I figured I would create a little thread on how I did my quick attach brackets. I know others have posted threads as well but thought mine was probably sufficiently different enough. I made these brackets so I could make my pallet forks attachment from the yesterdays thread.
The critical piece of the puzzle is the 1.5" OD .249 wall DOM tubing (I asked for .250 wall and they said they only had .249. Turns out that works nicely).
In order to fab the plates, I cut them to length and tacked them together to make one unit. Then I put a cooler of cold beer next to my drill press, sat on a comfy stool and used my 1.5" hole saw to make all the holes. The shop vac got nice and oily and I went through a lot of cutting oil. Due to the slop in the hole saw, the holes are slightly larger than 1.5" so that allows some room for adjustment when assembling on the tractor and tacking the pieces together.
I made the collars as a batch before cutting them off with my bandsaw. That helped with uniformity.
I wish I had spent a little more time with alignment before welding them together. There's a bit of manhandling involved in removing/inserting the lower pins on my various attachments.
The critical piece of the puzzle is the 1.5" OD .249 wall DOM tubing (I asked for .250 wall and they said they only had .249. Turns out that works nicely).
In order to fab the plates, I cut them to length and tacked them together to make one unit. Then I put a cooler of cold beer next to my drill press, sat on a comfy stool and used my 1.5" hole saw to make all the holes. The shop vac got nice and oily and I went through a lot of cutting oil. Due to the slop in the hole saw, the holes are slightly larger than 1.5" so that allows some room for adjustment when assembling on the tractor and tacking the pieces together.
I made the collars as a batch before cutting them off with my bandsaw. That helped with uniformity.
I wish I had spent a little more time with alignment before welding them together. There's a bit of manhandling involved in removing/inserting the lower pins on my various attachments.
