right equipment at home to do metal work like building attachments.
I've worked in multiple well equipped shops both at university and work. So I've been spoiled by having nice large equipment to make whatever I want. Of course at home I have major price constraints, etc. The most important thing is when the project is done... that it's done right. And I'm not sure how well I can do the work without investing mucho dinero in equipment.
So if I do the work myself.... what is a basic list of equipment you think I need for a home shop? My biggest concern is cutting steel accurately and having a quality welder. At work we have $30,000 Marvel bandsaws that cut any thickness steel like butter... at my house not so much. LOL! :laughing:
Thanks for the help guys!