ebinmaine 67,496 #14251 Posted January 14, 2022 1 minute ago, BeninCT said: Been using these Metal Demon saw blades by Diablo and they are amazing on a standard circular saw. Not as much fun as plastique tho Haven't tried a regular circular saw for metal. I have a circular blades metal chopsaw. Also a DeWalt portable band saw on a SWAG table. I far prefer the DeWalt for most things metal. Of course not everything fits in it. ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeninCT 451 #14252 Posted January 14, 2022 12 hours ago, ebinmaine said: Haven't tried a regular circular saw for metal. I have a circular blades metal chopsaw. Also a DeWalt portable band saw on a SWAG table. I far prefer the DeWalt for most things metal. Of course not everything fits in it. ... These Metal Demon blades are incredible. Standard circular saw cuts steel angles at maybe 3/4 the speed it would cut wood of the same size with almost no heat and minimal sparks. WAY better than abrasives because no black dust. I have cut full depth in some thick stuff with the 7 1/4 blade and if you don’t push hard it just cuts. Heavy pressure/heat are the killers but I think one of these blades will last a year under typical hobby use cutting materials less than 1/4” thick. If you buy one- read the blade. There is one for thin metal, one for stainless and one for thick metal- get the thick metal one. 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,226 #14253 Posted January 14, 2022 I've added a Metal Demon blade to my wish list . A Milwaukee M12 Fuel hand-held bandsaw landed in my tool chest as a nice Christmas present. I've already had a couple opportunities to use it and I am amazed at the ease of use and quality of the cut. I used it last to shorten a couple of ⅜" bolts and it went through quickly and smoothly with very little heat. I think my hacksaw will not be coming out very often in future! Note: there are two models--the brushless "Fuel" model has a bigger throat (2.5 x 2.5), is lighter, more powerful, and easy to operate with one hand. Worth the extra cost, IMHO. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #14254 Posted January 15, 2022 On 1/13/2022 at 7:34 PM, ebinmaine said: Haven't tried a regular circular saw for metal. My brother uses old blades installed backwards in the circular saw to cut sheet metal. Works well enough and you can’t beat the price. Oh, and ear protection! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeninCT 451 #14255 Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) I cut the 2x4 solid with that Metal Demon blade today and the blade made 1 1/2 cuts. Finished it with an abrasive. Unbelievable for a metal blade and way overworked it! Edit to add image of blade and giant steel chunk. See some of the teeth are missing? Don’t worry about this if you cut thin stuff. Edited January 15, 2022 by BeninCT 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranger 1,750 #14256 Posted January 15, 2022 (edited) On 1/10/2022 at 4:39 PM, ebinmaine said: Do you have other pictures or details or any measurements or anything like that? I'm going to need to do something like this on Colossus... I wonder if anyone has tried something along the lines of the ‘Myford’ ML7 lathe ‘Tri-Lever’ spindle belt drive system for a ‘Hi-Lo’ transmission drive on a garden tractor? This has 3 separate belts from countershaft to spindle, with different size pulleys to give 3 different ratios simply by releasing whichever of the 3 separate levers had been depressed, and selecting another. Obviously you need a jack/countershaft, extra belts and pulleys, but I seem to recall that if all levers were depressed at the same time, (lathe stopped of course!), it locked the spindle enough to be able to unscrew the chuck. So an instant parking brake as well as 12 forward/4 reverse gears, and range change on the fly! Edited January 15, 2022 by ranger 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #14257 Posted January 15, 2022 2 hours ago, ranger said: I wonder if anyone has tried something along the lines of the ‘Myford’ ML7 lathe ‘Tri-Lever’ spindle belt drive system for a ‘Hi-Lo’ transmission drive on a garden tractor? This has 3 separate belts from countershaft to spindle, with different size pulleys to give 3 different ratios simply by releasing whichever of the 3 separate levers had been depressed, and selecting another. Obviously you need a jack/countershaft, extra belts and pulleys, but I seem to recall that if all levers were depressed at the same time, (lathe stopped of course!), it locked the spindle enough to be able to unscrew the chuck. So an instant parking brake as well as 12 forward/4 reverse gears, and range change on the fly! I have a simplified version of that in my floor standing drill press. Boy would THAT be something on a tractor!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
giddyap 1,569 #14258 Posted January 15, 2022 I declared I didn't like my original custom tail lights so I tossed around some ideas and came up with mini foil. I think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds these Wheel Horses are capable of. 7 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #14259 Posted January 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, giddyap said: I declared I didn't like my original custom tail lights so I tossed around some ideas and came up with mini foil. I think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds these Wheel Horses are capable of. Pretty darn cool! Don 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ranger 1,750 #14260 Posted January 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: I have a simplified version of that in my floor standing drill press. Boy would THAT be something on a tractor!!!! I believe the lathe used 3 belts the same size with the pulleys sized to give the required speeds with tensioner rollers? on over-centering levers. Could be quite compact with a double pulley, (different sizes),on the transmission input shaft, 2 flange bearings,shaft, and double pulley, (matching other, but reversed, + suitable pulley to carry belt from engine). These attached to your spacer block? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,557 #14261 Posted January 15, 2022 50 minutes ago, giddyap said: mini foil. I think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds these Wheel Horses are capable of Looks great! 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,228 #14262 Posted January 16, 2022 2 hours ago, giddyap said: think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds Lots of down force would be wonderful while plowing snow. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #14263 Posted January 16, 2022 3 hours ago, giddyap said: I think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds Two fold assistance here. Air flow will seriously increase possible down pressure. AND all that extra weight will help you with traction. Seriously though... Excellent work!!! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 12,028 #14264 Posted January 16, 2022 4 hours ago, giddyap said: I declared I didn't like my original custom tail lights so I tossed around some ideas and came up with mini foil. I think it looks better and it will help traction at the higher speeds these Wheel Horses are capable of. Just remember to keep the tractor clean. Dirt and dust adds about 15% parasitic drag... 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,306 #14265 Posted January 16, 2022 The added traction on the rear now demands an air dam on the front. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Reddart 207 #14266 Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) On 12/24/2021 at 7:22 PM, ebinmaine said: McMaster Carr is a "dangerous place". 😂 Poke around on the site. I dare ya. The parts and supplies I've gotten from them so far have been very good. Another place that might be of interest to tinkerers is https://us.misumi-ec.com. If you can get past that it is Asian based (Japanese owned I think), there is a lot of be had there. Some items like rods can be ordered machined with tapped ends and precision length. The engineering folks at one of my previous companies were able to make some pretty sophisticated tools using some of their machine to order parts and were very satisfied with the quality and turnaround. Edited January 16, 2022 by Reddart 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,496 #14267 Posted January 16, 2022 24 minutes ago, Reddart said: Another place that might be of interest to tinkerers Very cool. I'll check it out. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #14268 Posted January 16, 2022 17 hours ago, giddyap said: Spoiler Alert! 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
8ntruck 7,004 #14269 Posted January 16, 2022 10 hours ago, lynnmor said: The added traction on the rear now demands an air dam on the front. Wouldn't the snow plow qualify as a front air dam? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynnmor 7,306 #14270 Posted January 16, 2022 39 minutes ago, 8ntruck said: Wouldn't the snow plow qualify as a front air dam? You should do wind tunnel testing to get the proper angle. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #14271 Posted January 16, 2022 Shimmed the blower up, got the chains on and lubed the C-160. Thanks to @Handy Don, my belt is on correctly too! Having given up on that wrongo plow index control arm on the B-80, I put the short plow on the no-name. Could not mount the chains though, as one of them seems to have walked off somewhere. ☹️ 9 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desko 608 #14272 Posted January 17, 2022 Got the D160 and 416 ready for the big storm but it's only been ice so far. Still nice to get them out and play with them for a bit though 8 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greentored 3,209 #14273 Posted January 17, 2022 Been a while since I posted something in this thread, hope you all are doing well! We finally got some snow here in NC, and Hoss got to push it around a bit. He loved it as much as I did! 3 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxwell-8 4,275 #14274 Posted January 17, 2022 (edited) This has been going on on this side of the pond: First fire up and first drive with the 14hp diesel (First fire up and first drive video is up on the c141D topic) Edited January 17, 2022 by Maxwell-8 1 15 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ptagmyer 57 #14275 Posted January 17, 2022 Got some seat time today 8 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
