Good morning!!!!

[rswyan]

40F and mostly cloudy but seeing an occasional peek of sun.

Actually seemed fairly pleasant when I was outside earlier.

Today will likely be spent working on repairing a friends old KK landscape rake. The pivot point - which he claimed was loose and flopping around - was made by using a piece of pipe that fits inside another piece of pipe. The first piece of pipe was welded to the frame that holds the tines ... and then had an index plate welded on top so it was "captured" and couldn't be disassembled without cutting it apart. Also not greasable ...

The pipe that the other pipe fits into had broken off the 3PH frame at least once, possibly twice. Previous repairs were not particularly impressive.

The angle that the tines attach to is only 1/4" and it's pretty bent up and has a couple of cracks in it where the reverse angle that forms a box is welded to it.

I've got some 2" CR solid and a piece of 2" DOM heavy wall tube that would make a nice pivot (what I used on my rake) ... the trick will be getting that welded on at the correct distance so that the index plate can be locked into it's bracket to hold the rake stationary.

Loads of fun ...

 

[rswyan]

Rick,

My vote would be for stainless as far as screw material goes, and a torx head to drive them. Self-drilling would be ideal. McMaster has stainless, self-drilling ... but the ones I ran across appear to phillips head, rather than torx ... didn't look all that long though.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

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Good morning - YouTube

Another day at the office. Trying again, wish I was 1/10 as smart as these devices:/

 

[txdon]

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Another day at the office.

Can't open?

 

[scaredychicken]

over the past 4-5 days, the 2 ft of snow that we got a week ago has disappeared ... rain and temperature. sunny day today - really enjoying this.

 

[txdon]

Instagram

Another day at the office.

Trying again, wish I was 1/10 as smart as these devices:/

That dog sure is fast!

 

[tungularafishcamp]

I know that's why I am thinkin about gettin rid of her, she runs, jumps, and snatches the birds right out of the air before I can even get the safety off

 

[sodamo]

Thinking about you guys as I powerwash

 

[Jim Shooz]

Rlgustafson keep us informed of how you end of attaching the boards on your trailer. I also need to re-bed my 20 year old 5X10 trailer

I needed to replace a couple of boards on my 6x4 trailer. There were "dents" in the treated pine tongue and grove flooring. Took the easy way out and covered the existing floor over with a large sheet of marine ply. That was 15 years ago. The only downside (if it could be called that) was the loss of depth in the sides by the thickness of the 7 ply.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thinking about you guys as I powerwash
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