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Good to hear your back Cooper, hope your Dad continues to get better and your hand heals!

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of course we missed ya but the important thing is you and the family are ok. take care of that beat up carcass bud! :cop:

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Yes Cooper we missed you ! The good thing you're back ! Wish you and you're dad a speedy recovery. play time is calling.

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I'm a little lost... your initial fall, it wasn't realised that you had fractured your wrist? Then your body forced it to break? :confused:

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Lol,, initial injury was about 15 yr ago, but not diagnosed as a break. Have to give into the fact that particular bone is the #1 misdiagnosed break/fracture in the er. And since then I just assumed the pain was just part of dealing with a body that's been beaten up a bit :). And just recently the emergency dr X-Rays reviled a complete break but didn't know if it was from back then or from recent, couple days later swelling started pushing bones apart. Just didn't get appointment to orthopedic surgeon soon enough I guess. And now I have to see if it will grow back together in the next three weeks. Or it will definately be some more internal hardware for me:). Just a real bugger to have to make do with keeping from trying to use that hand. It lets me know when to stop!! And I don't want to be in this situation any more than I have to. Nows when being self employed sucks!! Lol!!

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10-4 on that count... and finding good help to fill in while you're on the mend, forget about it! :rolleyes:

So what summer business projects get put on hold now while you're in a cast?

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A couple under 10k building projects, and basically anything else that comes up!! The jobs come and go but the rental income is steady so I'm more just gonna be really board and grumpy that I can't do much!! And I am really trying not to get dirt, grass clippings, oil, aluminum chips, and whatever else into this cast!! It's already gotten old having duct tape and trash bagging my arm to shower. I can't imagine what stuff might be growing in/on it three weeks from now. And with high heat and humidity outside not sweating just doesn't happen. Have to get blade back on dozer (adjusted track tensioner) and I'll be in good shape to do some work with the electric over hydraulics controls :)

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Well,, that was a pic of second trip to er to get fluid drained and then a few days after going to ortho and purple cast. They didn't have black so I figured dark purple would hide the dirt, grease, oil, or whatever I'm not supposta get into from showing:). Next is another trip to ortho on the 11th, find out if surgery or not. And by the way things feel, it's getting worse than better. Didn't sleep much last night from throbbing. Maybe chopping wood over weekend wasn't a good idea. :(. Just split some kindling to start a fire at camp. Seriously I've been trying to baby it as the last thing I want is more appointments with dr and cast for any longer than necessary. And the sad part is having the radio on my lap to control dozer/excavator aggravates it just by moving my pointer finger. And ya can't get much more less effort than moving the sticks on our radios!!! Maybe some pain meds in order to play with toys!! Don't want to go that way as pain is your friend, (usually telling ya something wrong). Maybe some short videos are just what the doctor may order!!!

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Dang it photobucket!! Wrong pic:)

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hmm i would ask for a plastic cast you can do anything like shower and even swim with it and best of all you can clean it if your carefull

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Well it's been a while but I'm getting back into swing of things. Made a couple videos diggin some saplings growing on the side of my playpen. Haven't had time to upload but hopefully some internet time tonight. Just spent some time redoing the rx/tx settings to the lowboy trailer I mistakenly deleted a while ago.
Had to drain and rebuild the cylinders on the hoe, I used a neoprene backed washer to secure the Pistons to the rods. Found out the rubber material was not oil friendly and started to break down into small pieces. So anyone else using the rubber-backed washers from micro fasteners,,, they are not oil resistant. !! Perfect for my style of learning,,, learning what not to do then learning what works:). But the good news was all my seals were holding up and didn't need replacing but while it was apart I installed new. I bought 100+ oil o-rings for like $2 from McMaster. So the .20$ was no big deal, just hope no pieces got into valves. So far so good. And I have to get my but to work on some type of screening plant, get the conveyor working!! Lots of projects, lots to do!!! Should be getting back into the company business now!!! And will get some more videos soon.
Going to try and get to both showers coming up next month.

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Oops, not going to the "showers" but to the shows!!! Darn spell checker!!!

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It's gonna be great to see your videos and builds ! Mike

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its good to hear your doing better!!

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Glad your back RW. No need to rush back into things , you'll never catch up to a on going build list, you just have to carry on where you left off. :D:bounce:

My learn hard way then do it right lately?.....make sure your power connection is fool proof! Don't just say to yourself " one is marked red, one is marked black. I'll never screw that up " :eek::o

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Lol Mario, !!! And that is why I buy the cheep hobbyking esc's when I can!! And usually buy two of them!! The best advise I herd someone say when gettin into a hobby was, " if you think you can figure things out yourself and don't want to read the directions, take a bundle of money (twice as much as you are spending on the cheep stuff) and find a nice place in your back yard, some lighter fluid and a match. Dowse the pile of money with the lighter fluid, light the match, let it burn. Now, 1) you just saved yourself a lot of time, 2) you got a better show by actually seeing your money burn and not just smoke, 3) now listen to others advise and read the instructions, buy cheep what you can and buy quality where you need !!" Sometimes I really think one of these days I'm going to burn some cash or realize I should read more!!!
Mikem, I'm thinking I may try and build a articulated dump truck over winter and soon get into a makeshift screening plant or shaker table??!?!
Yes mark, it's good to finally start having some "fun time" been backlogged too long on work stuff, it's nice to finally see some daylight at the end!!

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Hey Cooper I sent you a pm

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Got it headers , tpctools off eBay. For the money they have been great dro units, got o e for mill and lathe.

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Thanks Cooper

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http://youtu.be/9r_wbn5Pt_8

A video of backfilling the pit from digging a tree root system up. A little jerky with some movements as I still had a cast on wrist.

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look at you wearing the paint off that bucket!!!

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Dozer video in soft soil.

http://youtu.be/S_BeiNuCuZY

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http://youtu.be/Yrs5C8lxXGE

Conveyor running, I need to work on the hopper and swap out for a more powerful motor. I may also install a dial speed control.

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You're really getting some zip! off that belt to make the dirt fly far away. Stand 'er up & lets see how big a pile you can make. :D :cool:

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I harvested the motor from a massage chair, it made some little dimples rub your lower back. The motor is not very powerful and I already messed it up somehow by using the wrong transformer from wall outlet, ran 12v ac not 12vdc. It still works but developed a couple cogs, thinking I may have demagnetized it a bit. It was working like it should so just getting the motor speed figured out and I'll be tossing some dirt!!!

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what about a 12 volt car window motor?

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Ha, didn't even think of them, I have something similar around here somewhere. Ideally I would like to have it wired to a car battery or 12v transformer plugged in. And have some sort of variable speed pot, as I don't know how speed affects material on conveyor as angle increases, still learning but thanks for the idea as those motors are great power and probably right in the rpm range too!! Thanks mark!!

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always glad to help..

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We seem to be at each extreme RW. Mine turns at 30rpm , yours looks like 130! :eek: That my friend, is a stone chucker. :lol:

Nice to see it in operation :cool:

if you choose to go with battery power, this is the cats meow for voltage control and cheap. I've got a couple. One for testing stuff at various voltages and one use to run the screener but now it's running the Cat sign at the gas station. :D

http://www.ebay.com/itm/10V-60V-DC-M...item3ced8779fc

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Thanks Mario , that's perfect-just what I was lookin for. And thanks for the rpm, I was going to rig up some kind of Popsicle stick on shaft because the tachometer I have is for airplane props. And it may not read that low!?!??

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No problem. That is one of many voltage ranges they offer. The one I use is 5-16V. 200W.

I like my conveyor speed but if I was gonna be anal about it, I'd probably go with something in the 50-75 rpm range and use the regulator to set it where you need for different materials.
I'm sure mine are too slow for a coarse material like small stone or pebble. They'd probably just roll back. It would be nice to have more speed range to work with.

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i don't have much experience with conveying material but figured if I have some sort of variable speed it would be the wiser choice. I've got to go look at so,e of your videos:).

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dont forget guys most belts have ribs or paddles to keep the sand or dirt from falling back on the belt

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I'm ready if it comes to that. Going with Lou's idea I've been collecting wiper blades for along time and trimming the leading edge off them to glue on the belt if need be. Fortunately, the angle I needed and the speed I'm at, I really don't need paddles on the belt.

The way I see it, belt speed is like that trick of pulling a table cloth real fast and not disturb the dishes on top of it if you know what I mean.

Some of us start slow.....some of us start fast.:rolleyes:......must be an age thing..:lol:

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Never mind , I need to make some videos! Time is running short! Although the temps are beautiful, the leaves aren't looking as green as they were:eek: only so much playtime left!

Carpe Diem !

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Hey Cooper I'm meeting a customer at the Buck Horn Exit tomorrow morning around 10am. I may stop by and say hello on the return. You're on the West side of the river aren't you?

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Dam I missed this , the buckhorn stop is maybe 5-8 miles away. I was up on a roof most of morning anyway :(. I'm on east side of river a couple miles up rt11&15 near Allenwood. **** that might have been just a good enough of an excuse not to work today!!! Lol!! Ya know Friday , it's the only day I get paid for work!!!

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http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/...pskr8tli4t.jpg
Little does he know I'm digging a grave pit for him (if he pees on anymore equipment!!!!)

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http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/...psw0q84gcm.jpg
I got a new turn motor for the excavator, the old one is about shot, the pinion is still fairly good so going to swap out

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http://i1357.photobucket.com/albums/...psrdjb0tbj.jpg
And also going back to the original brushed drive motors with the simple esc. The "upgrade" kit isn't better in my opinion. The system is set up for 2s voltage, I am running 3s and full power the tracks are like an Indy car. I forget how much I have them limited with radio but I know it's well below half. And they don't have much power. They stall very easily. Just my opinion but I think the original set up with the brushed gear head motors is better. I have some extra time lately, work is slowing down so I'm eager to get back to fixing or building something. :)