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plywood swath board

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William Ransom

06-16-2006 15:07:35




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If you make a swath board out of plywood, do you think you should use anything to reinforce the bolt hole? I made a plywood swath board for the New Idea 251 sickle bar mower (although I haven't drilled the bolt hole yet), and my mother said she thought there should be something to reinforce the bolt hole. I noticed that the old bolt that was in the bolt hole on the mower for attaching a swath board had two washers and a chain link on it. Do you think that would be enough?

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Jim.UT

06-16-2006 15:57:59




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 Re: plywood swath board in reply to William Ransom, 06-16-2006 15:07:35  
The swathboard on my JD #9 mower was made of plywood when I got the mower and it had a JD logo on it. When it broke I made a new one out of scrap press board scavenge out of a construction site dumpster. I make them 3 or 4 at a time and store them until needed. I drill the holes when I'm ready to install them. Then I transfer all the hardware from the old board to the new one. As with any spare part, the old parts seem to last longer when there's a spare on the shelf. When there's no backup on the shelf they snap immediately.

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Joel Harman

06-16-2006 15:32:02




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 Re: plywood swath board in reply to William Ransom, 06-16-2006 15:07:35  
I have used 3/4" plywood for this about 20 yr now.



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hardscrabble

06-16-2006 15:20:27




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 Re: plywood swath board in reply to William Ransom, 06-16-2006 15:07:35  
I can"t imagine that plywood would last very long as a swathboard. Our swathboards were made of regular lumber, and had a metal plate with the bolt hole reinforcing one end. The hole in the wood was somewhat larger to accomodate a spring.



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