dozer root rake

[BobG_in_VA]

Wooo...that is Heavy Duty! I thought you must have been up around 200 amps! I also am envious. Most professional job!. I can't wait to see pics of it working on the IH. By the way, what's the model # of the Dozer?? BobG in VA

 

[kuby]

I mostly use 7018 for the heavy stuff and have not been welding that long so where do you use 7014 and which is better for what??
Nice job by the way.

 

[markct]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I mostly use 7018 for the heavy stuff and have not been welding that long so where do you use 7014 and which is better for what??
)</font>
7018 is what i always use for any kinda alloy or high carbon steel since its a low hydrogen type rod, on mild steel or structural steel tho about the only reason to use one over the other is the fact that 7014 flows allot better than 7018, this is good for flat position welding but any outa position stuff or trying to build up stuff the 7018 works better usualy in my opinion, but i am by no means a welding expert i just sorta learned from messing around in the garage welding, i can do pretty nice welds on flat position stuff but overhead and verticle are still where i need practice to make a nice looking bead. i attached a picture of my lincoln welder also

 

[markct]

here is a picture of the rake itself completed, i will get a better pic from the front once i turn it over, its so heavy now tho that i will need the loader to flip it.

 

[markct]

now that the rake itself is done, i had to make the pins and brackets to attach it to the dozer blade, these two plates will be welded to the top of the blade, here i am drilling the hole for the pins, after i drilled it i bored it to size just like the other plates i had shown in the milling machine a few messages back

 

[markct]

next step was to make the pins that will connect the rake to the blade brackets, i used an old hyd cylinder rod and cut it up with my makita abrasive chopsaw, well actualy its more of an abrasive skil saw since i took it off its base a while back and made a shoe for it so i could use it as a portable saw to cut up all sortsa stuff. i cut the two pins to length and then ground the ends to a chamfer

 

[markct]

after i had the pins cut to length i welded a handle to them to help in removing them then put them in the milling machine to drill the holes for the retaining pin, this time using the verticle milling head since the holes were much smaller, it was tough getting thru the layer of hard chrome and case hardening, i had to sharpen a center drill a couple times but i got them both drilled. thats as far as i got tonight since it was about midnight when i took this pic, but hopefully if all goes well tommorow i will have pics of it mounted to the machine

 

[Taylortractornut]

Mark I never thought of using a horizontal mill with a boring head in it. One shop I worked in had a horizontal boring mill for upto a 48 inch hole. I did use a horizontal mill that we mounted a chuck to it and 4 tool holder to the table to turn some large pipe flanges and other work on. I like your rake, I used to build a few here and there and they are handy on a dozer. those are some great looking cuts on the teeth and the mounts to. I used to be good at cutting free hand but since my car accident im less steady. I cheat now with my pattern burner. One thing about a rake i learned is to either hard face the tines or what i do on alot of things is take a leaf spring off a pickup and cut them into strips to puut on the bottom of the teeth and on the fronts to make them last longer. It helps if you do alot of clearing but occasional use its not a problem unless your in sandy soil like we have here.

 

[markct]

yea i had been fourtanate enough to come across the tooling for the horizontal spindle very cheaply at a surplus store, i have been looking for a medium sized lathe chuck to mount to the spindle also as you mentioned for turning large short stuff, using it to bore a hole is kinda a pain since you have to work behind the table, so ya cant see what your doing real well, but you make do with what you have to work with.

 

[markct]

heres a pic of the completed rake mounted on the dozer

 

[markct]

and here is one more view

 

[markct]

heres where it attaches to the blade

 

[markct]

heres another shot of that, the spot to the right with all the paint burned off was where i had to heat the blade to bang out a dent that was in the top edge right where i needed to weld on my bracket, took alot of heat since its about a half inch thick, i held the big propane torch on the back side and my girlfriend held the oxyacetylene on the front and when it was hot enough i took away the heat and gave it a few good blows with the sledge, took a few times of doing this but i got it back to straight

 

[markct]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Also you need to visit at the "RedPower" site (IH/Farmalls) )</font>


whats the website for the redpower board, i tried to find it and it didnt seem to come up in yahoo search, and redpower.com is somethin about motorcycles it appears

 

[pekabu]

maybe he meant Red Power magazine? It appears they have a forum also. http://www.redpowermagazine.com/ Red Power Magazine

 

[Taylortractornut]

Mark I know where a good 4 jaw chuck is for 25 bucks its locked up though. I bought the 3 jaw that as its mate for a friends lathe and go it freed up. Its in use every day now. I think its an 18 inch chuck, maybe smaller.

 

[markct]

thats a tempting offer taylor but i think by the time i payed shipping from down there to up here it would make it not worthwhile, especialy since its locked up, i am sure i could find one localy also i just havent realy been looking, sorta one of those back burner projects

 

[Taylortractornut]

Mark no problems I can free it up im getting it in with a radial arm drill I bought from thesame shop. I got a whole running Cincinatti 5 foot radial arm for 450 bucks needs a few contacts in the height controls. Ill free it up and I may be in Conneticut some day lol might have to drop by and trade it in for directions back home lol.

 

[markct]

boy i wish i could find a deal like that on a monster drill press, then i wouldnt need to resort to unusual setups like mine in the horizontal mill spindle!

 

[Taylortractornut]

Mark they have 5 of them at the moment. They came from a TVA machine shop they got all new machines and let these go to a machinery moving shop. I bought a medium shper this week for 250 bucks with a 2 foot stroke. with internal and external tooling. I need a rotary table and an indexing head for it now.