Guy goes into a garage to grease bearings.....

[john swenson]

dan ...let me measure how long of chain is on the roll and will post it here . your welcome to it , no charge . later , johnboy va.

[ARGOJIM]

Is this the recently sold 500.00 IV or one you already had?

[mfenmor]

Is this the recently sold 500.00 IV or one you already had?

I've had this one for 7 years. My third.

[ARGOJIM]

Cool, still have the II?
BTW Mike Ferrara has a ride set up at Lost Trails in October week after Busco, a day ride.

[mfenmor]

Cool, still have the II?
BTW Mike Ferrara has a ride set up at Lost Trails in October week after Busco, a day ride.

Sold the II a couple years ago to a guy who wanted to mow grass in a wet area. he attached three tow behind mowers, 7 feet wide, to it. said it was the best mower he ever had.
Count us in on Lost Trails. Let me know details. Hope to have this machine running for Busco.

[mfenmor]

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So I got the frame back from the blasters, and they did a terrible job. I spent two hours scraping and wire wheeling to get ready for paint and welding.

Then I found this.
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Yes, that "hair" hanging off those pieces is welding wire, not really weld. I assumed someone added this as extra supports for the chain tensioners for the T-20.
I broke them both off with pliers without much resistance.

I fixed em.
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Fixed some cracks in the frame as well, and also fully welded all joints.
Tomorrow I'll be cutting and fitting all the support material for the portal boxes.

[xbunsenx]

Beautiful welding Mike!

[mfenmor]

Beautiful welding Mike!

Thank you sir. I used to weld better when I could see without cheaters.

[mfenmor]

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Chopped up some material yesterday.
I'll poke some holes in it this weekend.
New parts arriving tomorrow.

[mfenmor]

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Got some new parts Friday. Didn't do anything Saterday.

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Poked some holes in some parts today.

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Melted some metal. My favorite next to smashing something with a hammer.

Waiting on more parts to show up.

[mfenmor]

Got all of the reinforcement done, and got it in primer.
Looks like I will have several back ordered parts.
Tomorrow I'll start on portal boxes.
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[john swenson]

mf...the frame looks awesome ! so nice working with clean,fresh parts . no dirt , oil or grease to deal with . j.b.

[Chiefdiesel]

great job

[mfenmor]

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Cleaned up the powder coating on these channels with a belt sander. Worked great. Didn't melt and just smear it around. Getting ready for welding.
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Plates welded on. Mock up bearings and sprockets/hubs. Why didn't I use rectangulare structural tubing you say? Cause I'm cheap, and I had this material laying around and it was perfect for the project.

[mfenmor]

Here is an idea as to what they look like on the frame.
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Now I need to poke some more holes.
Why are all my pictures sideways??