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As you all know I made some sheep foot wheels for Ben . I made extra set to make sure I had 1 good set till all the machine ops where completed just in case of the possible mishap ( murphy's law :rolleyes:) Well I have a good set of 4 left , 2 liembach axles and motors ,and a loader front that was too small for the 990 . So , why not make a compactor , right ?:rolleyes:. Also taking a lil self time every week from now on to get some of these projects done :rolleyes: . The + side of this , I'm giving myself a ton of tig practice ,almost as good as Reg by now :D ( I think :o ).

http://i830.photobucket.com/albums/z...psd103daaa.jpg

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after having a hard time getting in the loader with my big hands , cab and hood flip open for easier access .

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tank in front is oil tank :)

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Steve, looks great for a "left over build". I do enjoy the variety of equipment that folks build, and the quality of the work. Seems you put this thing together very quickly! Guess we'll need something besides rubber mulch in order to see it compact something. Great job!

Ken

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Cool! You can probably weld better than me but have you mastered the angle grinding and filing yet?:p:rolleyes:

Love the new machine and I am also understanding the need to take time for your own projects....

Keep up the great work!

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Ken with luck it'll be in the dirt at Cabin Fever . Next week cylinders and valves .

Reg , I learned to back off on the voltage (?) as I finish a bead and let it fill up and go back and blend in . I finally can see the puddle .

Yes , going 7 days a week starts to wear on ya , before you know winter will be gone :( and I'll be outside trying to finish the siding on the addition .

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NIFTY!!! :cool:

If only you had one set of wheels for me to bolt up to my Stahl loader? :D

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Yeah too much amps was my first big mistake too. I went to a local guru and asked what I was doing wrong and he quickly pointed that out. Sometimes it seems like heating the object slowly does the trick and other times it needs a quick blast of heat. I have yet to master when to use each procedure... Practice does make us better though and so does determination. I know I will never be really good at it but I keep trying and get lucky every now and then.

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nice landfill wheels!!!

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Dad always told me to watch the puddle to much heat and you can see a sink hole forming thats when you back off . I just wish I had the foot peddle and not the thumb dial . Every time I need to back off I dip the tungsten in :(


bigford :

" nice landfill wheels!!!"

thanks :) landfill wheels are triangles . these are standard soil compactor

Joe : thank you , I may be making some more someday for a pull behind ;) all the segments are the same .

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Great start Steve!
Cheer's, Neil.

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Nice work Steve! That's some serious looking heavy metal sitting there. What are you using for a drivetrain?

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TY , Neil

TY Nate , It's in the opening post (liembach/stal motor axles)

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Oh boy now I'm stoked :D did a lil wiring and morpower valve mods between part changes . now she rolls :bounce::bounce:

vid is narrow view :confused:

http://youtu.be/Zyf_6gxWp8w

pic of it gettin tight under the hood and a few next to the 990 .

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thanks for lookin ;)

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Sweet! Have you ran any juice through the morpower stuff yet? Are you running their pump in this too? I keep looking at their stuff but have been reluctant to pull the trigger on it. I want it for something that won't run a bunch of pressure but you know how that goes....

Keep the progress goin!

Re: left over build (Cat 825C )
 

Reg , I just bought the valves from them for this awhile back . The pump is a Micropump I got off ebay ( thread in the construction teck forum ) I modified it for the $* log truck but it was just to bulky to look right with the limited room I have on that truck . So it went here . I have to make cylinders and a PRV and need an esc for the pump and finish the blade then it'll be full operational . The quickest and relaxing build yet for me that didn't cost a bunch like my big Mack :cool:

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All I got done this weekend . ran over on a production run that needed to be done :( .

Axle pivot pins

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Back floor pan for elec's

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1st we started with 4"x5" bar (what was laying around that would work :rolleyes:)

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end result , top portion of ROP
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thanks for lookin

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looks great<<<<<<< wishing i had the machining tools to that kinda stuff my self......
but great job i love it

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TY , Ekimjr:)

some blade pics blade is ugly till I get more welding gas:rolleyes:

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thanks for looking

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I'd be embarrassed to show that in a public forum! :)

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Nice job on the tilt blade!
Cheers, Neil.

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Ha ha yea I know Ben :p

Thank you Neil . I really can't call it a cat with that tilt design it might just get the shade of yellow I grew up on mostly :)

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You mean "faded" :lol::lol::lol::p Yah I know its a dozer design:D:D
Cheer's, Neil.

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Dang Steve looking great!! Cant wait to see it pushing some dirt around!

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Looking good Ihbuilder,

Can't wait to see this finished.

Regards Cam.

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thinking taking it with me on sat., so I mounted a servo for steering and mounted the ROPs .

short vid with crappy cam since new cam giving me trouble taking vids :mad:I did have it on a stand ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwW4LXmxa2I

2nd 1 from iPhone actually is 1st vid taken . I just can't figure out why it takes in a narrow window :/
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ywSQMBiJyQ0#

Re: left over build (Cat 825C maybe )
 

Wow Steve its coming along great! Cant wait to see the blade and paint on it!

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Love the feet!! Would be perfect for compacting after dozing my 1:14 scale short course truck track:)

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Copper, truckmaker thanks a bunch

I've been giving this some thought :rolleyes: since the hi-tech 645MG does a nice job of steering , I might give the firgelli actuators a shot for the blade functions . Anyone know the actual length of the 50mm stroke pin center to pin center closed ? I got plenty other places to put that pump and valves in :D

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I found it on their site :rolleyes: even the 30mm is to long and I'm not redoing that part . so back to plan A :rolleyes: Make it all tight in the cabin and engine house :rolleyes: .

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Well that's too bad... an all electric set up would have been perfect for this lil beast, all the extra space could've been used for steel & lead weight.

I'm really liking those crows feet, hoping it's sooner than later when you make another run. ;)

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right now it weighs in at 20lbs 9.5oz w/out the blade . the wheels are the majority of the weight (3-3.5 lbs a piece ), I suppose I could make them work . It's just moving the tilt boss on the blade back 10mm . Then I can fill the oil tank with BB's .

when I clean the mill out to run steel I'll throw them in the schedule .

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Nice work Steve hope to see you in York. Ed

Re: left over build (Cat 825C maybe )
 

Hey Steve, which way did you have the phone oriented?
That would make a fun meat tenderizer, HMM, now I'm in the mood for BBQ :lol::lol::lol::p
Cheer's, Neil.

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I was going to go with firgellis (don't worry I got another place to use them :) ) but time is running short for cabin fever :( . Cylinder production is almost complete so ,WTH , get er done :rolleyes: cap nuts and we good to go .

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of course we throw nothing away stack is made from setup pieces and leftover tube . inside is a piston that had chatter in o-ring groves :(

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How do you find time to build all of these wonderful toys? Keep it up!

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This is a really unique model steve. I enjoy looking at something different for a change. Nice work as always.

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I don't, I just force myself to take some time . A lot of these where started a year or 2 ago . I just resolved to start finishing 1-3 at a time before starting any new 1's this year :rolleyes:

thank you ,Tom :)
Ben (snochaser) helped with this idea .


lil update . "micropump" I modified will not cut it :( It seems they're not designed for hydraulics . So , rearrange everything AGAIN and put a jung setup I have sittin around and boy is it packed under the hood :eek:

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thanks for lookin;)

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Hey, Steve, looks like you hit another home run! How you got all that stuff under the hood is a magic trick in itself. Decals and glass will top it off. I really like the blade mechanism - just like the real thing.

You may have covered hydraulic cylinder making in another thread, but do you use single or double o-rings on the piston? O-ring for the rod packing?

Ken

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:popcorn: Hope that can make me a bench to set on.

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TY . I use o-rings on the piston and an X-ring for rod seal/wiper . On these I put a o-ring behind the X-ring for the rod seal/wiper . seams to work well so far .

we'll rough in with the loader and dress up with this . It pushes lose dirt OK but it wont be makin cuts . I hope the dirt is not to wet :confused: I wont get the cleaners made and on in time :( . I still have to put the loader back together :eek: I remade the lift cylinders to get the extra 2" of lift . I just need to setup and run the rams yet . 1st thing in the morn .