Recent content by RoninB4

-I appreciate you posting (thank you) but I'd already thought of this. That's the first place I would have gone if there was one in the area I trusted. Lots of people work counters, just not a great depth of knowledge most times when I ask technical questions around here. Many nice people live...

-Since these O-rings will have to fit into the body in a "captured" undercut in the bore the OD of the seals (O-ring) will be much larger than the bore itself. My description is poor (should work up a cross section image in CAD to explain) but does this make any sense? The captured undercut is...

-They may not be original, early 80's vintage seems like it should have deteriorated by now. They do seem a bit more dense than Buna, not as easily dented with a thumbnail and less "squishy" if that makes any sense. There's an O-ring at each hose fitting on the control body that appears to be...

I've already checked most of the sources for these, different material was offered at most of them. That's why I posted this question. They are round in cross section and a common enough size. I'd like to avoid ordering 100 of them when I only need 2, did that when I rebuilt the FEL arm...

I have a question for the collective and particularly for the experienced hydraulic members. I'm rebuilding the directional control on my Ford 1900 that was equipped with a spool/shuttle type directional valve for the FEL. Fairly straightforward to dis-assemble and clean but there are two yellow...

If you were addressing me thank you, just did it. Must have slipped my mind when registering. If not......needed doing anyway.

Bought my 1900 about 3 years ago for $8000. 4 Wheel drive, loader, and backhoe. It runs but am going through all the things that have been neglected over the years. Wanted a motor with more HP but the price would have been out of my range in this part of the country.

-That's about all I was trying to say is the fitment may or may not be correct. Titan was bought by some investment firm out of Nashville and they're the ones driving the long overdue documentation with dimensions that may or may not be correct. There was nothing for reference before this...

-I really dislike the kiss-n-tell type posts but with about any implement from Titan all dimensions should be considered a big "Maybe", that's why many dimensions aren't published. I worked at Titan as a contractor and my sole job was to create electronic files. This means CAD models...

I was going through basic training in 1973 at Lackland AFB (near San Antonio) and walking across the base I thought the ground appeared to be moving due to heat mirage. It was a colony of fire ants battling a colony of black ants that seemed to be losing the conflict, there even appeared to be...

Agree with your guidelines for bit life. Also agree with your examples of curl vs. chips but it can be a little more complicated than that. It's also dependent upon material being cut and the cutting edge geometry. Non-fluted carbide drills (many types) will often only produce chips due to the...

Well if the thread is that large then a printed part may well hold up to the torque needed. I just don't have a lot of faith in plastic when it's under stress of any sort, I've machined a LOT of it for various components. I could be wrong here about it and welcome the opportunity to be proven...

Haven't seen your post and will not deny your results but I've seen results and failures that I cannot deny either. It's all about the application and I don't know what the OP situation is but thought the thread size would be under 5/16 and torqued as a pinch clamp on the steering. I just wanted...

Speed calculation is critical for the life of ANY cutter but it doesn't do much good if you can't tell the spindle speed of a hand drill or drill press. A simple "guestimation" for drill low carbon steel is to go up to the speed where the drill flutes just start to disappear. Faster than that...

I would hope you never need to cut new threads that large by hand but what about chasing/restoring some bunged up pipe threads? Pipe taps get large very quickly and need a lot more torque to run in because NPT are tapered. I wouldn't get rid of them if I were you but I'd be willing to buy if...