UPDATE GRAPPLER CLAW

[weekend project]

MR JIMI IF YOU HAVE A NOKIA CAMERA PHONE THEN YES WE HAVE THE SAME ONE. T WORKED ON THE GRAPPLER BUCKET A LITTLE LAST NIGHT. TRYING TO ANTICIPATE HIGH STRESS AREAS AND REINFORCE THEM AHEAD OF TIME. I'VE BEEN USING A PLASMA CUTTER TO MAKE THE CUTS SO FAR WITH HOME MADE JIGS I'VE BEEN CUTTING MY PATTERNS OUT OF 1/2'' 3/8'' AND 1/4'' STEEL. EVERY PIECE OF THIS BUCKET IS MADE FROM SCRATCH. I DIDN'T GO OFF OF ANY OTHER PLANS OR TAKE DIMENSIONS FROM EXISTING EQUIPMENT.
THE GRAPPLER CLAW ARE MADE OF 1/2'', THE TINES ARE MADE OF ALTERNATING
1/2'' AND 3/8''. STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. DON'T GET TO WORK ON IT MUCH. ROB YOU GOT IT RIGHT WITH YOUR EXPLANATION OF TWO INSTEAD OF ONE GRAPPLER CLAWS. I AM HOPING TO BE DONE IN A WEEK.

HERE ARE SOME PICS OF OF THE TOOLS I AM WORKING WITH AND OTHER STUFF.

 

[wushaw]

You need a bigger shop for all those nice toys/tools

 

[MrJimi]

Almost, I have a Sony/Erickson 525A and I hit my pictures with Paint Shop Pro 9 on the one step fix thing and they ain't too bad, the cell cam pictures I have seen come from a Motorola ?? The real thin one
Getting there real good and looking good.
link to other picture
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...lf/65584d1165409359-grapple-claw-image012.jpg
Jim

 

[Paddy]

Weekend,

Is that a HF TO 20 or 30 in the second to the last photo?

 

[weekend project]

If you're talking about the massey ferguson it's a TE-20. It's my dad's tractor. He bought it back in 81'. I looked up the serial number and it was made in 1948 in Coventry, England.