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Re: Another Tigercat...
I've been workin on the hydraulic rams a little the last couple days but it's a slow process. I ordered fittings and quad rings the other day too and the shop phoned a while ago and said they were in so I guess I will pick them up tomorrow.
Thanks for the positive feedback! |
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I was able to play a little on the mill this morning. I really haven't used it much yet so I figured the radiator grill on the skidder was a good project. For a while it looked like I was building an aluminum light switch cover... but I think it turned out OK... I really wish I could afford to do a CNC conversion! I've done a couple other minor things to it as well but nothing major so there's still a long ways to go.
Thanks for lookin! Reg |
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C'mon Reg. Windows, paint, sound and woodchips....... faster. Man it looks great!!
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Anyway here is a small update.... This thing is a beast! It's lookin HUGE |
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Still no wood chips or windows but about 12 hours in the last 2 days got me a blade...
I used the coke can for a size comparison! Me likey! Thanks for looking! Starting on the grapple tomorrow... Reg |
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LOOK'S GREAT!
Cheer's, Neil. |
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Looking good, looks powerful with those tires. Will you have servo moving the blade or hydraulic?
Maybee a coke can, can be our size comparisson between models, used that also after question about size. Dan |
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You've got it going on. Looks better and better every time Reg. Just keep moving forward.
Ben
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Thanks guys. I think I am going to use a servo to run the blade but it will be a 360 degree with a screw drive hidden in the front under the hood ahead of the axle. If that doesn't work out to have enough speed or power I will build hydraulic rams for it. I'm hoping to only use hydraulics for the grapple though if I can get away with it. I'm going to start on the grapple today but even without it this thing is getting BIG!
Thanks for looking, Reg |
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nice reg, your metal work on the blade looks amazing, i just re-read the thread and saw your tires are nearly 8inches tall but watching the vid it steers so easily, do you have any pics of your steering setup?
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Love the Aluminum work ,not always the easiest to work with and Tig welding isn't any better. Looks very good and would be very proud to own it!
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Thanks! I'll take a picture of the steering set up soon to show you what I did. It's pretty simple really.
I got a little work done on the grapple but had to stop working on it so that I could load all my stuff into the car for the show in Port Alberni tomorrow! Thanks for lookin! |
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I love this build. It's a huge model, and looks so good. I can't believe how nice it is turning out. But then again, maybe I can. All your other projects are simply awesome too. It's no wonder. Really great work on this Tigercat. I can't wait to see it finished.
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I haven't had any time to work on it lately as I have another model in the works but soon I hope! Reg |
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looking great Reg.. awesome work again
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I haven't worked on this for quite some time because of a busy schedule at home and a little vacation/hunting/fishing trip but I'm motivated and ready to go again! This thing will be finished before christmas! I hope....
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Nice progress! keep it up
Cheer's, Neil. |
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Thanks Neil!
....After a whole day in the shop making chips....I have an attached swiveling grapple...and a couple broken cutters |
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Looking real good there Reg. Next thing will be a couple of 1/14 scale chain saws for the fallers. Got to keep those guys busy somehow!!!
Rob |
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This thing is a monster! And a beautiful monster at that. Sitting on the tailgate of a truck, really puts it into perspective. Your machining work looks excellent! Are you using CNC, or just a manual mill, with a turntable? It looks like you've got a indexing table clamped to the mill.
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