CAT 14M3 Motor Grader

[skeeter]

That's awesome! I'd love to have the tools, equipment, & know how to build things like you do!

[Turan5561]

I read the other project excitedly over and over again. I follow this project with no patience. how do you draw the drawings.how do you do the scaling. where do you get the pictures inspired by.I'm waiting for your answer. I want to draw too. I would be very happy if you give me information about what I'm looking at. do you help me find pictures of real pieces? Thank you

[Hemi1966]

I got the tires from Premacon and I'm drawing the rims at the moment. I hope I can start machining them tomorrow.

[Hemi1966]

First operation

[Hemi1966]

The rims are done

[skeeter]

This build already looks AMAZING!

[jack van]

will you make it 6 wheel drive and also maybe add a wing or 2 hehe and front blade lol sorry i am soo greedy

[Hemi1966]

I made a few parts under the cab

[Hemi1966]

Got something done today. I made the brackets that the blade cylinder arms attach.

[Cooper]

Do you use and glue on aluminum or weld? I’ve been finding a lot of uses for some of the adhesives industry offers. And some of the stuff is more effective than welding. Depending on the design and application. Parts are looking good!! Build is amazing!!

[Hemi1966]

Originally Posted by Cooper

Do you use and glue on aluminum or weld? I’ve been finding a lot of uses for some of the adhesives industry offers. And some of the stuff is more effective than welding. Depending on the design and application. Parts are looking good!! Build is amazing!!

With this I have not use glue, but on some previous projects I have.

[Tunnelmaynia]

Hello hemi1966,
I am very impressed with your work. I am a fellow machinist and I also use fusion 360 for my CAD and CAM. I want to start a build of my own but the biggest obstacle finding scale drawings or even the 1:1 size to be able to scale down. Can you please share where you are getting your dimensions from. Also some photos of your machines and maybe some work holding. I really like the idea of building them yourself versus buying a manufactured version. Thank you in advance for the help with the drawing sources. Jeremy.

[Hemi1966]

Originally Posted by Tunnelmaynia

Hello hemi1966,
I am very impressed with your work. I am a fellow machinist and I also use fusion 360 for my CAD and CAM. I want to start a build of my own but the biggest obstacle finding scale drawings or even the 1:1 size to be able to scale down. Can you please share where you are getting your dimensions from. Also some photos of your machines and maybe some work holding. I really like the idea of building them yourself versus buying a manufactured version. Thank you in advance for the help with the drawing sources. Jeremy.

The big difficulty when making these is the lack of scale drawings
I first get a 1:50 scale die cast model of the object, with that you can get some measurement.
The machine brochure usually have some dimension drawings.
One place to look is also this: https://avspare.com/, there you can get some idea of the parts.

Drawing a part that is more complex often takes more time than actual machining. The following parts assembly I was drawing many, many, hours

Click my signature at the end of this message to get to my Youtube channel to see some machining videos.

[Tunnelmaynia]

Hemi1966
Thank you for the reply. I hadn't thought about scaling up. I was afraid of the dimension from the smaller die-cast models being to far off. I will give it a go and start drawing some things and assembling the 3d components in fusion. Thanks again.

[Hemi1966]

Originally Posted by Tunnelmaynia

Hemi1966
Thank you for the reply. I hadn't thought about scaling up. I was afraid of the dimension from the smaller die-cast models being to far off. I will give it a go and start drawing some things and assembling the 3d components in fusion. Thanks again.

Dimensions of smaller details that are impossible to cast in small scale might be slightly off, but most dimensions are correct enough.

[Roninnater]

This is absolutely amazing!!! I can’t wait to see more progress of this fantastic project. I’m hoping to start my very first project. I am no where near such expertise as this but it sure is inspiring.

Can’t wait to see what happens next!

[ederson]

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[DWA2469]

Hemi your work is second to none, I wish I possessed the skills and tools necessary to accomplish this.

[Hemi1966]

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.

[igotit]

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