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I machined the draw bar cylinder arms and the center shift arm this weekend.

The arms were quite challenging to machine especially the second operation. I had to make a pair of soft jaws to get them mounted.

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pretty epic build sofar......keep up the great work.

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Fantastic work Ari :cool:

Seasons Greetings

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Quick Christmas update for you guys. I've been able to make couple of parts during Christmas holidays.
With these I wish you all Merry Christmas :)

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A very merry Christmas it was indeed. Hope you have a fantastic New Year!

That machine is wonderful!

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I got the wheel lean cylinder done today.

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I was making the steering cylinders today. The wheel lean function makes the job a bit harder as you need to have ball joints on both ends of steering cylinder. The piston diameter is 8 mm.

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I got the steering cylinders mounted to the axle :)

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Looking very nice! :)

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the amount of CNC milling and operator skill is astonishing...

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Thanks guys:)
Next job is to make the center shift lock cylinder. I just got it drawn, and I might start machining it today
I attach a picture of the 14M parts catalog so you know what cylinder this is.

Happy New year 2019 for everybody:)

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I see you have been using your Lampert welder on the front control arms. How well are the welds holding up? I was hoping to get one of those rigs this year but it never made it into my budgit this year.

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So far they are holding up. I was slightly worried about the welds, but now I have taken the front axle apart several times, and it's still intact. That profile is 3x4mm so the seams are quite small.

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I got the centershift lock cylinder done :)

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I got the the articulation cylinders done :)

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Art..! Pure art :)

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I haven't done much machining this weekend, just drawing parts. Mainly the drawbar and the circle. I thing I have to spend about half of the build time to drawing the parts, so it's not just machining :)

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Nice cad work and machining!! :popcorn:

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Your work is amazing:eek:, When I come to Finland, we gotta hangout!

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Very cool project. The Fusion360 work is particularly impressive!