Daily Fabrication Thread

g_man · February 23, 2022, 07:49:17 PM

Actually I'm not drunk - yet.

I found the one I originally wanted. You probably don't need it now or are sick of Flemish Eyes.

Creating a flemish eye cable connection for use in pneumatic pipe bursting. - YouTube

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mike_belben · February 23, 2022, 07:50:22 PM

I saw a couple good ones.. Will try it soon. Thanks gman!

Old Greenhorn · February 23, 2022, 08:35:35 PM

G_Man, nice video on the Flemish eye. I don't use a lot of big wire rope and with my small stuff rarely need clamps. I thought it was interesting that the young fella in the video did that bare handed. That always tears the skin off my hands.
One thing I could never do worth a hang is a Flemish eye over a thimble, it just never works for me.

Walnut Beast · February 23, 2022, 10:38:29 PM

Quote from: g_man on February 23, 2022, 07:41:28 PM
Having problems tonite - This one

Wire eye splice. 6 strand wire eye splice. Flemish Eye splice. Captain Wild splicing eyes. - YouTube

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I have 150' of 5/8 cable that I'm going to get two 50' foot ones made like that with the metal in there like that but I'm wondering if that's how they are going to do that or just run it through and swag ? Is it that much stronger doing it like that or what's the advantage ?

mike_belben · February 23, 2022, 11:36:00 PM

The twists of the wires interlocking is where all the strength is. Just putting an end in a crimp is only a fraction of the cable's strength compared to braided back into itself for a true splice.

Pretty much the same story in ropes at the knot vs a proper eye splice with a thimbal.

wisconsitom · February 23, 2022, 11:47:53 PM

Used to braid cable around a thimble for cabling trees. Long time ago, and would rarely come up today it seems. Later on found to not be necessarily reasonable way to handle large trees on the street with poor and hazardous form. More likely basal cut nowadays...but yeah, guy showed me how to do that, and hard to believe used to do.

You are correct Mike, when one strand at a time is wound like that, strong connection.

Satamax · February 24, 2022, 08:26:47 PM

Guys, wire splicing at 8 minutes!

Wire Splicing - YouTube

Walnut Beast · March 07, 2022, 12:16:05 AM

Game changer handy. Working on a all Black Walnut flatbed skid that can be taken on and off of the log trailer fast and easy. It will also except a 4x8 or 10 pallets for sticker stacking, work table, hauling shorter logs. and can also be moved around with the pallet jack inside. I don't like working off the ground. The chain is used to keep the front hitch up to move around by hand with ease. When it comes to putting in large torx screws in there is no comparison. The large impact gets it done ✅

chep · March 07, 2022, 07:58:17 AM

Most expensive skid ever huh ;) i guess you got to use what ya gots. But really? No other wood species to choose from lol

Walnut Beast · March 11, 2022, 07:15:35 AM

The all Walnut flatbed/skid is about done. Some metal stake pockets and a little side rack to finish up all the way around to keep stuff in.

Roundhouse · April 07, 2022, 12:25:26 AM

I was originally going to post this back in November when I put this little project together. I didn't get to it and decided to post once I saw the results this spring. Pretty light fabrication compared to other things on here but it turned out OK and stood up to use.

I picked up an off-road forklift for my operation last summer. It was a busy fall, the forklift worked well but I didn't have time to build a shed for it. I knew I didn't want it completely unprotected so a hasty solution would be implemented. I've used an aluminum truck cap before and I had one available for this task. Last time it was for my skid steer before I built a nice roof over it. The truck cap was sacrificial in that instance as it was strapped to the ROPS top of the machine but largely unsupported on the overhangs. There are a couple hundred inches of snow each year at my mill site so a lot of weight up top by mid-winter. It defected the snow but the crossmembers bent and broke, the cladding damaged.

With another cap in good shape I set out to make it more durable. With a wooden framework fitted to the roof of the machine and extending out to support the full size of the cap from underneath I hoped it would support the crushing weight of the snow. Once the support frame and aluminum cap were in position I put on a couple ratchet straps to keep it all from blowing off before enough snow was on there to hold it down.

A look up from underneath at the front of the machine showing the support frame, of course there was a little snow before I got this installed:

A side view showing the coverage provided by the 8' cap. It's not enough to keep all the weather off the machine but my goal was keeping the bulk of the lake effect snow off and preventing a steady stream of meltwater onto the cab and engine:

Fast forward to April 1. I made my first trip of the year to see how things fared over the winter. There has been a little melting this spring but a lot of snow pack remains. I was happy to see the cover right where I left it with no damage from all the snow:

Another look at the rear of the roof showing how the overhang is reinforced from underneath:

With the sun shining down it was pretty easy to knock the snowpack off with a shovel. It's all over but the waiting for bare ground then milling season 2022 can begin:

PoginyHill · April 07, 2022, 07:54:32 AM

Well, that's pretty redneck. :D

Gets the job done. Now you need to find a way to make it a permanent thing.

twar · April 08, 2022, 04:29:10 AM

Yeah, it does get the job done, but I would be afraid that in a good wind it would be airborne and end up at the neighbors. :D

aigheadish · April 08, 2022, 09:54:40 AM

Roundhouse, that's amazing!

Roundhouse · April 08, 2022, 10:27:16 AM

Quote from: PoginyHill on April 07, 2022, 07:54:32 AM
Well, that's pretty redneck. :D

Ha! no doubt. The intersection of budget and schedule gets me there in situations like this.
Thankfully once there is a ton of snow up top wind is no problem. Any neighbors are at least a half mile through the woods (helps let the creativity run wild).

foresterdj · April 09, 2022, 01:05:25 PM

Here is the 3 point hitch skidding winch I made this winter for use on my 29 Hp Kubota L2550 tractor. The winch is a Braden LU4, all new seals and gaskets, cleaned out old grease and filled with proper oil, gears were all good. Power is a hydraulic motor which I mounted to the winch on oversize spreader bars so it would be a unit. Body of winch is some 6 X 6 wide flange beam and 2 X 2 tubing, which I had left over from other projects. One hook slider and 2 chain loop sliders. Line comes in through a snatch block. An extra snatch block for changing direction of pull. Had a chance to use it the first time yesterday, a bigger Norway (Red) Pine that was almost dead in my yard. It had 7 -100" bolts to an 8" top and two pulp sticks to a 4" top. Pulled the bolts all in one drag (they were not completely bucked here, two at 200" and one at 300", basically 2 16s and a 24).
I call it the Blue Ox, after Babe.