Grader/Scraper Build

[trctr155]

Best drillin sauce known to man...

MolyDee is awesome. That looks like a Walker Turner Drill Press

 

[redheelerdog]

Best drillin sauce known to man...

MolyDee is awesome. That looks like a Walker Turner Drill Press

Maybe some earthmuffin waterbased ecofriendly tapping fluid? NOT! LOL!

- It's an old as$ Delta, a guy was going to throw away, it was rusted too crap, I painted, lubed, and resurrected it.

I've been looking at replacing it for years, but I just keep on truckin with the old school :thumbsup:

 

[redheelerdog]

Decided to angle the front cutter blade and leave the rear (steel angle only) straight.

First thing is to cut the blade down to fit, used a thin disk on a 4 1/2" grinder, cuts right through pretty easy.



Next thing is to drill to mount the cutting blade, mocked it up with some C clamps and marked it.



These little broach style carbide cutters work great, the only thing is you need to take your time, and stop and clean them out when they get full of cuttings.
I use a small 90 degree pick to clean the bit and the cut groove, you can tel when it needs cleaned because there is hardly any cutting happening when you are applying quite a bit of force on the drill press handle.



Got the blade mounted.

Had to cut the ends of the bolts off or they would of dragged under the cutter. No problem, easy fix.

 

[redheelerdog]

Here's what it looks like so far (not welded in yet)



I'll be able to add a rear cutter blade later easy.

I can also cut the angle out and change it also if need be.

Getting everything set just right before I put the welding to it. :thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

Looking good!!!! Thanks for the updates and pics!!!!

 

[walker450]

Nice work, thanks for documenting. This is a build I would like to do one day.

 

[Xfaxman]

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- It's an old as$ Delta, a guy was going to throw away, it was rusted too crap, I painted, lubed, and resurrected it.

I've been looking at replacing it for years, but I just keep on truckin with the old school :thumbsup:

Looks like the same model Delta as mine. I made an idler pulley to slow it down for drilling in metal:

 

[redheelerdog]

Looks like the same model Delta as mine. I made an idler pulley to slow it down for drilling in metal:

That looks just like it, great idea with the idler. I just might have to rig mine up the same. Thanks for the idea!

 

[redheelerdog]

Added a rear cross brace and welded everything in place



Cut, beveled, and mocked up the lower link points



Spaced them 26" apart for the inside dimension

 

[redheelerdog]

Drilled lower link points and mocked up position - 2" between 7/8" pin holes :thumbsup:

 

[metalbender]

Looks like the leading edge of your blade is opposite from most. Just wondering.

 

[CADplans]

Looks like the leading edge of your blade is opposite from most. Just wondering.

Maybe he is gonna use it in England,, where people drive on the opposite side of the road??

Many, (not me) believe the angle of the blade does nothing as far as moving material towards the center of the driveway.
If that is so, the direction of the angle is meaningless.
The angle is mostly there so that the blade will contact many "washboard ripples" , rather than riding up and down the ripples.

The build is looking great!! :thumbsup:

 

[ovrszd]

Many, (not me) believe the angle of the blade does nothing as far as moving material towards the center of the driveway.
If that is so, the direction of the angle is meaningless.

I agree. The angle will definitely shift material toward the trailing end. In the case of this build, only having one blade, it will move it very effectively.

I always thought if I built one I'd use two blades at opposite angles. But I don't have any experience with one to base that on.

I always follow threads about land planes because they perk my curiosity.

This is an excellent build thread. Very well documented and discussed.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

The main purpose of building a land plane for me is to specifically move material from the sides of the road back to the middle for a crown affect. (Tilting the plane with low side on the side of the road. I was planning on a 2 blade build, with both blades angled the same direction. Also having a round pipe across the very rear of the plane, about a half inch higher than sides to help smooth.

I have seen that different manufacturers have either parallel blades or opposite angles.... it would make sense to have opposite angles to grade materials evenly across the width of the plane. In some circumstances, this is what most people want accomplished.

 

[CADplans]

Hey Red, when I built mine,, I had the parts laying in the shop available to me, so I added an extra degree of adjustment to the top link connection,,

I believe EVERY time I have used the land plane, I have adjusted that,,
it gives really fine control, over only adjusting the top link length.

 

[i7win7]

The main purpose of building a land plane for me is to specifically move material from the sides of the road back to the middle for a crown affect. (Tilting the plane with low side on the side of the road. I was planning on a 2 blade build, with both blades angled the same direction. Also having a round pipe across the very rear of the plane, about a half inch higher than sides to help smooth.

I use this to pull gravel back away from drainage ditches in the spring

 

[Smokeydog]

Like how you are showing the evolution of your build. Nice work.

I have an EA 6’ land plane and it has been remarkable the difference it has made on my 1/2 mile, 300’ elevation difference driveway. Most of the driveway has to slope to one side or the other as it winds down thru the woods. Have no trouble recovering gravel and maintaining pitch. The videos from EA describe many of the design features and why. The angle and long sides contribute to the effectiveness.

The angle irons the the blades are mounted to are 3/8” thick. I’ve been surprised I haven’t bent one yet hooking on a large rocks. Thought about thicker angle or some boxing underneath.

It has replaceable skids on the side panels. They are mild steel (I think) and are wearing fast. Some AR series steel or hard surfacing rod might help.

Been using 911 Motorsports.com plasma cutter templates to cut non-critical bolt and pin holes. Highly accurate, fast and surprisingly smooth.

Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

 

[redheelerdog]

Like how you are showing the evolution of your build. Nice work.

I have an EA 6 land plane and it has been remarkable the difference it has made on my 1/2 mile, 300 elevation difference driveway. Most of the driveway has to slope to one side or the other as it winds down thru the woods. Have no trouble recovering gravel and maintaining pitch. The videos from EA describe many of the design features and why. The angle and long sides contribute to the effectiveness.

The angle irons the the blades are mounted to are 3/8 thick. I致e been surprised I haven稚 bent one yet hooking on a large rocks. Thought about thicker angle or some boxing underneath.

It has replaceable skids on the side panels. They are mild steel (I think) and are wearing fast. Some AR series steel or hard surfacing rod might help.

Been using 911 Motorsports.com plasma cutter templates to cut non-critical bolt and pin holes. Highly accurate, fast and surprisingly smooth.

Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing.

Dang you dog! Now I am going to have to get a plasma and some templates! - Thanks for the info and comments, appreciate it.

 

[redheelerdog]

I use this to pull gravel back away from drainage ditches in the spring

That Agritek is cool, I checked out their website. Neat stuff!

 

[redheelerdog]

Hey Red, when I built mine,, I had the parts laying in the shop available to me, so I added an extra degree of adjustment to the top link connection,,

I believe EVERY time I have used the land plane, I have adjusted that,,
it gives really fine control, over only adjusting the top link length.

That is a really neat idea, thanks for sharing :thumbsup: