Fun stuff resurrecting JD planter

BobReeves

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During the process of resurrecting a JD 247 planter I have ventured into a couple areas I had never played with before. I like learning new stuff even though I'm in my 70's it's still fun and challenging.

Babbitt bearings. Decided to fix the wallowed out counter shaft bearings by pouring Babbitt metal in around a 3/4 inch plug I made to fill in what had been ground out of the original bearings. Had to learn about all the different Babbitt alloys and how to pour a bearing. Ended up working better than I expected.

Now in the process of learning about spring steel and how to temper for the proper hardness. The lids for the seed bins were in pretty bad shape with the spring hold down clips broken off. Decided to make new spring hold down clips using spring stock from Brownells. 1/2 inch wide X 1/16 annealed stock. Once I get the hole drilled and the spring bent to shape they will need to be hardened and tempered.

To me this is fun stuff different than the normal welding, fabricating and machining that goes into a project like this.

What new disciplines have you acquired in the process of completing a larger project.
 
Ahh! The crafts that cant be got at the big box. I'm glad my Pa shared some of those secrets with me. It is always enjoyable talking with the older set about those type of things at Junkshow. There is a wealth of knowledge that we are slowly seeing go away.
 

I like your word (resurrecting). I am always saying I am restoring such and such. In reality I resurrect because I am more into make it run like new than look like new. My currant project is a 1930 John Deere D400, four hole, corn sheller. About the only thing I have not learned is to pour babbitt bearing. I only had a couple places where they were originally used and had parts from other machine that were in great shape.
 

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