Todays shop time.

[Sawyer Rob]

I have no way to measure that... BUT it's a 2500 pound winch and with both, the winch and drill in "LO", I've never stalled it.....so who knows??

SR

 

[lennyzx11]

Careful going to bigger wheels which come with bigger mounting plates. You may have to widen your support base to be able to achieve a wider stance. You can end up with the wheels closer to the center of your cart when going sideways, since they will swivel in a bigger circle making it easier to tip. Plus you'll be raising up about 9" in height.

I was thinking of using something like this for the mounting of the casters. The ones on the left.
See if this works.

Black Ice Snowmobile Lift Wheels SNO-158-WHLS | Discount Ramps

 

[4570Man]

I made the drive gear for the winch, and I "handled" a hatchet. This hatchet suffered from design flaw and the slot in the head was too small. I couldn't keep a wood handle in it. I've always liked that hatchet. It chops better than others I have. Otherwise I'd have tossed it in the corner. I'll probably put a rubber hose over it for better grip.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I made the drive gear for the winch, and I "handled" a hatchet. This hatchet suffered from design flaw and the slot in the head was too small. I couldn't keep a wood handle in it. I've always liked that hatchet. It chops better than others I have. Otherwise I'd have tossed it in the corner. I'll probably put a rubber hose over it for better grip. View attachment 490579 View attachment 490580

That hurts my wrist just looking at it! Hopefully it's jusy my imagination. :drink:

 

[4570Man]

That hurts my wrist just looking at it! Hopefully it's jusy my imagination. :drink:

Probably not one of my best ideas, but it was useless otherwise. I'm going to put something over the handle. I hope I can stretch a piece of rubber hose over it.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Get some plasti dip, and apply to the handle.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Probably not one of my best ideas, but it was useless otherwise. I'm going to put something over the handle. I hope I can stretch a piece of rubber hose over it.

I bet you can figure it out. After all there are lots of steel shanked framing hammers right?

 

[4570Man]

I bet you can figure it out. After all there are lots of steel shanked framing hammers right?

I was going to cut the head off of a steel shanked hammer and weld that handle on. I couldn't find a junk one and a new one was $20. This was a low dollar project. I decided to powder coat it to make it easier to find. A rubber grip like my kindling splitter would be nice.

 

[dragoneggs]

I was going to cut the head off of a steel shanked hammer and weld that handle on. I couldn't find a junk one and a new one was $20. This was a low dollar project. I decided to powder coat it to make it easier to find. A rubber grip like my kindling splitter would be nice. View attachment 490698

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I have used plastic dip on some of my homemade tools such as Pins with a handle, etc. I wonder if you wrapped the handle like an old tennis racket maybe with an old bicycle inner tube and then dipped it? Don't know how the plastic might bond to the rubber but that might make for a softer tacky grip?

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

I have used plastic dip on some of my homemade tools such as Pins with a handle, etc. I wonder if you wrapped the handle like an old tennis racket maybe with an old bicycle inner tube and then dipped it? Don't know how the plastic might bond to the rubber but that might make for a softer tacky grip?

Or similarly wrap with that fiberglass/epoxy tape and then dip it?

 

[4570Man]

Wouldn't fiberglass tape dry rock hard? I've thought about the bicycle inter tube, but I'm not sure how durable it'll be.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Maybe? I think you want to dampen vibration and any change in substrate density would help. I'm mostly talking out of my rear though (like usual).

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm mostly talking out of my rear though (like usual).

That's what I was doing! But I kinda liked the repurposing idea of the inner tube because I heard 'low dollar project'.

 

[4570Man]

I came up with a likely solution. I stole a bicycle grip from the garage and managed to get it slipped on. I returned it to the bicycle. A new set is around $5 so that's close enough to low dollar.

 

[daugen]

I came up with a likely solution. I stole a bicycle grip from the garage and managed to get it slipped on. I returned it to the bicycle. A new set is around $5 so that's close enough to low dollar.

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great idea, that looks perfect. Better glue it, don't want that weapon flying off...
I used the same grip for the manual clutch handle on my Gravely rider.

 

[arkydog]

try carburetor cleaner spray and then slide the handle grip on. makes it easy to slide on and makes the grip tacky after it dries. bike bmx riders did all the time

 

[4570Man]

I got a piece of heater hose over the hatchet handle. The hose was free so it fit the criteria. I made a pull chainsaw. It's a lot more work than I thought it would be. I bought a brand new Stihl chain at a yard sale for a $1, but it didn't fit any saw I had. The Stihl dealer wouldn't trade it, so I figured this was as good as anything to do with it. I've mostly been powder coating cups.

 

[dieselcrawler]

I built a couple water bucket warmers. The 5 gallon buckets we use to water the dogs freeze, so I made a heated base to sit the buckets on.

Old 5 gallon bucket cut off about 6" tall, with the bottom cut out also. A strip of the left over side wall added on to make a lip to keep the water bucket in place.



I put a light fixture inside, a piece of sheet metal replaced the bottom I cut out. All the metal is tied together and grounded. They will be plugged into a GFI protected outlet. 40 watt bulb to start with... Bigger if needed.

 

[Billrog]

It looks a great idea but I think your going to find the bulbs burn out real fast. I hope I'm wrong.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Why would the bulbs burn out faster?

First test today... Steady 15° +/- all day, bucket 3/4 full had half inch of ice after 12 hours... I added foil tape inside the heater walls, and put a 75 watt bulb in the second heater I made. Side by side comparison over night, low temps near 5° predicted. I may wrap with carpet padding as insulation.

Testing conducted in an open concrete floor area of the barn where a melted bucket/heater or spilled water will hurt nothing.