Loudo
Silver Member
Gudday Mark, Nice job:thumbsup: How about posting some plans for building one? Cheers loudo
Yeah, it's another road grader!
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jenkinsph
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Looks good Mark and interesting design.:thumbsup:
My only concern is with a grader blade edge turned up as you have on the rear it will wear very quickly. Normally when it is set at 45 degrees the flat running parallel to the surface tends to help keep it sharp. I use my plane for lawn and landscape leveling with it set straight across the plane but still mounted at a 45 degree angle and get a smooth finish.
Let us know how it works out and keep up the good work.
My only concern is with a grader blade edge turned up as you have on the rear it will wear very quickly. Normally when it is set at 45 degrees the flat running parallel to the surface tends to help keep it sharp. I use my plane for lawn and landscape leveling with it set straight across the plane but still mounted at a 45 degree angle and get a smooth finish.
Let us know how it works out and keep up the good work.
tkappeler
Platinum Member
Great job Mark!
This will be one of the first build-it-myself projects after I get the house done. Would love to know the rejected designs you went through to help learn from them. Don't forget to send in pictures of before and after when you put it to use.
Tom
This will be one of the first build-it-myself projects after I get the house done. Would love to know the rejected designs you went through to help learn from them. Don't forget to send in pictures of before and after when you put it to use.
Tom
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TraderMark
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Thanks Tom,
The only real design changes I made were moving the rear blade perpendicular to the sides instead of leaving it angled like the front one and turning the rear blade straight up and down instead of laying it back at a 45.
Those two changes were made because all my roads are dirt...dirt... and more dirt. There's no gravel anywhere. The one time I used it on a graveled parking lot, it performed very well the both blades angled and tilted. But since the majority of its life will be spent grading my dirt roads, those changes were necessary.
The dirt we have around my place is called "sugar sand" around here. So the front blade with it's 45* angle cuts 1/2 below the surface and the dirts spills over. The rear blade comes along and acts almost like a box blade to smooth out the now loose sandy dirt and distribute it evenly.
Hope this helps.
Mark
The only real design changes I made were moving the rear blade perpendicular to the sides instead of leaving it angled like the front one and turning the rear blade straight up and down instead of laying it back at a 45.
Those two changes were made because all my roads are dirt...dirt... and more dirt. There's no gravel anywhere. The one time I used it on a graveled parking lot, it performed very well the both blades angled and tilted. But since the majority of its life will be spent grading my dirt roads, those changes were necessary.
The dirt we have around my place is called "sugar sand" around here. So the front blade with it's 45* angle cuts 1/2 below the surface and the dirts spills over. The rear blade comes along and acts almost like a box blade to smooth out the now loose sandy dirt and distribute it evenly.
Hope this helps.
Mark
