2013 POTD Thread Archive

[Vince_O]

Mark, thanks. I have a 61 Wheel Horse that I need to redo the front spindles on. Ill need a bigger lathe to put them in and turn them down then make a bushing to slide back in the wheel. I dont use it just pull it out for one show a year. The only things I can buy new for it is a hand full of snap rings so I have lots of learning to do before I tackle that job!

 

[ScrapMetal]

Mark, thanks. I have a 61 Wheel Horse that I need to redo the front spindles on. Ill need a bigger lathe to put them in and turn them down then make a bushing to slide back in the wheel. I dont use it just pull it out for one show a year. The only things I can buy new for it is a hand full of snap rings so I have lots of learning to do before I tackle that job!

An actual "Wheel Horse"? Something like this maybe?





-Ron

 

[ML_Woy]

My garage floor is not in very good condition so some feet for the new G4003G lathe are needed.

Made up 4 of these yesterday and painted them this morning.


Around 9:00 tonight they seemed dry enough to handle. Could not resist installing one of them. The Lathe is still very high in the pictures. I will drop it down once I get all the feet installed.


Does not look like it in this picture, but there is still 2" of shoring under the lathe. I thought all my welds turned out great, if I do say so myself)

Those are some nice welds, congratulations!

 

[alan camby]

Finished putting the G4003G on the adjustable feet tonight. There are much easier ways to install feet on this lathe but I tried to keep the stands as low as possible since these machines sit so high without feet. That is why my mounts are so odd looking.

 

[Vince_O]

Scrap

I looked for a few years to find this one. I have a hand full of pics of my dad, he died when I was 2 mts old, and one of the pics I have hes on this tractor. His was equiped with elect start and light, options for this model I was told. Any way got to rebuild the front spindels and mower deck spindels all that are NLA now. The last pic is a friend of mines jig to fix his on the same tractor, this is why ill need to find a larger lathe.

 

[ML_Woy]

My neighbor lady had a shepherds hook plant hanger that wouldn't stay upright in her flower bed. So for a Mother's day present I added some #3 rebar "feet" and put a little triangle truss to keep it all solid and rigid. The welding was done with my Harbor Freight 90amp flux core wire welder. I learned to weld with a stick welder so it is taking a little time to get the hang of this one. It's not too hard once I get the wire feed speed dialed in. Hit it with some black Rustoleum to make it look purty. Oh, and I also got to use my HF oxy-acetylene rig to bend the 60° angles for the truss. Now it stands up straight with two heavy hanging baskets of strawberries and flowers.

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I am sure she is a happy lady now, no better way to "happy mothers day" then to give someone something they will appreciate every time she walks out the front door.

 

[Old Iron]

I got the LeBlond steady rest awhile back and it came with a 1/2 stud and a coupling nut witch wasn't right.

I got the steady rest cleaned up and painted then I made a thick washer and a 5/8 X 11 nut. When I set up to hot blue again I'll get these in the pot.

Picture 2 is what it looked when I got it 1 is the hut and washer 3 is them in place.

Paul

 

[Tug]

Well really didnt do a project but i dont think my pics warents a new thread, so Ill put them hear. Had a brass ball valve that was too light to scrap today so Ive never turned brass, so i tried. Man it turns nice. I see some brass or bronze bushings in the future in some steering parts on one of my small tractors.
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Be careful, or you'll end up like me with a 4800 sq ft shop full of old stuff that may be too useful one day to throw away

 

[markknx]

Nice old Wheel horse, Have you found a group on yahoo? tehy should have one. I have had/have several old garden tractors and there are groups that cover most of them. There are lots of guys with a lot of knowlege on these machines. Wheel horse is a big name and a great tractor so I bet you can find a group there if youneedany info or manuals. Again nice tractor

Scrap

I looked for a few years to find this one. I have a hand full of pics of my dad, he died when I was 2 mts old, and one of the pics I have hes on this tractor. His was equiped with elect start and light, options for this model I was told. Any way got to rebuild the front spindels and mower deck spindels all that are NLA now. The last pic is a friend of mines jig to fix his on the same tractor, this is why ill need to find a larger lathe.
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[pineyfolks]

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I looked for a few years to find this one. I have a hand full of pics of my dad, he died when I was 2 mts old, and one of the pics I have hes on this tractor. His was equiped with elect start and light, options for this model I was told. Any way got to rebuild the front spindels and mower deck spindels all that are NLA now. The last pic is a friend of mines jig to fix his on the same tractor, this is why ill need to find a larger lathe.
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Vince, you don't need a bigger lathe just reverse things - put a piece of heavy wall stock in your chuck with a tool bit through the side of it sort of a boring head, mount the axle to a v-block or angle plate on the compound, adjust the tool and bore away. Then just tell the wife you need a bigger lathe anyway!