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That's incredible 😲

Anyone have experience with a Blecavator? My buddy is building a home on a large lot and we're looking into options for dealing with the existing rocky topsoil. The topsoil has a decent amount of rocks the size of potato's and the odd watermelon-sized boulder. What size rocks can a Blecavator...

Thanks for the feedback. I don't really know anyone with PTO driven equipment so I appreciate the feedback. I've done a disturbing amount of research and can't disagree with anything you're saying. There's a lot of hints in building a good power rake in all ground engagement equipment so...

Update. The hard stuff - cutting keyways, building double-strand sprockets, aligning\tacking the teeth, and tensioner and now done. Also tweaked the drawing quite a bit. (one of my hidden agendas was the learn Solidworks) My brother-in-law laser cut the AR400 teeth for me. The tensioner...

amhicks21, i had no idea those existed, that's pretty neat! I already spent money on the (AR400) teeth and my applications are fairly light duty, so it's too late for me. This method looks so much more appropriate than how the name-brand companies implement carbide teeth. I think they're...

Things are moving fast. Would greatly appreciate feedback from the welders on the forum. :) https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/gmaw-feedback-please.469302/

I'm building a power rake and don't have much welding experience. I'm maxing out my fabrication skills to be perfectly honest and most of the reason for building my own power rake is to learn how to weld. https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/power-rake-build-54.467414/ Would...

Finally ready to start welding. Everything so far was manually cut\milled\drilled\spun\sanded. I still need to make the side shields and top bar "aperture" stuff but the welder is looking lonely. Those are snowblower tires\rims if anyone was wondering, they are modified to be centered on a...

I think I'm a bit too far down the road to look into keyed shaft :oops:. What is the purpose of a tapered lock bushing? Can I safely use it without a key or is it more to keep the sprocket from sliding axially?

I started designing\modeling a power rake over the winter. (Got frustrated with sketchup so I purchased a student version of solidworks.) A couple weeks ago I started the build. It will be used by a GC2300 (22.5hp) and my brother-in-laws 26hp (L2650?) Kubota some info: 54" x 6" sch40 main...

Thanks so much for the input guys.

Hello, I'm starting a power rake build this week and am fortunate enough to be able to have the "teeth" laser\fiber cut out of AR400. (I found a good deal on an offcut of AR400 from shop this is closing it's doors.) The more I read about welding AR400 the more confused and paranoid I get...

I went through a similar situation. I had access to an oasis of machinist, toolmaker, maintenance and QA equipment that we were (more or less) allowed to use on nightshift and then found a new job in an office full of geeks and computers. I ended up with a made-in-Taiwan 14x40 lathe that I use...

The pickin's are good when you have a half a continent of rainforest to pluck from. (y)

While we're on the subject of Brazilian built bridges. Low effort temporary bridge onto cargo ship lol. (pretty sure sure they're speaking Brazilian Portuguese)