making support rods(last of the pics)
Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2011 8:52 pm
Thought some of you guys would like to see some of the work involved to making the support rods. Both sides are basically the same steps, just different lengths and bends. A couple years ago when my dad was coming over giving me a hand with things, I asked him to build me 3 stands with rollers that would also double as a steel rack. They work great. Here's some of the steel for the supports and the snow shoes.
I start out by setting up a stop on the band saw. That allows for a bunch of pieces cut the exact same length.
The pieces are all sanded to eliminate burrs before they go into the lathe.
Once all the parts are sanded, the lathe gets a workout, beginning with center drilling, to drilling, to tapping
I still use my ELMER 2, a homemade bender thrown together from a bunch of hydraulic parts and pieces from auctions, ebay, flee markets, the neighbors left over hoist extensions, and steel from the local scrap yard.
There's a bunch more pictures scattered on these 2 pages from the photohost: http://photos.cubfest.com/thumbnails.php?album=603&page=2
I'll post some more pictures tomorrow after I do some welding.
Thanks for viewing,
Rick
I start out by setting up a stop on the band saw. That allows for a bunch of pieces cut the exact same length.
The pieces are all sanded to eliminate burrs before they go into the lathe.
Once all the parts are sanded, the lathe gets a workout, beginning with center drilling, to drilling, to tapping
I still use my ELMER 2, a homemade bender thrown together from a bunch of hydraulic parts and pieces from auctions, ebay, flee markets, the neighbors left over hoist extensions, and steel from the local scrap yard.
There's a bunch more pictures scattered on these 2 pages from the photohost: http://photos.cubfest.com/thumbnails.php?album=603&page=2
I'll post some more pictures tomorrow after I do some welding.
Thanks for viewing,
Rick