Another homemade toothbar

[SkyPup]

Very nice work from the land of Oz.

You must be a highly educated board certified Tractor Oral Surgeon!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JohnF_ASI]

I'm flattered that anyone wants to copy what I did..
Please go ahead.. and maybe take/post some pics as well..

 

[JimR]

I'll post my pictures tomorrow. I made mine today copying your design. The price of steel here in the US is a lot higher than over in Aussie land. I did buy (4) 1 3/8" x 4 foot pieces of square stock to go over the teeth. I plan on using them to carry brush. My bar is all finished except for drilling the side plates to keep it in the bucket and paint. I also need to clean the edges on the 1" stock for my pipes to go over it. It is an extremely tight fit and will need some slight grinding here and there to make it just a bit easier to install and remove. I welded all my teeth in place so that they were a tight fit. I should have shimmed them up with a .010 shim before welding them.

 

[JimR]

Here's a picture of my homemade copycat bar. I couldn't finish it today as I had to go somewhere. Then it started raining and screwed my whole day up.

 

[Marlowe]

Nice looking work John. Last year I bought a little tractor with a FEL. I used it for a day with the standard bucket trying to dig into a mound of hard packed clay. "This thing needs some help", I decided, so I went home and jury rigged some teeth to bolt to the front of the bucket. I took a piece of flat bar and welded teeth made of 1" square tubing to it. Then I welded a couple of pieces of angle to each end so I could bolt it to the bucket. Worked like a champ, and still does. Cost a few bucks and a couple of hours, then I found out they have those things store bought! So much for my patent.

You do some mighty fine work John. I'm working on some forks for the bucket now and a push blade attachement for moving dirt. I can only hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

Tom.

 

[JohnF_ASI]

Jim,

That looks great - really identical!

The price of steel might have something to do with our proximity to the Asian region..

Show us some pics when you're finished... I love pics of homemade stuff - I'm not the only one judging by the number of downloads.

 

[JimR]

It cost me $120.00 for all the steel for the tooth bar and square stock. I added 4 pieces of 3/16" thick sidewall square tubing to my bar for brush removal. The bars are made to fit to each individual tooth. They have been numbered by mig welding a number on the top of each bar. The bars are held in place by a hardened 5/16" bolt. I drilled a 5/16" hole thru each piece of square stock and welded a nut onto the bar. I may add two more pieces of square stock if neccessary. This could very easily work as a platform to stand on by just clamping on a few boards to them. It is more than strong enough to hold anything. I was standing on just one of the bars at the end and couldn't bend it. I weight 180 pounds. All the welding was done with my Lincoln 175 plus mig welder.

 

[JimR]

Second shot.

 

[JimR]

Third shot. The next time I remove this bar I will paint it up. I also need open up the space between the bottom of the bar and and bucket so it will slide on a little bit easier. It is an extremely tight fit right now. Maybe after using it a bit more it will loosen up a little. I moved a good size pile of firewood with the teeth yesterday pushing the wood up over the pile and backwards so I could have more room for more firewood for next year. It works really well where the plain bucket would just go over the wood. Those teeth stick into the pile and you can really move a lot with it now. Thanks for posting this when you did. You made my week. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[JohnF_ASI]

I didn't count the square tubing because I had it lying around. Also, the square tubes I use are a lot thinner than yours (2mm sidewall - that's roughly 5/64") and they're a lot shorter but I can hang on one easily - I weigh 105 kgs (230 lbs). I figured I could always weld a reinforcing strap along the side(s) if needed..
Those long extensions are really impressive!

I'm planning a different way to fix them and I'm thinking of having the middle 4 fixed together so I can use either all 6 or the 2 outsides only.

Thanks for keeping the interest in this thread going a little longer