Started making a rear pallet fork for the tractor from my scrap metal collection.
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Progress on the #PalletFork
Working with reclaimed steel is a lot slower. I was cleaning up rust and dirt, welding shut some holes where the fence wire used to go through and painting rust converter on where it would be difficult later.
After much measuring and aligning, I cut the frame and tack-welded it together.
Then a filler plate into the top.
In between, some angle grinder repair (broken wire) and of course the fluxcore reel ran out and needed swapping.
#Tractor #Welding #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Fluxcore
@yngmar i have used old pipe to make things, wire brushes on angle grinder, rust and dust around and then i started to buy metal at https://www.metalocentras.lt/
Idk today's prices, but i have bought things around 1.30€ per kg. It's faster, funnier and do not need masks. -
@yngmar i have used old pipe to make things, wire brushes on angle grinder, rust and dust around and then i started to buy metal at https://www.metalocentras.lt/
Idk today's prices, but i have bought things around 1.30€ per kg. It's faster, funnier and do not need masks.@mcSlibinas But I already have metal!
Noted, thanks, will need some steel at some point. Although that place is a 3 hour round-trip from here.
Rust is good fertilizer for growing more steel.
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@mcSlibinas But I already have metal!
Noted, thanks, will need some steel at some point. Although that place is a 3 hour round-trip from here.
Rust is good fertilizer for growing more steel.
@yngmar oh, look for similar shop around you. I found them when i was looking for square tubes.
Usually metal things are 6 meters long, so they can cut by your wishes as long you buy whole 6 meters. -
@yngmar oh, look for similar shop around you. I found them when i was looking for square tubes.
Usually metal things are 6 meters long, so they can cut by your wishes as long you buy whole 6 meters.@mcSlibinas There is a guy in Moletai, very hidden in the back of an old warehouse. Not a big selection and prices higher. But much faster to get to
And then there's walking around the yard and looking what I can make with what I already have. It's half the fun and each piece has a story, like our #WheelBarbie that used to be a pig fodder trough
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@mcSlibinas There is a guy in Moletai, very hidden in the back of an old warehouse. Not a big selection and prices higher. But much faster to get to
And then there's walking around the yard and looking what I can make with what I already have. It's half the fun and each piece has a story, like our #WheelBarbie that used to be a pig fodder trough
@yngmar metal trading is pretty common, there a lot of shops making things out of metal, and they can sell some leftovers too.
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Progress on the #PalletFork
Working with reclaimed steel is a lot slower. I was cleaning up rust and dirt, welding shut some holes where the fence wire used to go through and painting rust converter on where it would be difficult later.
After much measuring and aligning, I cut the frame and tack-welded it together.
Then a filler plate into the top.
In between, some angle grinder repair (broken wire) and of course the fluxcore reel ran out and needed swapping.
#Tractor #Welding #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Fluxcore
Not much progress today, bad sleep and stuff.
Working on the fittings now. Found some suitable steel for the lower link "ears" and cut it to length, only to discover it was some kind of legendary impenetrable steel. Nothing got through it and I needed a 19mm hole in that stuff.
Even tried a 3mm drill bit in the die grinder for shits and giggles and that actually made the hole smaller as it friction welded the drill bit into it
Just to prove I'm not going crazy or all my tools had gone dull over winter, I drilled a hole in one of the C-beam scraps and that went through like butter, which it should when you're used to drilling stainless steel.
So I at least made the top link attachment instead.
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Drilling #Metalworking
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Not much progress today, bad sleep and stuff.
Working on the fittings now. Found some suitable steel for the lower link "ears" and cut it to length, only to discover it was some kind of legendary impenetrable steel. Nothing got through it and I needed a 19mm hole in that stuff.
Even tried a 3mm drill bit in the die grinder for shits and giggles and that actually made the hole smaller as it friction welded the drill bit into it
Just to prove I'm not going crazy or all my tools had gone dull over winter, I drilled a hole in one of the C-beam scraps and that went through like butter, which it should when you're used to drilling stainless steel.
So I at least made the top link attachment instead.
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Drilling #Metalworking
Set up the plasma cutter, which we don't have enough power for and so I can barely use it at half and frazzled a hole into the undrillable steel, then made it round and clean(ish) with the die grinder, which took a good while. Funny, the angle grinder cut the stuff just fine. This is why your legendary items are so expensive - bloody difficult materials to work with!
Top link fitting is on and the ears are aligned and tacked on, the aligning being the hard work here.
Couple more parts to go!
#Tractor #PalletFork #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Metalworking #Welding
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Set up the plasma cutter, which we don't have enough power for and so I can barely use it at half and frazzled a hole into the undrillable steel, then made it round and clean(ish) with the die grinder, which took a good while. Funny, the angle grinder cut the stuff just fine. This is why your legendary items are so expensive - bloody difficult materials to work with!
Top link fitting is on and the ears are aligned and tacked on, the aligning being the hard work here.
Couple more parts to go!
#Tractor #PalletFork #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Metalworking #Welding
#PalletFork progress!
Made the top pieces for the ears (lift arm connections is the technical term, I think) and made a crossbeam, which took some elaborate measuring but fit pretty good.
Some seam welding later and then a moment of immense satisfaction: It fits! Took it for a spin immediately, of course.
Even better, I thought I might need a shorter top link but it looks like I might just get away with the one I got.
The rust converter has been busy over night and some rust has turned black.
Still need to finish a couple seams and then weld a bunch of extra armour points to the critical fulcrums to increase the load rating. So far I only tested it with my bodyweight
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Welding #Homestead #Metalworking
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#PalletFork progress!
Made the top pieces for the ears (lift arm connections is the technical term, I think) and made a crossbeam, which took some elaborate measuring but fit pretty good.
Some seam welding later and then a moment of immense satisfaction: It fits! Took it for a spin immediately, of course.
Even better, I thought I might need a shorter top link but it looks like I might just get away with the one I got.
The rust converter has been busy over night and some rust has turned black.
Still need to finish a couple seams and then weld a bunch of extra armour points to the critical fulcrums to increase the load rating. So far I only tested it with my bodyweight
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Welding #Homestead #Metalworking
@yngmar That really came out nice!
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@yngmar That really came out nice!
@GoatsLive Thanks! Happy myself.
I used this one for inspiration: https://hayesproducts.com.au/product/3-point-fork-1383/
Not load rated mine yet
But I did buy some paint!
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#PalletFork progress!
Made the top pieces for the ears (lift arm connections is the technical term, I think) and made a crossbeam, which took some elaborate measuring but fit pretty good.
Some seam welding later and then a moment of immense satisfaction: It fits! Took it for a spin immediately, of course.
Even better, I thought I might need a shorter top link but it looks like I might just get away with the one I got.
The rust converter has been busy over night and some rust has turned black.
Still need to finish a couple seams and then weld a bunch of extra armour points to the critical fulcrums to increase the load rating. So far I only tested it with my bodyweight
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Welding #Homestead #Metalworking
@yngmar pretty cool!
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#PalletFork progress!
Made the top pieces for the ears (lift arm connections is the technical term, I think) and made a crossbeam, which took some elaborate measuring but fit pretty good.
Some seam welding later and then a moment of immense satisfaction: It fits! Took it for a spin immediately, of course.
Even better, I thought I might need a shorter top link but it looks like I might just get away with the one I got.
The rust converter has been busy over night and some rust has turned black.
Still need to finish a couple seams and then weld a bunch of extra armour points to the critical fulcrums to increase the load rating. So far I only tested it with my bodyweight
#Tractor #DIY #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Welding #Homestead #Metalworking
Whoops. Where'd all that go. Sparkled a whole reel into this contraption.
#Welding #Fluxcore #SparkleWrench
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Whoops. Where'd all that go. Sparkled a whole reel into this contraption.
#Welding #Fluxcore #SparkleWrench
@yngmar in my experience flux wire from lidl works pretty well for it's price
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@yngmar in my experience flux wire from lidl works pretty well for it's price
@krahabors Yeah, that's what this is. It's never given me any problems so I never bought any other to compare though
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@krahabors Yeah, that's what this is. It's never given me any problems so I never bought any other to compare though
@yngmar I had one spool that came with Lincoln welder - that was really good - then some noname spools that were terrible, and only lidl since then.
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Whoops. Where'd all that go. Sparkled a whole reel into this contraption.
#Welding #Fluxcore #SparkleWrench
@yngmar wow, empty reel! FREE! It's a pure luck
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@yngmar wow, empty reel! FREE! It's a pure luck
@mcSlibinas I was wondering what to do with them. Spin some yarn?
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@mcSlibinas I was wondering what to do with them. Spin some yarn?
@yngmar put on the shelf "definitely usefull in future".
I have reel and 50m cord and can't finish project. Maybe this year… -
Whoops. Where'd all that go. Sparkled a whole reel into this contraption.
#Welding #Fluxcore #SparkleWrench
Added some reinforcement pieces at the critical corner. That concludes the welding.
Cleaned up a bit with powered and manual wire brushes, then put on some anti-rust primer (Novakor from Rilak). Painting is where you pay for not using closed profiles
Looking forward to using this thing to tidy up the yard!
#Tractor #PalletFork #Welding #DIY #Metalworking #Homestead #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal
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Added some reinforcement pieces at the critical corner. That concludes the welding.
Cleaned up a bit with powered and manual wire brushes, then put on some anti-rust primer (Novakor from Rilak). Painting is where you pay for not using closed profiles
Looking forward to using this thing to tidy up the yard!
#Tractor #PalletFork #Welding #DIY #Metalworking #Homestead #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal
The homemade #PalletFork is starting to look like money. These sell for €300 to €500 if you buy one instead of welding it from scrap steel found around the farm.
Let's see what this cost us (rough numbers):
€11 fittings
€26 paint (only used half though)
€5 power
€12 fluxcore wire
€3 cutting/grinding wheels etc.
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€57Bargain! And it was more fun than buying. And much more satisfying 🤩
This paint dries slowly. One more coat, hopefully tomorrow.
#DIY #Welding #Tractor #MetalWorking #SalvagePunk #ScrapMetal #Homestead #Paint
