Daily Fabrication Thread

[mike_belben]

Just figured it'd be handy for there to be a place where anyone can post up pics of what they built or broke this week, without it hijacking someones thread.



This is a dumper i made this week from a severely bent car trailer axle someone gave me that i shortened, and some wire decking and struts from a pallet rack, plus a chicom lift id welded a boat winch on years ago, and some conduit bracing to resist soak up the twist. 

Me and my son have been cutting and splitting OWB fuel for an old man on his pasture and my truck just cant drive out there, but his 4wd quad can so itll solve that problem.  I only get paid if the wood comes out and gets dumped in a carport.  Small loads to keep from tearing up the field.



Not a terrible place to work.

[LeeB]

And here I thought by the title it was going to be a place to tell lies. 

[Resonator]

If it doesn't work as a wood hauler, you could make a mighty big catch and release possum trap!

[sprucebunny]

Panel cutter for 8mm polycarbonate greenhouse panels.

Edit: Didn't see this was in Forestry and Logging. Sorry I'm off topic 

[mike_belben]

If it doesn't work as a wood hauler, you could make a mighty big catch and release possum trap!

Id do better to bait it with a little copper wire and some meth tied to a 12gauge trigger! 

[Puffergas]

Tiny forwarder. Well, kind of a cross over. Cross between a skidder and a forwarder.

[teakwood]

Mike: Are you sure Walmart isn't missing some shopping carts? 

[JesseA]

Mike do you have pictures of making those ring chains you built for your tractor? What size round bar did you use for the rings?

[mike_belben]

Theyre not missing.  I know where they are. 






Man down man down


Jesse i will try to find pics.  I think 1/2 for the rings and 3/8 for the rest

[BargeMonkey]

 One more project that will be wrapped up this week. Like anything I didn't ask around enough and bought a set of axles that needed more love than I knew about, what should have taken a few weekends took 3 months but it's done now, lack a few things and some new lights and she can be back in the woods. 

 
 took some work to gut the old axles and suspension, all new brakes, cans, replaced every piece of air on the whole thing.

[woodmaker]

I love the idea of this thread: there are so many fabricators on this forum,and so many interesting ideas. It may force me to learn how to post pictures

[Skeans1]

My last project before we had to move our shovel.

Then cheap trick for bearing race removal run a good bead on the inside of the race I prefer tig for this myself but might can work as well.

[mike_belben]

Mike do you have pictures of making those ring chains you built for your tractor? What size round bar did you use for the rings?

Found em.. These are the jigs, one on each side of a cutoff, clamped in vice and had a torch holder and a rod holder so while i was working one the next was heating up. 

[mike_belben]

Then cheap trick for bearing race removal run a good bead on the inside of the race

Works great on valve seats and dry sleeves too.  Nice stick holster on the trailer.

[Pclem]

Gonna be a favorite thread for me too. Good idea Mike!

[JesseA]

Mike do you have pictures of making those ring chains you built for your tractor? What size round bar did you use for the rings?

Found em.. These are the jigs, one on each side of a cutoff, clamped in vice and had a torch holder and a rod holder so while i was working one the next was heating up.

Did you bend the rings hot or cold?

[Crusarius]

Mike do you have pictures of making those ring chains you built for your tractor? What size round bar did you use for the rings?

Found em.. These are the jigs, one on each side of a cutoff, clamped in vice and had a torch holder and a rod holder so while i was working one the next was heating up. 

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I don't know why I never thought of making my own chains. I think of making everything else

[mike_belben]

Red hot.  Dont bother trying to duplicate until you build either a wood fired or waste oil fired rod heater.   

[firefighter ontheside]

Technically finished this last week, but this is my log loader.  A chain connected to each end goes over a farm jack and lifts log up level with the mill and then I can roll it on with a hook.  I’m not much of a welder, so most of it was welded by a guy at the firehouse.

[mike_belben]

Built bunks for when the basket is off, then headache rack and gear holsters. It passed the test, dumped real easy.  off to the cattle farm tomorrow with it.