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Hey Steve, have you seen this dragline bucket on the "bay"?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...E:B:SS:US:1123 Thought you might enjoy this! Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug. |
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Time to get back building again on this. Not much time till the Cabin Fever Expo. I've been designing the wedges and other bucket rigging that I threw together last year. Everything served me well but it just wasn't "to scale". should have something to show soon. I still need to make a trip 295miles out East to the 1:1 machine to get more sizes on the exterior house and "A" Frame.
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Here is a start on the "Crows Foot" this is where the drag chains,dump rope socket,and drag rope socket meet. I made it out of 4140HT steel so it wont wear out dragging in the dirt.
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Very nice work Steve the more you do on it the better it gets, keep up the good work. Ed
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Man, what an intricate piece! I'm coming over to hang out
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Finally figured out an attack on the drag rope socket this weekend. Had to make it in two pieces then I'll Tig weld the halves together. Sorry for the ugly finish, I have lots of blending with the Dremel and Lots of deburring to do still on this one. I still need one more this size for the hoist and two smaller ones for the dump rope.
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Simply amazing!
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Here is the drag socket TIG welded together. Of course there is some grinding and filing to do. I had one heck of a time seeing what I'm welding! I even have a 2X magnifier in my helmet and was wearing my 2X cheaters
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Steve that looks absolutely astonishing. Great welds for being so small and very clean looking socket. Can't wait to see what it looks like cleaned up.
Tyler
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More rope socket construction photos from last weekend. This time this is the hoist rope socket. I still need to radius the sides some.
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Way beyond cool...
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This weeks project is to design and machine the hitch links that the drag chains attach to.
Here is a shot from my ESCO salesman sample bucket showing what the completed parts will look like. ![]() Left hand and right hand pieces started ![]() Top view of the Left hand hitch ![]() |
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That's incredible work! I wish I could TIG weld that good! And machine parts that well too!
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So, what you're saying is even though you can't see what you are welding, you still TIG weld better then me, and I'm younger! See, I rest my case!
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LOL!!
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Here I am profiling the piece and final cutting loose from the steel bar.
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This morning I welded the hitch brackets onto the bucket. Struggling as usual ![]() ![]() ![]() The teeth are really starting to show some wear after about 60+hrs of digging. In the future I'm going to make a better cutting edge that will be hardened and some replaceable hardened teeth. ![]() |
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Steve-you have a lot done since I was on here. Parts look great as always. Will the sockets be painted or just a natural steel finish? I see you complaining about your eyes
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As far as painting the sockets, I picked up a can of red Rustoleum this week and I'm going to paint the sockets and possibly (if I can get some of the wear plates made for the bucket) paint the bucket. I was thinking of painting the walking shoes black but haven't got the urge to paint anything on the machine yet. |
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