Adirondack case guy
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It is beginning to look like something other than a bunch of steel Kubota crates. Been doing lots of cutting and migwelding, to get to this point. The elevator trough is 11'5"long. Thats what I came up with after cutting the crates apart. The hydraulic orbit motor and sprocket and the idler sprocket on the upper end will make it a bit over 12'.
The elevator trough is 16" wide and V shaped as you can see. I will be welding in 20G. sheet steel to enclose the V trough, and mill out an Ash wood, flat bottom for the chain to ride on. The Ash board will bolt to the cross members and clamp the sheet metal to the bottom of the trough.
The lifting strutt has pipe bushings welded into the tubing to prevent excess ware at the pivot point, and I bought these little roller bearing rollers, which will run on some 1/4" rod spot welded to the bottom of the frame where the carragie will run.
Got the lower hopper pretty well fabed up in my mind. Just need to put it all together now.
I plan on fabing up a simple roll up crank from pipe and light cable to raise and lower the elevator assy.
Still need to fab up the discharge chute on the top end, build the hyd. motor mtg. bracket at the base, the idler bracket at the top, and the drawbar frame. Probably going to have to design some support guides underneith, for the #62 chain as it returns to the bottom also.
O-Well, next week is on the way.
Loren, the Acg.
The elevator trough is 16" wide and V shaped as you can see. I will be welding in 20G. sheet steel to enclose the V trough, and mill out an Ash wood, flat bottom for the chain to ride on. The Ash board will bolt to the cross members and clamp the sheet metal to the bottom of the trough.
The lifting strutt has pipe bushings welded into the tubing to prevent excess ware at the pivot point, and I bought these little roller bearing rollers, which will run on some 1/4" rod spot welded to the bottom of the frame where the carragie will run.
Got the lower hopper pretty well fabed up in my mind. Just need to put it all together now.
I plan on fabing up a simple roll up crank from pipe and light cable to raise and lower the elevator assy.
Still need to fab up the discharge chute on the top end, build the hyd. motor mtg. bracket at the base, the idler bracket at the top, and the drawbar frame. Probably going to have to design some support guides underneith, for the #62 chain as it returns to the bottom also.
O-Well, next week is on the way.
Loren, the Acg.