some work pictures

[curb guy]

Tom, how do you poke out track pins? I'm going to assume,looking at your last photo, you use a "BFH". Just wondering what your preferred method is. I've always used a sledge instead of a press.Mainly because I don't have a track press, but that's another story. Love the photos!

 

[TOM V]

Tom, how do you poke out track pins? I'm going to assume,looking at your last photo, you use a "BFH". Just wondering what your preferred method is. I've always used a sledge instead of a press.Mainly because I don't have a track press, but that's another story. Love the photos!

Most of the time I use a 20lb hammer, I do have an OTC master pin pusher I bought used, the last time I used it was on a CAT 245 to put in a couple repair links. I would prefer the CAT 2 rod style press but what I have works for now.

 

[TOM V]

A couple shots of the broken grapple put back together.

 

[TOM V]

A few from today, repacking a couple hoist cylinders on a Fiat Allis loader.

 

[oarwhat]

I gotta ask what's holding the loader arms up? Looks like one of David Blaine's levitation tricks. LOL

 

[Jaybo]

Looks like he is doing one at a time if I were to guess...

 

[TOM V]

Looks like he is doing one at a time if I were to guess...

Yes I did one at a time.

 

[TOM V]

A few pics of a mini bucket I started on today.

 

[dirty4fun]

Tom,

You are handier than a shirt pocket, now to see how it looks when finished. Some insight as to how you are going to bend that plate to follow the curve would be nice, also.

 

[TOM V]

Tom,

You are handier than a shirt pocket, now to see how it looks when finished. Some insight as to how you are going to bend that plate to follow the curve would be nice, also.

The floor plate for that bucket will be made from HARDOX 450 material and formed on a press brake. I will post some pics as I go.

 

[Lee-online]

Do you have that done for you?

We have a local company do ours, we give then a cardboard template of the profile and they bend it. Bucket bottoms, blade faces, all kinds of things. The brake must be a pretty good size to bend AR plate.

 

[TOM V]

Yes Lee, I have a company with a 1000 ton press brake that forms all my projects such as this.

 

[TOM V]

Drilling HARDOX 400 wear plate with a M42 tin coated annular cutter.

 

[dirty4fun]

I kind of wondered if you had it bent that way so you get the shape right. Bet the customer will be one more of those happy ones when you finish.

 

[Lee-online]

You got to love the mag drills. They are a great tool and make drilling easy.

 

[FSERVICE]

You got to love the mag drills. They are a great tool and make drilling easy.

till somebody knocks the cord loose!!

 

[theironoracle]

yes you must love those annular bits.............theironoracle

 

[RayF]

Without stealing Toms thread a trick thats handy when drilling that quench and tempered steel is prior to drilling put a heat spot with the gas torch and let it cool out. It will anneal it and make it a lot softer to drill.

 

[dirty4fun]

Thanks for the great way to drill hard steel, make sense.

 

[ohiofleet]

Some shots from this week.
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wher did you get the grease can