" If women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." You sir are resourceful and skilled at finding ways to make your equipment do what is needed to make the customer happy
4:55….is it my imagination , or is the saw cutting toward the moveable jaw? Every cold saw I have used has the teeth aimed toward the back jaw with blade running in reverse from yours….same with high speed cold saws and wood cutting chop saws…best wishes, Paul
I finally cheated on mine, took a carbide 1/4 inch straight shank die grinder bit and chucked it in my hand router with enough of the smooth part of the shank sticking out to touch the top edge of the T slot as a guide. That radically sped up taking out the burrs down at the bottom of the slot without goobering up the dimensions of my t slots.
How much grease clearance do you use between pins and bushings? I go with 6-8 thou, ten to twelve if not super precision components. I looked up your ebushing recommendation and their bushings are 2-4 thou oversized; seems a bit tight for on size IHCP rod. I really want a stock source for hardened press in bushings. What do you think...use ‘em tight, grind out to fit, make them myself? Anybody know another source?
I agree with your overall clearance ideas, I have a sunnen home that I use on bushings before installation if the fit is going to be too close. But that said, I tend to operate on the theory that as long as they're not so tight they'll lock up that they'll wear themselves in.
Isn't that something, They hardened the inside of that eye somehow instead of the simple, time proven method of a hard pressed in bearing. It must save them and the bean counters 3 cents a unit a something! Anyway it's a pain in the ass for customer to repair. For the record I do the same as you heat the end up and anneal it. The first pair I did were a bit of a surprise but did nott take long to figure out. I like the V Block you have there. nice way to do that.
I have noticed skid steers of all brands are built more like farm tractor loaders than construction loaders or excavators. Had to do a similar repair to a bobcat cylinder a while back. I'm curious where you source your hard bushing to install, I have some charts of various cat bushings by dimension but not always something the right size available.
You're right, I'm honestly not impressed with any of the skid steers these days. When I'm looking for bushings by size I get them from the Ball Bushing Warehouse , they have a good website you can look up. They also have fantastic prices on spherical bushings.
I have a newer CAT 299 D3, so I appreciate the info on the rod ends. I'm pretty religious about keeping it greased, so hopefully it will be a long while before it will need work. Just curious, what did you put on the bushing when pressing it in, retaining compound of some kind?
I am doing two things with the increased press, I have a lot less trouble with bushings getting pounded out and coming loose, and If for some reason I miss my number by a thousanth I have some buffer built in.
" If women don’t find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
You sir are resourceful and skilled at finding ways to make your equipment do what is needed to make the customer happy
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Thank you so much for letting me and the gang come to your shop to learn and visit….best wishes from Orlando, Paul
Thank you for stopping to visit 🙂
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Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks, you too!
Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
There are a few other boring mill video channels on YT but this one I prefer as there is no BS just work
Most people who know me well tell me I'm full of bs🤣
Howdy buddy, hope you all had a great xmas, thanks for sharing
We did, happy new year to you.
4:55….is it my imagination , or is the saw cutting toward the moveable jaw? Every cold saw I have used has the teeth aimed toward the back jaw with blade running in reverse from yours….same with high speed cold saws and wood cutting chop saws…best wishes, Paul
You are correct, if it wasn't for the big arrow indicating rotation I would think it was backwards.
Nice work, I need to make some of those for my machine, my slots are pretty wore
I am still trying to scrap the gunk out of my slots. It is hard and not easy to get to.
I finally cheated on mine, took a carbide 1/4 inch straight shank die grinder bit and chucked it in my hand router with enough of the smooth part of the shank sticking out to touch the top edge of the T slot as a guide. That radically sped up taking out the burrs down at the bottom of the slot without goobering up the dimensions of my t slots.
@@perpetualmotion1 Might have to try that.
How much grease clearance do you use between pins and bushings? I go with 6-8 thou, ten to twelve if not super precision components. I looked up your ebushing recommendation and their bushings are 2-4 thou oversized; seems a bit tight for on size IHCP rod. I really want a stock source for hardened press in bushings. What do you think...use ‘em tight, grind out to fit, make them myself? Anybody know another source?
I agree with your overall clearance ideas, I have a sunnen home that I use on bushings before installation if the fit is going to be too close. But that said, I tend to operate on the theory that as long as they're not so tight they'll lock up that they'll wear themselves in.
Isn't that something, They hardened the inside of that eye somehow instead of the simple, time proven method of a hard pressed in bearing. It must save them and the bean counters 3 cents a unit a something! Anyway it's a pain in the ass for customer to repair. For the record I do the same as you heat the end up and anneal it. The first pair I did were a bit of a surprise but did nott take long to figure out. I like the V Block you have there. nice way to do that.
I've lost a lot of respect for caterpillar in the last few years, they used to be the best of the best, now they're just living off their reputation.
@@perpetualmotion1you are 100 percent correct. Dozers made in France and Brazil now. Lots of china components
I have noticed skid steers of all brands are built more like farm tractor loaders than construction loaders or excavators. Had to do a similar repair to a bobcat cylinder a while back. I'm curious where you source your hard bushing to install, I have some charts of various cat bushings by dimension but not always something the right size available.
You're right, I'm honestly not impressed with any of the skid steers these days.
When I'm looking for bushings by size I get them from the Ball Bushing Warehouse , they have a good website you can look up. They also have fantastic prices on spherical bushings.
I have a newer CAT 299 D3, so I appreciate the info on the rod ends. I'm pretty religious about keeping it greased, so hopefully it will be a long while before it will need work. Just curious, what did you put on the bushing when pressing it in, retaining compound of some kind?
I up the press fit from the factory.002 closer to .0035, I use anti seize to keep it from galling up on the way in.
I am doing two things with the increased press, I have a lot less trouble with bushings getting pounded out and coming loose, and If for some reason I miss my number by a thousanth I have some buffer built in.
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Well that's a bit awkward, I'm afraid I'm already married 🤣
@@perpetualmotion1 Looks like AI found your channel. 😀