General Tech What did you work on Today?

[zmotorsports]

Last night I was able to finish up the cart for my tube roller as it's been sitting incomplete on the fabrication table for a couple of weeks now as I've addressed other priorities.

First items was to fabricate a guide for the handle. I took a piece of 1.5" square tubing, trimmed it to length and then cut one side off and flared the edges to guide the handle into the center as it is raised.




I noticed that the handle would slightly catch when raising so I took it to the disc sander and put a radius on the end.


After the paint dried I bolted the tube roller to the cart permanently.





While I was waiting for the paint to dry I began machining the bungs to be used to bolt the die pegs to the base of the cart. These have a small step machined into them to fit into .750" tubing and accept a 1/4" socket head fastener.


One down, four more to go.


This should work.


Handle paint dried and installed as well as the handles and grips installed onto the handle.





More to follow.

 

[zmotorsports]

Prepping the bungs to be welded into the tubing. Scotchbrited the ends of the tubing and wiped everything down with acetone.


Slid up against a stop placed in the table and the 3rd hand holding it in place while also providing a good ground.


The 5 pegs for the dies completed.






Installed as a test fit.


Should work great and give me a little room to expand my die selection. Currently I have 3/4", 7/8" and 1" dies is all.



Now just need to remove the die pegs, paint them black to match the handle and this project is complete.

I've only been wanting to build a cart for this tube roller for about 5 or 6 years now so there obviously was no rush.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

 

[Hickey]

Those teeny tiny TIG welds look terrific.

 

[zmotorsports]

Those teeny tiny TIG welds look terrific.

Come on now Jeremy, we all know it's not the size that matters.....

 

[UNSTUCK]

Loooooooow tech... haha:

Found a deal on a A.R.E. Offroad 7/16" x 100' synthetic winch rope and Factor55 Flatlink on RME (Thanks @StormRider) and a new fairlead on KSL for $30. And, although I already have a to-do list, I did this.

Before:

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Pulled the wire and made a mess. Then I got a phone call and had nowhere to sit, haha.

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Cleaned up the threaded hole on the drum and made a 1/4-20 the right length. 1/2" was too short and my other hardware was too long. While it was accessible, I cleaned the drum up a bit.

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Put on the new fairlead with some nuts/bolts I found in a bin.

Wound it up and that's that. I'll head back out later and put a real hour's work on the to-do list.

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You have that new rope wound up wrong. Your wire rope was wound up right though. Now it just looks like one of those "overlander" guys that just had to have a winch. What's next? A snorkel?





Too soon?

 

[DaveB]

My rancher friend told me they had a ranch truck that needed some steering work. We pretty much had to replace every joint in the truck. You have to love the farm fix to get it home.

 

[carlojip]

Installed my rock sliders and removed the plastidip on my wheels.

 

[jeeper]

My truck has been hit twice in the drivers door. Once for sure while someone backed out of their driveway as I was parked across the street, the second time I think was a hard door smack in a parking lot. Add to that all the scratches I got on the GTT, and the truck was looking pretty rough for only being a year old 🤦🏼‍♂️
This Meguiars X and drill pad have made excellent work of removing all the scratches. Very happy with it.

 

[frieed]

come see if you can work that magic on mine

 

[DAA]

Preventative maintenance.

Gunked and pressure washed. With two light coats of Eastwood rust encapsulator and two light coats of chassis black.

Going to Carl's soon. Front for new Artec trackbar and LCA brackets. Rear for a going through. Pinion nut keeps coming loose. Not making any noises, or anything, yet. But bearings have to hate that loose nut. And I want to get ahead of it before it becomes an issue. My jam is getting as far as literally possible from anything, usually by myself. Better to try and get ahead of something like that.

I'll have to touch them up where needed and another light coat of chassis black after the work. But clean parts are nicer to work on and it will save me time getting them reinstalled after the work by painting them now.

- DAA

 

[Hickey]

Jackstand Warrior! Britney is still currently in the same position. The front axle is regeared, but there was a snag with the rear. I had to get a new carrier ordered.

 

[Vonski]

Trimming out windows on the 50’x60’ shop @Cascadia (Tyson) put up a few years back. He handled all the smart kid stuff and I’ve been busy ever since getting zero done. Anyway, once I install some trim along the soffit, I can start putting up the bare steel panels. Project Tetanus (as in, you better have had your shot with all the rust and sharp edges) is back underway.

 

[ID Bronco]

Patched and welded up my broken in half 4 wheeler frame on Saturday.

 

[Unimog]

After my son left to head home and I cleaned the shop up for the evening my wife arrived home from work to inform me that she had a rock chip in her new windshield that we just replaced two weeks ago. I am getting really sick and tired of the shit roads we have around here and all of the construction leaving rocks and debris on our public roads. I have had more rock chips in the past 8 months than I've had in the past 8 years combined and now two brand new windshields in which I've already had to repair chips.

I got another rock chip this weekend on I-215. I'm thinking as much as this is happening that I need my own repair kit rather than going to a glass place every time. Any recommendation on a professional rock chip repair kit?

 

[glockman]

Rubber bushings always bring the suck. 100k miles is decent life though.

 

[zmotorsports]

I got another rock chip this weekend on I-215. I'm thinking as much as this is happening that I need my own repair kit rather than going to a glass place every time. Any recommendation on a professional rock chip repair kit?

I have been impressed with the tools and supplies that I have gotten from Delta Products. Their aluminum bridge is the same one many professional shops use and their resin and UV light are also very good quality.

I can't believe how convenient having your own repair tools is. So much nicer than having to arrange with my wife and juggle schedules so I can get it to a shop for repair. Simply pull it in the shop and in less than about 15 minutes it's parked back in the garage and repaired.

Here is a link to a few of Delta's kits.

Windshield Repair & Headlight Restoration Products - Delta Kits

Delta Kits specializes in professional windshield repair and headlight restoration products and services. Offering certified training and exceptional customer service.

www.deltakits.com

 

[XJEEPER]

Then I could begin on the bushings in which I actually had started on.


Machining the OD to .975" on the first cuts. Great surface finish on this bronze material.
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Next steps in the first setup process were to machine a step down to .625". The drawing called out for this step to be .250" deep but I went .260" to allow for a facing the step to length after boring the ID which the drawing called out to be .400" prior to parting off.
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A .400" gage pin will fit in the bore.
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Whereas a .401" will not.
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A couple bushings done with the first setup procedures. For the first setup I was able to produce about 4.5 bushings per hour.
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Moving on to the second and final setup procedure was to face the major OD to length and chamfer the OD and ID.
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Sixteen bushings completed. I have a seventeenth one also as I had a brain fart and faced one down too far by a bit so hopefully the gentleman can use the extra one as well.
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After final checks I figured I'd clean up the mess. My lathe hasn't been that filthy in quite some time. Wondered if I'd ever get it clean again.
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I really did a poor job of bidding this job but and lost my butt, but I learned a lesson so I guess it wasn't all bad.

I usually don't do production runs for this reason and only do onesie-twosie jobs. I bid this job based on about an hour and a half of actual machine time plus materials but it ended up taking me about four hours to complete the bushings. Yes, a huge learning experience on bidding piece work.

Thanks for looking.

Mike

Mike, thanks for doing this job and helping my neighbor out. Sorry that it didnt pencil well for you.
Jeff

 

[zmotorsports]

Mike, thanks for doing this job and helping my neighbor out. Sorry that it didnt pencil well for you.
Jeff

I was happy to do them. Just because they didn't pencil out time wise doesn't mean that it wasn't a worthwhile job. There's always something to learn and benefit from doing just about any job.

Thank you for referring him to me Jeff. I hope he's happy with them and comes back if he needs something else.

Mike

 

[Gravy]

Eeesh. Bottom end. Glad I installed this magnetic drain plug in Chris' YZ250 or I might have not caught this before it went BOOM

Contrary to Brian's belief YZs are not bulletproof. This one has less than 100 hrs.

 

[DAA]

Put the axles back in.

Hearty Beef.

Ready to roll!

- DAA