Todays shop time.

[farmer2009]

Question for some of you here. If I need to start a new thread I will just tell me.

I’m getting ready to redo some 4-wheel wagons for hauling round bales of hay. Never understood load tables. No engineering background.

I’m wanting to use either 2x8 c channel or box tubing for the main frame runners. I’ll have a span of about 12 feet. 16 foot beds. Currently bales are about 1,000lbs each. Would like to haul 8 bales and also be able to upsize bales in future. What thickness steel do I need? I’m thinking 3/16.

The 8 inches is to clear the tires on one wagon frame. It’s a low rider. Then use 8 foot lumber for bed.

Currently they’re using 3x8 oak.

 

[4570Man]

I’m not an engineer yet, but I tend to overbuild things. The cost of totally scraping or straightening and reinforcing a frame is astronomical compared to just using 3/8 thick.

 

[Big Barn]

I built a crane for my wood splitter. I’ve never used that method before so we’ll see how it works.View attachment 569517

Looking forward to seeing how it works

 

[Big Barn]

It’s surprising how many foot switches for various machines I have “floating” around. I spent the weekend building enclosures, adding handles and mounting one permanently to tidy things up and in general making them more user friendly.



I have a few more to go but I’m done for the day.

 

[dragoneggs]

Nice Terry! ...funny I was just messing around with one of foot switch pedals today trying to see if I could get it to function for both my porta-band saw and my 20T press.

I did finally get my press brake painted after fabricating the Swag kit a few years ago... I thought the red paint would be a good 'warning' color. Surprised I still found the Swag decal that I waited to apply after paint. Yeah, the fluorescent shop light zip tied to the press is a bit red neck but until I find a LED solution, it will do.

 

[Big Barn]

The paint looks good, Mark! You didn’t get the “finger” brake?

 

[dragoneggs]

The paint looks good, Mark! You didn’t get the “finger” brake?

No, and sort of kicking myself. The third or fourth time I used my press I realized it would probably been worth it.

 

[4570Man]

I got some channel iron. There’s 16 pieces of 6” 4 4” pieces plus a few pieces of angle iron. The channel iron is 1/4 wall, 10” long and I gave $170. I plan on using some of it to build a custom trailer for my Grasshopper.

 

[Gordon Gould]

Good find indeed. All painted for rust protection too. You must mean 10' not 10" though.

gg

 

[Big Barn]

I had a remote spin on filter left over from something I had disassembled long ago. I decided to mount it on the rear of my 33 year old solvent tank for filtration beyond the mesh strainer most of them have.

The photos show how handy a high lift pallet jack comes in.