Logsplitter 2.0

[rswyan]

Just an idea, why not run a couple beads of weld on top of that 1/4", then grind that down to a point?

Good idea ... :thumbsup:

Nice to see someone using their head for something other than just a place to store a hat (like I do ... :laughing

Would sure save a heck of a lot of grinding...

I'd think ...

I carved on it a little more the other night after I made the post you quoted ... the edge is down to around 1/8" or so in spots.

Basically what I plan to do at this point - now that I've got the bandsaw up and running again - is a cut a couple of pieces of 1" solid square cold roll at the appropriate angle and then weld those onto either side of the wedge ... so the wedge can be mounted in the vise on a friend's lathe/mini-mill ...

I'm hoping that it will clean up relatively quickly/easily.

Again, this is a bit out of the realm of any expertise I have, but I'm thinking light cuts, with the milling bit running at a high speed, with the milling head itself running at a slow traverse speed.

 

[rswyan]

Found my Surplus Center folder last night and was looking at the invoice for the Barnes pump I purchased from them originally and it appears that it was actually a 13 gpm pump not an 11 gpm ...

I think I'll be ok, as they list 6.5 hp as the minimum for that size pump.

 

[muddstopper]

Very slick indeed ... :thumbsup:


Without a doubt ... which is why I was using the torch to remove material prior to grinding.

The less grinding the better as far as I'm concerned ... and if I have to do it, I'd prefer it goes quickly.

The torch I have isn't actually mine (it's a neighbors), don't have a track set up for it, I think there is only one tip - which I think is a smaller or medium sized one ... and I'm a total novice when it comes to torch work ...

when cutting bevels, it takes a pretty big sized tip. I used a #2 to cut the angles on the 1in metal in my picture. I have a #3 I can use if I want a longer slope on the edge. When you get down to it, you are cutting thru 2-3 inches of metal when you cut a long slopeing edge. The right size tip can save a ton of grinding.

 

[rswyan]

when cutting bevels, it takes a pretty big sized tip. I used a #2 to cut the angles on the 1in metal in my picture. I have a #3 I can use if I want a longer slope on the edge.

Yeah ... I think the tip on the torch here is a #1 (?) ... and I think it's the only one he has ...

When you get down to it, you are cutting thru 2-3 inches of metal when you cut a long slopeing edge. The right size tip can save a ton of grinding.

Right.

 

[oldtimer 66]

rswyan where I did work we had what was called a chamfer burn operation. It was basically a track burner with a bevel head torch arrangement. It pre heated in front of the cutting tip. It is more than a hobbyist like myself could afford but that is how large deep chamfers are done with OFC-X. Here is a link maybe of what I am talking about. This is not exactly the same head but similar. http://www.bugo.com/administrator/files/downloadables/Torch_Bro_9_13_1379432409.pdf We would bevel/chamfer anywhere from .50 plate to over 2.0 inch plate and larger at times and with multiple heads. One automated setups had 4 of the bevel head attachments. Just some info. Later

 

[2458n]

Mikehaugen how did your Metabo hold up? I like mine to much to try it. Like the idea of you doing the test run. Thanks for the post a good source of ideas.

 

[mikehaugen]

Mikehaugen how did your Metabo hold up? I like mine to much to try it. Like the idea of you doing the test run. Thanks for the post a good source of ideas.

I haven't tried yet, although this thread got me curious as I had never seen them before. I'll eventually get one and give it a go. I wouldn't be worried about the grinder, that is why I usually try to buy good tools... they instill more confidence. Of course if you do mess them up it costs a lot more :laughing: Any weldor/metalworker I have talked to claims metabo holds up the best.

 

[rswyan]

Taking LD1's concerns to heart, I did a little upgrade to the main gusset on the pusher block, welding in another section of 3/4" plate to make it taller:

Still have to weld on the two addition gussets that are intended to help keep the pusher block straight, side to side, on the H-Beam.

 

[rswyan]

Also got the table for the valves built:

I designed and built it so it could be removed easily:

 

[rswyan]

RSWYAN we must think alike I have 3 right angle grinders also one with a cutoff wheel an other with the hard disk and the last with the flap wheel how about that later

Great minds think alike ?

... lol ...