Weld on FEL Hooks

[ASGAR]

Yet another 'I welded on hooks post'. I thought it would be fun to see what you all thought, and what I did wrong or did not think of. I kept the hooks centered since this is a small machine. The low back hook will give me a bit more lift capacity and visiability over the top front hook which will be used most of the time. The FEL is on a B7510 so not much lift capacity to start with.
Here it goes, cut out some backup plates, welded on the hooks and sanded off the bucket paint....

The 'air file' is one of my more favorite tools, it can remove metal, wood, paint etc, fast or with a fine belt or feathered throttle it can be very gentle.

Next time, take all of the paint off. I left the paint that would be under the plate but away from the weld. It smoked when heated and caused a bad weld, which I ground off and did over.

.. Painted Orange and off we go..

I did this quickely enough my wife did not see me sneek off to the barn..

 

[bob_wood]

Yet another 'I welded on hooks post'. I thought it would be fun to see what you all thought, and what I did wrong or did not think of. I kept the hooks centered since this is a small machine. The low back hook will give me a bit more lift capacity and visiability over the top front hook which will be used most of the time. The FEL is on a B7510 so not much lift capacity to start with.
Here it goes, cut out some backup plates, welded on the hooks and sanded off the bucket paint....

The 'air file' is one of my more favorite tools, it can remove metal, wood, paint etc, fast or with a fine belt or feathered throttle it can be very gentle.

Next time, take all of the paint off. I left the paint that would be under the plate but away from the weld. It smoked when heated and caused a bad weld, which I ground off and did over.

.. Painted Orange and off we go..

I did this quickely enough my wife did not see me sneek off to the barn..

Great job ASGAR. Looks Real good and I bet they will be good functionaly too.

Bob

 

[mjncad]

Where did you get the Dynabrade file Asgar? I've looked at them online and they are pricey.

 

[ASGAR]

I found it in a pawn shop for $40, they are $300+ if you buy new. Could find one on Ebay perhapse...

 

[meanmerc]

Very clean looking!!! Good work, I want to try this also when things slow down a bit!!

 

[3RRL]

ASGAR,
Great job on your bucket hooks. They are a very handy addition to any FEL bucket.
You will use them all the time, I'm sure.
Very sano!

 

[mjncad]

I found it in a pawn shop for $40, they are $300+ if you buy new. Could find one on Ebay perhapse...

You legally stole that file for a song.

 

[Birdmayon]

Looks good. Oh, and I like your hood!

 

[ASGAR]

Thanks, I painted that hood almost 20 years ago when I was doing a lot of fun projects. I was pretty seriously into Stick/Mig/Tig at the time.
I painted the same thing under the hood of my 80 wagoneer (Died at 17yrs / 175K miles from rust but ran great) that I had completely rebuilt, engine, axels, trany/trans, electric etc.. The idea was that at least when I had to pop the hood to fix something I could show off the art. My dream (lack of talent killed it) was to paint a paridy of the sistine chapel / michaelangelo / Adam / God / fingers pointing painting on the cab roof of my Ford pickup, the image would be looking up from under a creeper and seeing the underside of the car, Adam would be in coveralls wiggling his outreached hand for God to put the wrench into..

 

[mjncad]

That would have been a fun painting for your old Wagoneer.

 

[canoetrpr]

Looks great!. I'm wandering around my shop looking for welding projects. I've just started to get into welding so stuff breaking that needs fixing is fun now

Rob, I'm going to build a bracket for my box blade to allow me to fix the rear hinged blade for final grading. The things you can do with a welder eh?

 

[George in Spokane]

Thanks for the ideas guys. I welded on the two outer chain hooks and the big center hook on my FEL. What a difference! It sure is nice being able to pick things up. I use 15' of 5/16" chain and I love how easy it is to position.

 

[4shorts]

Thats a nice tidy bit of work you did there. A good bit of skill and pride I might add went into it. Congrats. Can't be done any better than that.

 

[mjncad]

4shorts:

One quick question after looking at your photo gallery...do you ever sleep?

Nice work!

 

[4shorts]

4shorts:

One quick question after looking at your photo gallery...do you ever sleep?

Nice work!

Ah heck yes. I get a good solid 4.5 hours sleep most nights If I don't get that full 4.5 hours sleep I end up looking like this I don't think there have been a time in the last 6 years where I haven't had a project in progress. Right now I'm in the middle of restoring an old Toyota forklift. I'll try and post a few pics on this site later today. Thanks. Glad you enjoyed viewing the pics.

Oh buy the way. I have one one of those air files. Picked it up at an auction for next to nothing. Was in a box of other stuff but it was new at the time. I had it in my tool box for years and then last year I figured if I have it I should use it which I did and it's a great tool to have. I bought the orginal sanding belts for it but found they don't last a long time. They tend to break after a dozen uses and there not cheap up our way so what I do now is go get the same length for a wide belt sander and cut them to size. You get many belts out of the one belt for a fraction of the cost and they last just as long if not longer. Thought that might be a good tip to know.

 

[mjncad]

Ah heck yes. I get a good solid 4.5 hours sleep most nights If I don't get that full 4.5 hours sleep I end up looking like this

I wish I could get by on 4.5 hours sleep! I need 8 to 9.

 

[4shorts]

I wish I could get by on 4.5 hours sleep! I need 8 to 9.

My Gawd man your going to starve the death in your sleep sleeping that long

I really got a laugh out of you signature

 

[3RRL]

Hey Paul,
I just went through your website and I've got to say you are an awesome guy! I can't say enough how impressive your work is. You've got some really cool stuff and your restoration work is flawless.
Just excellent man!

 

[4shorts]

Hey Paul,
I just went through your website and I've got to say you are an awesome guy! I can't say enough how impressive your work is. You've got some really cool stuff and your restoration work is flawless.
Just excellent man!

Thank you very much sir. Appreciate the compliment. I enjoy restoring or customizing old stuff. A change is as good as a rest that's why I restore so many different items. If you want to see how I did one of the bikes I restored you can click on the link below. Thanks again for your kind words. Made my day

Honda305.com Forum :: View topic - The rebirth of a C78 305 Honda Dream

 

[mjncad]

My Gawd man your going to starve the death in your sleep sleeping that long

I really got a laugh out of you signature

Tell that to my doctor!

I'm glad you like the signature.