Oshkosh Het M1070, M1000

[Car5858]

Thanks for the kind words Ken.

I got a package in the mail the other day, RC4WD Dirt grabber tires. Still waiting on the rims.

My Dad is out of the hospital and is starting on the rims in the morning (weather permitting).

Hopefully in a few days I will have some more photos to post.

[Car5858]

The Stamped rims came in from RC4WD today (one bolt missing). Yes I could not resist the desire to see some tires and rims on this thing.

Mounted the tires on rims, there must be a secret to this part that I haven't figured out so far. The tires wobble slightly side to side as they roll, but not the rims.

As for the rest of the covers I am waiting on more JB weld to arrive. I did find out the hard way about mixing. Not enough hardner and the cover is to soft and flexiable .

Oh well, I will start again in the morning.

[sneaky-pete]

Wow....you have skills

[Car5858]

Thanks Troy

[rc_farmer]

You are doing a fine job on this build. Those diff covers are amzing., excellant craftmanship!

[Car5858]

Thanks Rob, currently I am awaiting some more parts that I haven't been able to spend time on this for the last week.

Will get more updates when the parts are finished.

Thanks for looking and the encouragement.

[Car5858]

Sample rim came in yesterday, so I set up the rotary table and was going to install the dividing plate. Not the right reduction, this table has a 1:46 reduction cant use the dividing plate. Looked around the net for a 1:46 reduction chart no one seem to have one.

So as an alternative, I wrapped a 1/4 inch wide strip of paper around the rotary table to get the exact circumference, I then drew this up in AutoCAD and divided the legnth by ten with the divide command. Perfect, added an extra 1/2 inch to the length, plotted and attached to the rotary table.

This is the result, the bolts are 2/56 socket head cap screws. I did miss one hole by 1/2 a degree but it is not that noticeable.

So far I am happy. After assembling I found that I have to change the design of the inner hub to allow the locknut to seat properly.

At least I have made some progress.

Thanks for looking
Carl