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    Pallet Forks for a BX

    I made a set of forks that hang over the top lip of the bucket. Then, I built a 3-point frame that the forks fit onto. The frame also has a 2 inch receiver hitch. I later added pin-on mounts to attach it to the loader. It gives me 3 different options to use the forks.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    Wired the mill using a VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) to get 3-phase power. It ran fine but the head was a little noisy. The plastic bushings and key in the variable speed pulley were worn causing the pulley to rattle. I epoxied new bushings into the pulley and made a new bronze key. Today, I...
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    Temporary bucket mod for snow?

    Too soon to tell. I only used it for about 5 minutes. My asphalt is fairly smooth so it should easily last through the winter if we get our usual minor snowfall.
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    Temporary bucket mod for snow?

    I bolted a piece of composite decking onto the bucket today and scraped some snow off the driveway. I cut 3/8” deep counterbores and attached it with 5/16” carriage bolts. It is reversible so I can flip it around when the front edge wears down. I also bolted on the bucket extension that I made...
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    A wish

    Happy New Year to the gang.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    After years of casually looking for a Bridgeport style knee mill, I finally bought one yesterday. It is a Willis model 1050. It was almost 5hrs away in Michigan but for the price it was worth the drive. It’s well equipped with a digital readout, power feed on the X axis, pneumatic power drawbar...
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    R.I.P The beloved Garden Tractor

    I still use my old Cub Cadet garden tractors. They were built before everything changed to cast aluminum and plastic. I consider the BX24 a sub-compact since it has the same size rear tires as a large Cub Cadet garden tractor.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    I didn’t lock the spindle. I just held it in place by hand with the black hand wheel to the left of the headstock.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    Cut the graduations on the dial today. Printed out a couple paper templates with 50 and 100 graduations and sandwiched them between 1/8” plexiglass. I bolted it to a plastic plug pressed into the spindle.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    Made the adjustment screw from 4140 PHT and cut a slot and added set screws to the dovetail. The hex in the adjustment screw is the head of a 1/4” SHCS pressed in. All that’s left is adding graduations to the dial
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    Thanks! I believe it is 1144 Stressproof based on how it machines. It wasn’t marked so it was thrown out at work and I grabbed it.
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    I decided to make a 2” boring head using my lathe and the milling attachment. All that’s left is to make the adjustment screw and add a saw cut and set screws to one side of the dovetail to lock down the head.
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    show off your "on" tractor toolbox

    I mounted a .50 Cal can to the loader frame on my BX24.
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    Strut Uses - Not Directly Related to Tractor

    Allow me to get this thread back on track for at least 1 post. I used a couple pieces of strut to mount the solar panels for my barn. They are attached to saddle pieces made from square tubing that are clamped to the 2” pipe frame with U-bolts. Loosening 4 nuts allows the angle of the panels to...
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    Show us your Shop and Equipment

    Made some improvements to my Hardinge lathe. It’s what’s referred to as a second op lathe. The carriage doesn’t feed left and right like a traditional lathe. It slides on the ways and is locked in place with a handle at the back. I made new dovetail pieces and a gib to replace the lock and added...