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Bessicide? Clampicide? Not sure which works better. ;)

Oh absolutely. I have had them make custom springs for my job in the past, which is how I know of them. They are probably the biggest spring manufacturer in the country. But if you think $1000 to replace the entire seat was high, wait until you see the cost to custom make a run of springs for...

First question is can you buy the spring as a spare part alone. I would hope so. Barring that option - Measure the wire diameter, the OD of the spring coil and the overall length from hook to hook. Then go to Century Spring (they got bought by someone recently called MW Components so the...

Aha! So that explains it. Thanks!

That is what puzzles me as I have read that the pressure from the sun on the shade is going to push it away and needs to be counteracted by the engines on board. This a good part of why it has a relatively limited life as it will run out of fuel to correct at some point. So that would seem to...

They said the layers were made in 2 thicknesses - 0.050 and 0.025mm. 0.05mm is .001" or if you prefer 1 mil or 1 thou (thousandth of an inch) in machinist/engineering terms. The thinner one is half that at 0.0005" or "5 tenths" (ten thousandths). Your closest example would be plastic bags. I...

Fully deployed! That has to be a huge relief to the team. So many things could go wrong but it looks like nothing did. I look forward to it making it to final orbit and then first photos next summer. https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/content/webbLaunch/whereIsWebb.html

If you think those are good get some 3m Cubitron II discs. They eat metal and wood like you cannot believe. Like these net discs...

Since it sounds like it is doable but not easy, the next time you get it out replace it with a hex plug.

Cadmium Sulfide Cadmium Telluride Indium Gallium Sulfide Dunno what PBS is. The first 3 are some sort of semiconductor materials, I believe.

I noticed they had delayed tensioning yesterday but could not find out why, Thanks for the link.

Sun shield is fully extended now, but still needs to be tensioned over the next couple days to complete it. You can already see the cold side temps dropping like a rock.

The sun shield is not yet up and it is not in the final orbit position. I was surprised they put up the temps prior to sun shield deployment. When I just went to the site a pop-up appeared describing the temp measurements. Basically they are taking readings from the hot side (facing the sun...

Same here, and just like jk's pics. If they are properly sealed they won't leak. And yes, ducted returns from almost every room (not bathrooms) But another one of those regional differences: all my ductwork is within conditioned space. If there IS a leak, it doesn't mean it is heating the...

The pressure drop of flex duct vs smooth sheet metal is well documented, not an opinion. Basic fluid dynamics. The rest is those regional differences. You should have seen the look of disgust on my HVAC guy's face when he said "those guys would have used all flex duct!" 🤮 :ROFLMAO: Of...

https://www.mcmaster.com/locking-feet/floor-locks-4/ There are commercially available options. They are not too spendy but they aren't giving them away either...

Flex duct has insane pressure drop as all the ribs create tons of drag. That's why it is so bad. You lose lots of flow or need to upsize blowers to compensate. Properly sealed metal ductwork is far better. And if it is sealed right, it will stay sealed. PEX is great for plumbing. Flex duct...

This is a very good point. One story from my build is on the HVAC. I had gotten a quote from one place to do a ground source heat pump while I was still thinking through things. That was early on, well before we started. A bit later I found out one of my co-workers was a former HVAC tech who...

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Merry Christmas to you and your family David, and best wishes for your daughter's speedy and complete recovery. And a Merry Christmas to all!

I can't believe you would stay behind him. I would put 1000' between me and him, at least. Or get ahead of him....

Glad you found it. The numbering is logical when you look at a catalog. Things like motors, controls, hydraulics all tend to have a bunch of options you can get. So they break down the numbers by position. So like the first 2 digits will be the valve series. The next 2 or 3 might be the size...

I just put 2 of them in (8500's). You might need to back off the springs by 1/4-1/2 turn, but you can certainly give it a try first and see if it works or not. If the cable goes slack then you will need to reduce tension slightly, but your test with the pipe wrench may have already answered...

I designed and built my place. Some items were sub-contracted, many were done by me. Contracted: -excavation -foundation -framing (SIPs crew) -roofing -siding -rough plumbing (had to have a licensed plumber so it by state code) -drywall/mudding -spray foam and other insulation Done by me...

When I built my house I rented a telehandler for the early stage work. The framers and roofers used it and then I used it for installing windows with the work platform it came with. It had selectable 3 steering modes. 1. Basic front wheels steer only 2. All wheel steering where the back wheels...

While I got what you meant, that is one fine typo! Really makes it read funny:D

While I knew about Pozidrive bits as they are common in European cabinet hardware, I never heard of the JIS bit until now. I did find a good solution to the Honda brake disc bolt however. I use a #3 Phillips bit in an impact driver to remove them. Almost always zips them right out. If you use...

Do the Ventrac Slalom! :ROFLMAO:

Didn't you post this exact same thread a few months (or more) back? It sure sounds familiar to me. Not that I have anything helpful to add, just wondering why it wasn't resolved last time or what has changed.

That is talent for sure. Impressive! I see he has a fall harness on but doesn't appear to be tied off. It don't do much good without the tie-off ;) Make sure he understands PPE and takes his lungs seriously. I always wear a respirator when doing any heavy welding and especially when grinding...

I have one, probably the same model too. My primary use is snow plowing, but I leave it on essentially permanently as a counterweight to the FEL. Did a little dirt work with it during house construction, but that is well in the past now. It is heavy!

You missed a spot over there! :p The safety orange on the handle was a nice touch. And a grip too!

I don't think I have ever heard of/seen an independent tractor repair shop. I wouldn't think the volume would be there for such an operation but that probably depends on the area. I handle most things myself but am finding that outsourcing some of this stuff as I get older to be nice. Age...

Thanks, Bill. I followed the instructions from Sweepster on building the core and they did not mention to put 2 on the ends. I have 2 left over so maybe that would have worked, but no way I am going to take it apart for that now. I still haven't figured out the float to get ti to sit right...

CJ - One of the big issues with designing this is that many things were unknown until it was built and run. I had no idea what pressures to really expect until I got it going other than they said to limit to 2000psi. Now I know more, but if I really needed to alter it, most changes at this...

Now that the broom is complete and I have used it a few times, I figured I would close the loop here. If you want to see that thread it is in Build it Yourself - Sweepster rebuild... (link in the first post of this thread too). So I ended up with the tank holding ~22 gal, and I have 20 gal...

Just FYI there are many types of hydraulic fittings. This particular one is called "SAE O-ring Boss" or ORB commonly. Discount hydraulic hose has a great guide and you can also buy o-rings from them, if it is easier than finding a local shop...

My shop is similar to repete. I have a pair 10'x10' insulated panel doors and a 13' inside ceiling. I wanted the door to hug the ceiling so I could get a car lift in there someday. The installer referred to this configuration as "high lift" vs conventional where they just turn the track...

Glad they figured it out. I looked it up out of curiosity and saw just how bad it can be if untreated. This is not something to mess around with! But with treatment it sounds like it should work out. Take care, all of you.

No good way to tell from that what the source is. First thing will be to get it very clean and dry, then watch it, or wrap and tape a paper towel around it so you can see where the leak is starting.

Thanks Mike! I used it for one more small snowfall the other day. Still getting used to it. Tank temps maxed out around 140-145 so still fine. It was a longer run, so not too surprising it was warmer. Still keeping an eye on it for now.

And to tie that together with the thread next door, the sign was 3D printed. You can see the lines.

Zero for me but my brother had a close friend in his 40's that died from it. He was also fighting cancer at the time so was significantly weakened from that.

As in Farmer Rigged, Jury Rigged, hacked together, GitR Dun... Just for someone from Da U.P.

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You guys all have it wrong. They found the site where NASA faked the Apollo moon landings!!!

Well with 30 yrs of dealing with injection molding and injection molded products, I can tell you that people use the 2 terms fully interchangeably. If you want to be totally pedantic about it vinyl is not a material but is strictly a particular side group (ethenyl) on a polymer chain. But other...

Discount hydraulic hoses have a great guide to all hydraulic fittings, FYI: https://www.discounthydraulichose.com/thread-identification-tools-96769.html

Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner! Houston We Have Liftoff! It works! Woot! Woot! I got the springs sorted out and in place, then filled it up (I need a better pump than the little plastic hand piston pump I have - took forever). Started it up at idle speed and after a few seconds for the...

Vinyl is PVC. PVC stands for Poly Vinyl Chloride. Both PVC and vinyl are shorthands for the same thing and used interchangeably. Now there are as many grades of it as stars in the sky, and that is what matters, but no way the average consumer can tell the difference other than feedback from...

Paint store... That would be Menards or Home Depot :ROFLMAO: That is the problem - I don't really know where to find a paint store like that. For housepaint, sure we have Sherwin Williams and Hirschfields (local professional paint store chain), but not for automotive-type stuff.

I haven't changed the headlights as they are always blocked by the loader but I did add essentially the same LED units for front and rear work lights as Rob did. I have 4 forward, 4 rear and I did put a basic car radio in the cab with no interference issues whatsoever. Just one data point for...

Yes, a diverter is what you are describing. I put one on my tractor for the grapple and angle functions for a plow. But I am not sure from your description if you have thought this all the way through yet. You have 3 functions to control and 2 sets of hydraulic controls. How this may work -...

Almost there! Springs showed up yesterday. Only had enough time today to make these little keepers to stop the springs and chains from falling off when you release tension on them. Just a little leftover 1/2" DOM tubing that I drilled out the inside diameter a bit more and cross drilled for a...

Don't they have that protected at all? I know sticks & limbs have a way of finding that one tiny opening to ruin your day, but it seems that should be pretty well buried under metal.

+1 for what jaxs said on acrylic over enamel. And exactly what you saw in your use as well. The biggest problem I have is a lot of stuff I do is of the rattle can size and there is almost nothing in rattle cans that is acrylic. The OEM Kubota paint from the dealer in rattle cans is actually...

Holy Heap O' Hoses, Batman!!! Yes, the hoses arrived and I got it all plumbed today. It appears all my lengths will work out just fine. I can raise the loader up quite a ways without any risk of the hoses to the pump going taught, and way more than I would ever want to raise it with the broom...

Apparently you've been banned from all True Value stores! Did you do one of those things we read about in the Groan thread? 😁 :ROFLMAO:

Vise vice, baby! 😁 😜

Jeez, Terry! Leave something for the rest of us, wouldja? 😁

Or possibly a relay on the way out. That could chatter.

Yeah, as others have said you can use multiple 20A or 15A outlets on a 20A circuit. There just isn't much reason for it as something with an actual 20A plug on it is a very rare bird and nothing you will find in 99.99% of households. But you are correct if it is just one outlet - then the...

Any idea what the oddball on the left is made for?

Got the broom mounted with the help of a neighbor to guide the tractor/loader into place to pick it off the jack stands. Then ran into a snag. I am now seeing that I should have put this together prior to powder coating and tested everything out. I guess I Ass-U-Med that being a commercial...

Thanks, Mike! And Happy Thanksgiving all! 🦃 More progress. Got the wiring almost done, but still looking for a weatherpack connector to disconnect this to be able to split the loader from the tractor. I'll try Napa tomorrow as I have got them there in the past. Lots of minor details...

Yep - started with the Rong Fu also, as previously noted. The problem was that everything I had done in my career and schooling in engineering was on Bridgeports or clones. When I tried doing stuff on the Rong Fu it was a nightmare as it just would not work like I was used to. It was better...

Been working on the wiring for the diverter. I found an unused plug that has 12v switched with the key right where I needed it (is a connector for brake lights, which I guess are required in some places, but apparently not the US). Found a leftover mounting stud for ground also under the dash...

Yes I know it doesn't freeze there. That was humor, son. Just funnin with ya! 😁 :ROFLMAO:

License?!?! We don't need no stinkin license!!!! What makes you think they actually have a license? I had a coworker who got hit on a Sun AM coming back from church. Knocked him loopy for a minute and when he got out of the car found the vehicle that hit him was totally abandoned with the...

+1 to all that.

It had cracks! Oh the horror! 😱:ROFLMAO: Uhhhh, yeah... It's concrete, it cracks in the first 5 minutes... Around here, frost would wreak havoc with your driveway plan. Too much water would get under there and it would be hard to make a base that was stable and drained well enough. I'm...

I dropped off the parts for powder coat almost 2 weeks ago. They got them sandblasted, phosphate dipped and coated in 2 days...but I could not pick up until the next week. Then I needed help unloading so had to wait for that, and life got busy so i finally got back to this today to get it...

This may help: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/headlight-bulb-source.262942/

That driveway looked to be in decent shape. Why would you tear it out and start again? Your brother got too much money or somethin'? 😁

I just reach through the openings in the side to pull firewood when it gets too low to reach over the side. I use a broom hanlde with a hook on it (busted rake, basically) to pull splits towards where I can reach them. For how much wood we use, it works fine. I'll typically fill up 2-3 5 gal...

Pulled a sword out of a lake? I would think that would have made him King... 😁 👑⚔️

Dat's one o' them new single-use tractor trailers! :D

Collets are fairly limited in number of sizes and not many drill bits are going to successfully fit in them, but when you can, sure it can help. And most people who own a round column mill/drill are not going to have a collet set in 1/64's increments either... 1/8,1/4, 3/8, 1/2...are what you...

They've already said the medical device company will be called J&J. It sounds like they are leaving the consumer side name up in the air for now.

That is a very sturdy looking and safe setup you have there....But that is way too much of an eyesore for even me to put up with (and I ain't that picky in general...). I truly hate the transition from ladder to roof and back. A couple quick grip clamps on the gutter (rubber grip faces) can...

Where the round column mill-drills really fall down is if you are using end mills and drill bits interchangeably for different operations. The drill chuck sticks out a lot more than a collet and so there is almost no way to position the head at a height where you can do both without having to...

Yep - Best Buy. I just did the same thing with our old UPS, for free. We're talking home consumer size not commercial here, but it is still heavy...

Someone on Welding Web found those several months back and posted about them. Also a positive review but said they doubted it would hold up to commercial use, but for occasional and hobby use were perfect and dirt cheap. I could have used one myself about a week ago...

Rural Living sub covers a lot of that...

This guy has been running a powder coat business for probably 20 years here now and he does excellent work, and is very reasonable on cost too. He will fully sandblast then phosphate dip and then PC. Many PC places will not work on anything but new steel, so it is great that he is willing to do...

I had a delay (again...) in that some lumber I was waiting for to finish out my house build finally became available (thanks, Covid), so I had to make a run for that. It took a full week to get that sorted out and fully in place. But I got time today to get back to it. First up is I needed to...

I see your new videos and the wiring issues. My rule was to never have more than 3 12 ga cables going into a single gang box (and they were all the biggest single boxes you could get). Any more than that, and it just doesn't work. Trust me. When I see 4, 5 or more, yeah, you are hosed...

I bought an 8' drop of 4x4 sq tube, 1/4" wall, IIRC and it was over $200 last month. I was rather stunned

Tons of pneumatics are done that way. It is basically the industry standard for any industrial pneumatic lines and connections. Can't say I've seen it on hydraulics, but I sure haven't seen all that much in hydraulics...

My build thread is still ongoing, but the Mid PTO stuff was completed a while ago. If you want to slog through the thread to see it, here it is... https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/sweepster-rotary-broom-rebuild-and-modification.433024/

Pretty sure the M12 x 1.25 is the correct one. I bolted my Mid PTO shaft ladder frame to those holes. It is definitely M12 and a fine thread. I would grab a bolt that is 1.25 and also the 1.5 pitch and see which one fits, but my guess is the 1.25 is right based on the fact that LD1 measured...

I did my Mid PTO install on my L5240 cab earlier this year and it was not hard. I used the opportunity to change the hydraulic fluid a bit early and the filters since you have to drain it. It was nothing patticularly hard to do. Toughest part was getting off the cover plate (RTV and no places...

And furthermore, the name is Stainless...not Stainfree It can rust depending on grade under a number of different conditions. It just does it "less" than regular steel does... Granted much, much less, but I have certainly seen it happen.

Scotty, all of the 300 series can get magnetic when heavily cold worked. Is this enough cold working to do that? Dunno...

Almost there.... I got the tank mounting all figured out and complete. Some pics below. I had to add an additional bracket next to the upright to screw to as I could not get into that tight space otherwise. Just a heavy piece of angle welded right next to the frame upright with a hole drilled...

Probably 300 series then, maybe even 316 if it has been heavily exposed with no rust at all. It isn't some sort of standard product I have ever seen but more likely something someeone had made for a task like others have noted. Stiffener or raceway or the like. 400 series are slightly...

Gordon has it nailed. Copy his design.

Clearly an accident caused by some sort of carelessness, but what is going to be interesting to me will be to see what happens. Just a few months back a policewoman outside Minneapolis near here shot a guy they were trying to arrest in what also looked accidental as she yelled "Taser, Taser...

Eddie lives in one of the last remaining free states in America where the inspection requirements are fairly limited, so he can get away with that. You couldn't here, and David most likely would be in the same boat, I suspect. To move in we had to have 1 fully functioning bathroom - toilet...

The structural stuff is now basically done. I got the upper support figured out and in place tonight. That mainly leaves figuring out how to attach the tank to the frame and same for the diverter. The diverter is mostly a "where" question as I have a mount for it, and I just need to pin down...

I've had very good luck with the local powder coat guy. He sandblasts, phosphate dip and then powder coats. Seems to hold up great. I can barely manage these parts due to the size as I really don't have any lifting equipment other than the tractor so these things are a total PITA to handle. I...

Thanks, but before you go singing my praises, those are all flat position welds. I have gotten "OK" enough to do those decently most of the time, but here is what a mess vertical looks like when I try it with MIG.LOL No matter what I try I get the puddle dripping pretty quick, so the only...

Got the spacer tubes welded to the SSQA plate tonight. I can still lift it, though it is hard, and about to get much worse once I weld the frame to the other sides of the tubes. No way I will be able to lift it then. I might be able to with the tractor but it is not very maneuverable. I also...

When you start getting more than a couple wires running in one place you need some of these to stack them up and keep them away from the edges of the studs. What you showed had wires too close to the edge and they risk damage from drywall screws...

Well it didn't hold pressure overnight, not that I was really surprised. So I pumped it back up and grabbed the bottle of Snoop leak detector (aka soapy water). The weld seams were all fine. The only leaks were from my temporary plugs to allow me to pressurize it so we are good to go! might...

Got the tank done. I was trying to finish it last night but was running into huge contamination issues for the final 2-3" of weld on the very last seam. I was getting low on Argon and I suspect that caused the issue somehow. When I finally gave up after grinding it back out and trying again for...

The thread view counters seem to count individual posts until 1000 at which point they just say 1k, 2k, etc. Given the high traffic on this site, it might make more sense to keep individual post counts until 10k so you can see more detail. Or even always. Just a thought...

Baloney. I had a 3130 with a factory loader and it was built in '07 I believe. I think he is misinformed.

He's right about the smokes/CO detectors needing to be all on one circuit, and that it should be 15A with 14 ga wire. You don't want to try and wire those with 12 ga wire as it will be a PITA. Requirements here are complex - Here each BR requires a smoke and CO, and outside each sleeping area...

The only downside to a sheet of plywood is that it is shockingly hard to pound in the nails on the cable staples into plywood. A lot easier if you stick a pine 1x (or 2x) board where you want to nail down the wires. You could even put it right on top of the plywood.

I won't pretend to have kept current with the code since it became less important to me (in other words - my house is done!) but I have not heard of that limit. Residential has been allowed 15A rated devices (receptacles, GFCI's etc) on a 120V 20A circuit for a long time. A lot also depends on...

Got sidelined by our deep freeze freezer that decided to stop working. Ruined a ton of food. Dang thing is only lke 5 yrs old too. Grrrrr. But I did manage to get the tank fully tacked up and got it over half welded. Had a lot of goofy clamping to pull walls into alignment as I went but it...

I've used both methods a lot. When using the forks, I tend to lift with the chain or sling down in the corner of the forks, with the tips pointed up so it can't slip anywhere. Plus it is close in for better lifting power. If you need to be out on the end of the forks, then you should take extra...

I fed my entire panel from the top and bottom, so it is doable as long as you plan well and double-up wires through cable clamps. But you are going to need some way to secure wires within a few inches of the panel, so a 1x board set in between the studs may be wise. You are going to end up...

Bruce, stop taking all the fun out of this!! 😁

Eddie, there are fluid applied flashing and barrier systems that spray with heavy duty equipment like airless or air-assisted airless spray rigs. That might be what you are describing. I think it is expensive to get setup which is why they are not widespread. More used in commercial...

FYI - The cyclestop valve guy is on TBN. I think he goes by Valveman or something similar.

Sendcutsend is one of those places another is Oshcut. Both are known for cheap fast laser work. People say they are pretty hard to beat but I have not had the need as of yet.

I was listening to a patent attorney talk about the patent process a number of years back. He siad there are three things you need to show to get a patent. The first is utility. The "invention" must be useful for something. This is easy. You throw it in the lake - if it floats it is a buoy, if...

More progress. Welded in the support for the intake tube. Made a guide to catch the top edge of the baffle inside out of 2 small pieces of angle that I bent slightly to make a V. It slides over the baffle at the free corner at the top to catch it and keep it from vibrating too much. You can...

A little more progress. The fill port/dip tube showed up so I drilled a 2" hole on the mill with a hole saw for that. It had a bolt circle around it for 6 mounting bolts, so I got to use the Bolt Circle function on the old Sony DRO for the first time. No way to figure that out without the...

There's a small town in upstate NY named Onoville. The story goes that a family was travelling way back in pioneer times and the Dad said, "this is where we are going to make our home" and the kids went "Oh No!!!" Dunno how true it is, but cute nonetheless.

They got Little money...

300 series SS is not magnetic unless heavily cold worked. What is more important than 304 vs 316 to start with, is if the hardware was passivated or not. If not, it is subject to rust spots as you noted. 316 is more corrosion resistant than 304 and is the recommended grade for marine/coastal...

Correction: DEAD FLAT paved surfaces... (y) Yeah you can do it fixed, but it is far, far easier to use when you float the blade independently from the FEL. And as a couple posters have noted, bring it in as close as you can. The lower pivots can be behind the SSQA plate by running them below...

Stihl gas powered FS90 (?) with the handlebars and the Stihl brush blade that looks like a circular saw blade for me. But I am curious about those saying to treat with something mixed with diesel. Where do you find any sort of a sprayer that is rated to handle diesel or any solvent? We have...

Given that he has a ball hitch sitting there in the receiver - unused, I have to ask WTF???

Very creative. Nice work!

They don't work well if you rigidly mount it to the FEL. As you note the blade will dig in and lift your FEL and your front end. The FEL is too heavy to float. You need it to be able to float independently of the FEL, typically hanging from a chain top center, and with pivots at the bottom...

Angle cylinder and broom sections showed up and picked up on Wed, so time to move this forward! More progress...started on the tank. The tank is 11 ga (~1/8" CRS) and I picked up some extra 1/8" to make a baffle but it was hot rolled. No biggie, just need to grind some mill scale. Basically...

No, no no... i got my own big project already going on.... I want to see someone else do one! 😁

Here is what I did. Post #2 https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/new-tractor-mods.282127/

Caryalls are so cheap it would be hard to find steel for the price of one. Get one and mount the box on it like shown in your photos. Seems like the easy and simple way to go, IMO.

I'm afraid this is a hot button with me. I see funeral parlors as total scams.They suck money out of people when they are most vulnerable. You don't really need any of this. The state has some requirements you can't avoid, mostly for good public health reasons. After that it is a money grab...

Like many here I have seen both sides of this. I have biked some for fun but am not at all hardcore. I do have friends at work that bike quite seriously and are in great shape from it. I have seen "the peloton" that is obstructing traffic at times, and I have heard from my biking friends of...

I wish i could put a half bath at least in my shop. It is too far away from the septic and seriously downhill from it so no way to make that work well. I could ask if the county would allow a holding tank but that is just not worth the hassle. I can walk back to the house when i have to...

I had a coworker several years back whose house got hit by lightning while they were on vacation. Burned to the ground and they lost a lifetime - clothes, furniture, photos, computers.... No particular reason they got hit, just really bad luck.

Amazing how something so small can become a missile like that. What a horrible thing to happen

If you do end up with an on-demand water heater be advised that even moderately hard water will destroy them in short order. Ask me how I know... A softener is critical from day 1. Don't put it off.

So where's the snowblower??? I'M WAAAAAITINGGGG!!!! 😁 😜

Gas cans are made from high density polyethylene (HDPE). It does not contain plasticizers. People throw that term around a lot without understanding it. Really the only plastic you ever run into that contains plasticizers is PVC (aka vinyl). You have seen rigid PVC pipes for plumbing. You...

I have rented the driveable ones a couple times in the past. This year I rented a towable one as the place that had the driveable one closed up. Towable is better than nothing but really pretty poor by comparison. There was one additional caveat that I was unaware of. The towable one was not...

Subscribed! I want to see THIS!!!

Thanks guys. I'm glad some people are finding some value/entertainment in this thread... Got the tank parts Fri and started using that to sort out how this all goes together. An overview of getting started: Looking at the back side of the tank. I had the shop laser cut and bend 2 "U" shaped...

A bit more progress but also stalled waiting for some parts to show up. I have a shop cutting and bending the parts for the tank and that is now ready to pick up Fri but I also need the new angle cylinder. I tried to get the old one repaired but the hydraulic shop could not get this one apart...

No thought given to the GPS transponder that is most likely inside it?

Watched the video - I kept wondering why you got your doors so early. Now you are talking about putting them in before drywall???? You got some weird doors that need to be installed first? Doors - along with all fiished trim and woodwork - go in AFTER drywall and paint, not before. Not sure...

I do understand that point. But there are many of us out here that actually have a clue as to what we are doing. Now I might ask them which tubing is best for this of their options, but that is about it. Mostly i know what i want and why. You can make the point that we are not here to hold...

The Fergusons in the main metro were really bad. I mean they would literally bark at you to get out as we don't sell to your kind here. It was ridiculous. We had one of them that was situatued outside the metro in a more rural area near me and those guys were willing to work with you. ...Until...

Ferguson won't sell to non-contractors, at least around here. And they are total jerks about it too. The funny part to me is that they also own Build.com which sells most of the same stuff to DIY and homeowners but don't go into one of their stores and expect anything good. Supplyhouse.com is...

Yeah a toothed belt like a timing belt or a chain drive would both give you much more positive engagement and should eliminate the slippage. I know you said cost is a big issue, but if it remains non-functional then it costs you 100% of what you have into it for zero return...

David, You are really going to have to look a lot more closely at nailers for drywall, and plan ahead a bit more to save you extra work later. Your latest video is a good example. In the screen shot below I marked a red box where you are going to have to add a 2x nailer so the drywall on the...

Well they said to "steer" into the wash bay....:D

Not a pilot but very curious as to those details. I have no idea why multi engine is harder other than there are obviously more things to deal with...

Or convert it to SSQA and THEN sell it...

I remember when that happened. I drive that road section daily to work. It made all the local news that night. The guy towing the boat had no idea. He found out when he saw it on the news too. Don't know what the result was for the boat driver, but I seem to recall the cycle rider came out ok...

Ya can't just post that without more details.... What is a blacksmith vise? What makes it different or how is it used different? Never seen one before.

Nice mount but isn't the steel going to beat up the cutting edge on your chain? Do you have plastic inside there?

That is undoubtedly a press-formed part, not regular stock, though the suggestion to use rect tube and cut off one face is a creative one. Assuming you cannot bend steel like that, your best bets are to use angle or the rect tube as previously stated or find a shop that can make/bend it for...

Many things getting in my way on this but I am getting back to it more seriously. I did a bunch of design what-if's in CAD to help sort out some issues on how to plumb all this and deal with component placement and tank design. Now that I think I have that all settled I have started to dig...

That pic has been posted on this thread several times over the years. But it's still a classic...

I'll add another vote for 16' being not long enough, I know because that was what I had. I had an L3130 tractor open station with loader and loaded tires at the time. The trailer was a 16' 10k rated (well 9990 lbs) car hauler/equipment low boy style. At the time I was doing this I kept a...

Ooo man BTDT myself at times... Glad you found it.

I saw your other thread on WW about it. I didn't realize you purchased it. Since you said it was in a movie and your friend does all those props for movies, i figured it was his. My bad. That is pretty cool. Be sure you figure out all the shift levers before you need them!

I love the NoSpill cans myself and have a smaller 2.5 gal one for 2 cycle mix, 2 5gals for diesel and one 5 gal for gas. And I still have one 5 gal old style gas can that they can pry from my cold dead fingers. One of my NoSpill diesel cans empties in a flash and the other one takes forever...

Probably on the side of the transmission somewhere. Look under the tractor while someone wiggles the lever (I assume your tractor has a mechanical shift lever like mine...) and follow the linkage that is wiggling until you find a switch that looks similar.

Makes you wonder if it wouldn't just be easier and cheaper to get a Chinook helicopter in there and lift that bugger right to the windmill site! Really cool rig though!

Did your friend loan it to you as knew you wouldn't be able to stand the scratched paint and would just fix it? 😁

The vacuum trick works a treat. Very easy and painless. I did it on my previous L3130 and my current L5240.

Move your wheels outboard as far as you can for stability first (they are adjustable to 3 or 4 positions), then you will have plenty of room for chains. I use Duo style on the rears (R4's for me too on my L5240) and 2-link ladder chains on the fronts. I started with Duos on both but the ride...

Yeah I did that in a couple places in my house and it made running utilities a heckuva lot easier. Also tiny rooms with tall ceilings feel like empty elevator shafts so dropping the ceilings helps make them more of a human scale in proportions and feels more "comfortable".

Gettin' there! You see now what I mean about order of work? Those vents do not care what is in the way, they must go UP! I do hope you sloped the horizontal vent runs too. I couldn't tell from the video. You need to think ahead a lot when building for the first time. Siding? You did a...

More pictures from multiple angles. I can't exactly tell what you are really dealing with here other than that thing in the middle is stuck.

It's a great fun pop song from the late 80's, as others have noted. Worth a listen. Hard not to like it. The B52s had a bunch of great songs and a rather unique sound.

I ran across these recently too. Had not heard of them before and it looks interesting, but pricey. https://safejacks.com/collections/rennstand/products/the-rennstand-by-safe-jack-single-unit The might be helpful for some of the more difficult to jack cars. My wife's BMW is a bit of a...

Seems to be lots of this going around on TBN right now... Mikester linked to one thread up above. I am converting a rotary broom (my thread is in Build it Yourself) for use on the FEL too (similar type application). If you are in Minnesota, then you should look up Erskine attachments in...

Well I have squeezed a bit more volume into the single tank design (on one side only) as a little extra cushion and have plenty of room to mount a cooler on the other side if it turns out to be necessary. The only way to find out the rest of those variables is going to be to finish the build...

I finally got a chance to call them and they said 12 gpm is about what it took to run it. he said the reservoir was about 13 gal or so back when it was built. He said no cooler or anything at that set up. So I'm thinking my setup will be OK and will leave the option to add a passive cooler (no...

Yes and yes. A VFD seemed like the easiest option as I had nothing prior that was 3 phase

There was a video of that truck driving along and getting stuck up on that house. They lost control or something, and the way it flipped up was just really bad luck, I'd say. I think it was a couple years back and also posted in this thread, but no idea when.

Picked up a new tool chest to store stuff for the new Bridgeport. You could mount the handle on either side, so that left 2 threaded inserts just sitting there on the opposite side, so I made a little shelf to contain the hold down kit and cutting oil, etc from some leftover 304 scraps. 14 ga...

The internal tractor hydraulics are probably never sufficient to drive hydraulic attachments like that, but the PTO mounted pump pack is how it is properly done. They discussed both but still made it seem like a PTO mounted pack was never a good idea. My point was simply that a properly sized...

While Messicks makes some good points, it is kind of offset by the ridiculous size of the blower they are showing. That thing looks like 8' and it is clearly way too big for that machine. A properly sized unit would be perfectly fine in that setup, as Grsthegreat indicates for his setup. If...

David, You really need to get a grasp on the order of operations. Think about it from the house's perspective. What "rules"? Well gravity is pretty unshakable. Drains/vents require gravity. And big things. Big things rule too. If you are running ductwork at all (and it sounds like you may...

You made "LOX"? Ummm yeah that is boom time. We were taught in the lab at GE Plastics to make sure that any condensor that used liquid N2 as a coolant did not condense any pretty light blue liquid as that was LOX and one step from sudden death...

Wait - I thought you got rid of the sandblasting cabinet Terry??? That pieced looks sandblasted to me. And very nice as always.

Asking for a friend? ;) C'mon...spill it...😁

I'll try to call them tomorrow. I have to ask them about replacement brushes too, so a 2 fer 1...

These screen shots are of a single tank, 36x18x9" which equates to about 25.2 gal total volume Alternatively I made a design with the tank split into 2 chunks to allow me to bring the SSQA plate much closer to the broom frame. These 2 were each 16x18x9" which combined comes to about...

Thanks for the replies. And yes, there are some unknowns that complicate this. I have no way of figuring out how much pressure the broom really needs to run, until I build it, run it with a pressure gage in the line. At which point it it kind of too late to back-up in this case. If I had...

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Oldnslo- Following you 5x5. I was wondering myself if that was the case, and it makes sense. Moss - I guess the main point from your note is that hydraulics generate a bunch of heat, no matter what you do, and I get it. My problem is how much and how do I handle it. A radiator and fan are a...

Very Spiffy Mr Barn!

There is another potential issue depending on the design of the top mount of your grapple and the Kubota SSQA plate. I dealt with this years ago. I shimmed the bottom, which was probably necessary in any case but the problem was not completely resolved until I added more back-up plate near the...

Thanks. Not too worried about the reservoir design as I have a decent idea what needs to be done for baffling based on some reading I did. I'm not real sure what is going to happen with the relief as I don't really know what the pump is going to output for pressure in this situation. If it...

When! WHEN! I SAID WHEN!!!! STOP ALREADY!!!! LOL that will be fun to clean up...

Thanks. Answers to your questions: 1. Speed controlled by engine speed on the tractor, no flow controls BUT there will be a pressure relief valve right after the pump that dumps back into the reservoir as the hyd motor requires 2000 psi max and the gear pump can generate up to 3600psi max...