2013 POTD Thread Archive

[ScrapMetal]

Scrap

I looked for a few years to find this one. I have a hand full of pics of my dad, he died when I was 2 mts old, and one of the pics I have hes on this tractor. His was equiped with elect start and light, options for this model I was told. Any way got to rebuild the front spindels and mower deck spindels all that are NLA now. The last pic is a friend of mines jig to fix his on the same tractor, this is why ill need to find a larger lathe.
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Very cool little tractor and great "history" as well. How much "restoring" are you planning for it? Please keep us posted as you work on it.

Thanks for the pics,

-Ron

 

[Vince_O]

Ron

The eng is fine, 4 hp kohler and the trans is good. It will be going down to the frame blasted and Ill be having a local guy who dose custom Harleys paint it, base clear. I hope to start it next year around this time. Till then Ill be making some stuff for it.


pineyfolks :roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

 

[outsider347]

oldiron:

sorry this is kinda OT but

in your post #200 , wondering where you got the oil can in the pic? does it have a really long tube?
tks

 

[Old Iron]

oldiron:

sorry this is kinda OT but

in your post #200 , wondering where you got the oil can in the pic? does it have a really long tube?
tks

All my oil can came off ebay they are Eagle cans and some do have a long tube.

Paul

 

[ScrapMetal]

I actually, kind of, got something done in the shop today. It's simply a repair piece I made as I'm too cheap to replace something just because one small part of it is broken. At some point, when one of my tenants was either moving out or moving in (I own and manage an office building) someone buggered up on of the emergency lights on one fo the exit signs.

This was the first time I tried turning ABS plastic on my lathe (Second really, I buggered up the first attempt at making this part. ). It's definitely "different" to work with.

Here is the finished piece next to the broken one. The threaded barrel was snapped off the original. I had originally planned to use my mill to turn that large "ring" in to a single post like on the original but I didn't want to push my luck (this stuff is soft!) and I'm having issues with the draw bar on my mill. It's stronger this way anyway.




Here are a couple of shots of it fitting in the metal cover.



The light has a cylindrical stub on it that fits in to the piece and is held in by the set screw.






And finally, to give a bit of perspective...




-Ron

 

[itsme_Bernie]

Here is what I did! I added a GITS oiler to my spindle gear cover! But I made a separate thread for the whole story

http://www.hobby-machinist.com/show...gistering-Awkward-Surface?p=122696#post122696
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Bernie

 

[markknx]

Nice work. I do not call it cheap I call it stuborn, if I can fix it I will! Can't let it win!

I actually, kind of, got something done in the shop today. It's simply a repair piece I made as I'm too cheap to replace something just because one small part of it is broken. At some point, when one of my tenants was either moving out or moving in (I own and manage an office building) someone buggered up on of the emergency lights on one fo the exit signs.

This was the first time I tried turning ABS plastic on my lathe (Second really, I buggered up the first attempt at making this part. ). It's definitely "different" to work with.

Here is the finished piece next to the broken one. The threaded barrel was snapped off the original. I had originally planned to use my mill to turn that large "ring" in to a single post like on the original but I didn't want to push my luck (this stuff is soft!) and I'm having issues with the draw bar on my mill. It's stronger this way anyway.




Here are a couple of shots of it fitting in the metal cover.



The light has a cylindrical stub on it that fits in to the piece and is held in by the set screw.






And finally, to give a bit of perspective...




-Ron

 

[ariscats]

I just repaired the oscilloscope.Electronics section.Developed trouble at high voltage board.Probably of age.Now it works o.k.

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Ariscats

 

[DaveInPA]

I am adding DROs to my Grizzly G8689 mill. Last night I completed the mount for the X-axis scale.

 

[stern]

Well thanks to all the help of the forum members, I got a window motor today and started making a power feed for the mill. checked out the torque on it, and it should be more than enough (I cant stop it from turning lol). Made a dog bit to bolt onto the table feed screw and a matching on to mate to it. Then welded on the gear that came with the motor (as the gear engages the motor and I can use that as the engagement point to switch it on and off).



The two bits fit nice and will allow the longer bit to slide back and forth the engage the motor gear.




Made a plate to mount to the table, and figured out how big the sides have to be for proper engagement



Then mounted up the motor to a plate I cut



With any luck I can finish this up in the next day or so depending on how much time I can get lol