School me on hydraulic components

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Originally Posted by RCP57

All these guys that do build their own, you never hear what $ investment they have in tools & machinery or how much sh*t they broke during the learning curve.... and I'm sure for them it's less about the potential cost savings & moreso the challenge of "I did it myself", is what matters most.


Hahaha!... yep! Well said Joe.

im already past what the HK hoe delivered would have cost me.

i tried to itemize once on another project and stopped at 2k. it was a simple truck build....

since then i no longer even look. i need it, i buy it. as much fun as buying something built is, figuring it out yourself is a whole other dimmension of fun. sadly i also learned the hard way that there isn't really any way to deal with metal without a cnc.. you can emulate things (what i am doing) but really, you need it if you want to have realistic metal work. some people can do great things with a manual 2d vertical mill but you can only do so much even with years of skills on one.

i love joes summary above of the stahl and leim brands. and i can now say from personal experience that these are obsolete and inadequate. fortunately there are now better options, although much less popularized. if i had known from the get go, i wouldnt have bothered with lame.