Homemade Two wheel tractor

[Vyacheslav Nevolya]

 

[Vyacheslav Nevolya]

 

[Vyacheslav Nevolya]

 

[radios1]

so, how did you slot the axle for the wheel hubs??.. a milling machine is needed for that because of the tight tolerances and accuracy needed..

 

[3Lfarms]

I don’t think he did. It looks like the hubs are clamped onto the axles.

 

[radios1]

I don稚 think he did. It looks like the hubs are clamped onto the axles.

that would slip too easily, the clamps are probably so a c-clip wasn't need to hold the wheels from falling off..

 

[TMGT]

so, how did you slot the axle for the wheel hubs??.. a milling machine is needed for that because of the tight tolerances and accuracy needed..

Can mill it on the lathe

 

[radios1]

Can mill it on the lathe

how?. I've worked for a defense contractor for years making parts for jet fighters and helicopters, using all kinds of machines, and that was NEVER done.. the only way possible to do that on a lathe is VERY unconventional, you'd need to lock up the chuck, either by tying the brake on with a rope, or make a jig for that, and drill the ends of the shaft for a live center, and make it tight against the shaft, and make a special bit with the exact width needed, and use the power feed to essentially scrape the steel horizontally a little at a time. and I don't see the shaft drilled for a live center..

 

[ptsg]

He built a horizontal milling machine. Anyways, can be done on the lathe, specially if you have a milling attachment like he also built in his lathe.

 

[TMGT]

how?. I've worked for a defense contractor for years making parts for jet fighters and helicopters, using all kinds of machines, and that was NEVER done.. the only way possible to do that on a lathe is VERY unconventional, you'd need to lock up the chuck, either by tying the brake on with a rope, or make a jig for that, and drill the ends of the shaft for a live center, and make it tight against the shaft, and make a special bit with the exact width needed, and use the power feed to essentially scrape the steel horizontally a little at a time. and I don't see the shaft drilled for a live center..

Mount shaft to cross slide, end mill or keyset cutter mounted in the spindle. Done all the time.

Would like to see the mill the OP made.