Blade for Front Quick Hitch

yelbike · Sep 14, 2013

They are both beautiful in their own way !

nyen0004 · Sep 15, 2013

Did a bit of tacking tonight. Here are the results.

yelbike · Sep 15, 2013

I like....I like very much!

Actually gives me ideas!

nyen0004 · Sep 16, 2013

Welded the Moldboard brace pieces on today. Would post some pics but there picture attaching method is not working right now. I will try again a little later.

lutt · Sep 16, 2013

Congrats on the newborn and that is a nice looking blade also! For those of you that want to make a blade, a friend of mine who works at a natural gas pipe line pumping station made his out of some large diameter heavy walled pipe, this would work well if you can find the proper pipe and do not have access to a machine shop.LUTT

nyen0004 · Sep 16, 2013

Here are the pics I tried to attached earlier.

yelbike · Sep 16, 2013

Will you have it spring mounted?

nyen0004 · Sep 17, 2013

yelbike said:
Will you have it spring mounted?

Yes I will. I definitely want some sort of a safety so I don't bend or break anything.

nyen0004 · Sep 17, 2013

Welded up everything today except for the spring return mechanism. I ordered the springs today so I should get them within a couple days.

The picture taken from the rear of the tractor shows that when the blade is angled it still clears the tractor width by a good 3 inches.

ericher69 · Sep 17, 2013

Nyen0004;

What type of welder are you using and at what amperage?

Can't help but notice that those beads look a little on the cold side. Not trying to pick a fight.

Blade looks great!

Have you decided on the paint type and color ?

mathuselah · Sep 18, 2013

ericher69 said:
Nyen0004;

What type of welder are you using and at what amperage?

Can't help but notice that those beads look a little on the cold side. Not trying to pick a fight.

Blade looks great!

Have you decided on the paint type and color ?

Why do you think they look cold? Look at the HAZ on the blade, etc. Good spread.

nyen0004 · Sep 18, 2013

Its a Lincoln mig pack 180. I'm no expert welder just your typical backyard builder. The welder is a 220V on a 30 amp panel fuse. I have it set to what the chart said, which is at its max power setting with a lower wire feed. I did have to be careful not to blow a hole thru. I probably will be getting it powder coated and not sure yet on green or yellow.

mickeyw · Sep 18, 2013

WOW! Superb workmanship and design here.
Why do I keep getting sooo many ideas every time I read a thread like this?

You are giving me serious fab envy :drool:

The Fred · Sep 18, 2013

Forget the powder coat, the rust will get under it and it peels off in sheets. Quality paint is hard to beat. Excellent job and congrats.

Fred

mathuselah · Sep 18, 2013

nyen0004 said:
Its a Lincoln mig pack 180. I'm no expert welder just your typical backyard builder. The welder is a 220V on a 30 amp panel fuse. I have it set to what the chart said, which is at its max power setting with a lower wire feed. I did have to be careful not to blow a hole thru. I probably will be getting it powder coated and not sure yet on green or yellow.

Looking at the HAZ (Heat Affected Zone, it's the blue discoloration) I'd say you got hot enough.

ericher69 · Sep 18, 2013

mathuselah said:
Why do you think they look cold? Look at the HAZ on the blade, etc. Good spread.

I am no Weldor by trade just an enthusiast.

Because I use to own a Lincoln SP170-T (very similar machine) and I must say that my hunch was right that the welds where made with a Lincoln.

Anyways I moved up to a 250amp class machine and do know now from using the Lincoln for the past 10yrs that the welds never did burn in as well as I thought they where.

As to why I think they are cold; the weld bead piles up and doesn't seem to wet in on the edges of the beads.

I did see the HAZ.

Not trying to be argumentative at all it just caught my eye.

I am sure you will not have any issues at all

mathuselah · Sep 18, 2013

ericher69 said:
I am no Weldor by trade just an enthusiast.

Because I use to own a Lincoln SP170-T (very similar machine) and I must say that my hunch was right that the welds where made with a Lincoln.

Anyways I moved up to a 250amp class machine and do know now from using the Lincoln for the past 10yrs that the welds never did burn in as well as I thought they where.

As to why I think they are cold; the weld bead piles up and doesn't seem to wet in on the edges of the beads.

I did see the HAZ.

Not trying to be argumentative at all it just caught my eye.

I am sure you will not have any issues at all

I am not a welder by trade either, took some classes, got certified and build vehicles on the side for a hobby (getting into tractor modification now).

No argument here, but

looks really hot (almost a little too hot), you can see penetration on both sides of the weld and the root material. It's not going anywhere.

Not sure what the welder manufacturer has to do with anything... I've used them all. 160 amps is 160 amps within a small % tolerance. Duty cycle varies as does the servo speed for the wire feed but amperage = heat.

His welds should not "etch" the root, if that's what you mean by wet on the edges? Looks like he has a little too much wire speed, since his welds are fattish, but nothing I would redo. I like a nice flat weld.

ericher69 · Sep 18, 2013

mathuselah said:
I am not a welder by trade either, took some classes, got certified and build vehicles on the side for a hobby (getting into tractor modification now).

No argument here, but <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=337480"/> looks really hot (almost a little too hot), you can see penetration on both sides of the weld and the root material. It's not going anywhere.

Not sure what the welder manufacturer has to do with anything... I've used them all. 160 amps is 160 amps within a small % tolerance. Duty cycle varies as does the servo speed for the wire feed but amperage = heat.

His welds should not "etch" the root, if that's what you mean by wet on the edges? Looks like he has a little too much wire speed, since his welds are fattish, but nothing I would redo. I like a nice flat weld.

Agree to disagree!

nyen0004 · Sep 19, 2013

I weld maybe one or two projects a year. So when I start the project the weld don't look the best and as I go I get better and better. And I initially start at the settings that Lincoln puts on the machine then do slight changes to my comfort.