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[RCKiwi]

This is awesome ......keep the pic's coming!

[bigford]

andy
that crusher is great!!! looks just like the one at the sand pit I load out of
great work

[andyathome]

Cheers guys.
got a bit more guess work to do , still under budget but scrap box is looking rather empty.
I need to get two drive sprockets so thats another $20 a couple cans of spray paint and job done, all up should be under $100 build .
I have some old recivers I can bind to a radio but will need another saber tooth fot the tracks.

Got another 6 days now at work so plenty of planning time.

Cheers andy

[andyathome]

had a day off due to the flu so spent a few sneaky hours in the shed.
plans have changed again.

my original set up needed a small modification because Im cheap, I didn't want to spend the best part of $300 on a 10 foot length of chain.

so Ive cut off the track set up , mounted motors at the back of the crusher for the track drive.

Have also shortened the length of the tracks, makes it look a little more scale next to the excavator and loader.

I have had to order a couple of motors so cant do much more to get it running until they turn up but can make a start on body panels and finish of tracks.

I will fit 5 or 6 5mm bearings for the crusher tracks to run on and a couple up top to take up a bit of slack.

But the first thing I want to do is make the front half that will hold up the out feed conveyor, nothing too flash but I will fit a winch so I can raise and lower the conveyor.




more time spent in the shed and it still looks the same




cheers andy

[andyathome]

main structure is now complete, so it has been loaded onto the low boy to be transported to work to be sand blasted prior to the first coat of primer.

I need to modify the tracks a little due to a lack of planning, have to change the front wheel height because I did my measurements of the drive sprocket which is too small,

but that little mistake turns out to be quite fortunate because it will give me room to fit the bearings under the track body .

also need to play around with the hopper to make it look more industrial, will also put slits in to the bottom of the hopper so smaller rocks will fall down a shute onto the conveyor (and bypass the crusher ) which has been moved back to suite this new change.
have test run the crusher by manualy feeding hard dirt lumps into it and attached battery drill to crusher, lots of dust and little rocks.
looks like it will work nicely.



its going to be a long drive of 50 plus ks to work so I think I will just put her in the ute and save a bit of time , plus I don't have a pilot vehicle of any of the necessary paper work to use the motor way.

LOL











cheers andy

[andyathome]

so last night was a bit of a bust, had to do some work and not too much time for the crusher.

I did manage how ever to get the rollers for the tracks made and welded on, still need to make a few mounts for the top of the tracks to take three more bearings .



slow going at the moment but getting there.

[andyathome]

got most of it sandblasted last night and will prime tonight, made up some body panels and will fire up the printer to make vents, exhaust ect as time allows.

will make the top panels hinged to fit battery and will put saber tooth and reciver in motor compartment,

still waiting for post man with my motors so for the time being it doesn't do a lot.













cheers andy

[andyathome]

had to fit track runners to see what it looks like, also modified hopper.

[andyathome]

been quite at work so stripped and primmed , dryed in oven and now loosley assembled,
Is it me or is this starting to look like a battle ship.
definatly needing some colour.







cheers andy

[andyathome]

I thought I might put it together beforeI pull it apart again,

vibrator motor to fit tonight and run wires for drive motors out of sight, also a few panels to finish off, and make some covers for belts and pulleys.

any one would think the post man is on strike, still waiting on motors.











cheers andy

[justin]

Looking good mate I really like it.

[andyathome]

thanks Justin
didn't get a whole lot done last night, made up a cover for the fly wheel .
I made it quite a bit bigger than needed just in case I need to fit a bigger fly wheel, and also had some major dramas getting the hopper vibrator to move product, had to make some temporary brackets to align the hopper , and will need to make a bigger vibrator weight.
also had a dive into the scrap bins and found some pretty cool bits and pieces to make some vents , grills ect to give it a bit of detail.
last night shift tonight so want to get hopper functioning and looking the part, may be even get a shute made up to take the fines away before the crusher.
one thing at a time.

[andyathome]

had a good night and have completed all major steel work, vibrator fitted , tested and all good.
need to make a couple of screen guards to cover weight on vibrator.
will pick up some paint on days off and give it a bit of colour , but realy need the motors to show up so I can make the necessary brackets and belts to fire the beast into life.
in the next few days hope to have some platforms , stairs and railing made up and painted and will also look at getting two sprockets and make a start on finnishing the tracks.

just a small list of things to do now.


progress pictures





cheers andy

[Supermario]

Wow Andy, the crusher sure is coming along great! I can't wait to see and hear it do some crushing.. I agree on a way to get rid of fines. Won't take long and it'll be everywhere.
My conveyor started slipping after extended use. The back side of belt collected the fines and transferred it to the wooden drive roller. It had a complete thin layer packed onto it. I realized that installing a brush to clean the belt is not an option but a must!

Anyway, nice work. Enjoying the build.

[andyathome]

I agree with the cleaning brush .
I will make a shute under the hopper to take the small fines down through slits in the hopper and somehow fit a bottel brush ( which ive found in the wifes cleaning cupboard) in between the conveyor belts .
My idea would be to fit them on an angle in between the belt? So dirt ect was pushed out to the side.
dose that sound like the right idea.

cheers andy

[Supermario]

I had the same idea to place on a angle to clear the dirt. If it's straight across all the fines will bunch up and get by the brush.
Which reminds me, had a crazy thought as I'm sitting looking around my man cave and saw some wiper blades I've been collecting to use as treads on the conveyor if needed. I might try to use a wiper blade? I'll take some pics and show you what I mean.

[Supermario]

I was thinking something like this might be worth a try??

[andyathome]

now that's a good idea.
I think I will put the mrs bottle brush back in the cupboard and go with the wiper idea.
thank you.

[andyathome]

today was a funny day, spent a good half hour looking at the crusher trying to figure out how and where to mount the motors for the conveyors and crusher drive.

but since I didn't have any motors I decided to paint it.

no sooner had I finished painting it I hear " hi mate , got a package for you .
my mate the courier driver turns up with my motors and now the thing is covered in wet paint!!!!! dam.

at least tomorrows activities are sorted.



any way heres the crusher being delivered back to the shed , its not exactly the colour I wanted but it was on special so at least I saved a couple of bucks.















cheers andy

[kwalters]

That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.