(12-30-2013, 12:34 PM)PixMan Wrote: Darren,

Is there any way you could "reverse engineer" any of the parts and let me make them? I'm always looking for an excuse to go make chips for other people.

(12-30-2013, 06:46 PM)Expat Wrote: Thanks, I am having a blast working on these parts with Ken. It's been a long time since I got to play on decent machinery! I used to work on a Scharmann horizontal borer waaay back when machines were operated by humans, not computers!!

(12-30-2013, 08:04 PM)Mayhem Wrote:

(12-30-2013, 12:34 PM)PixMan Wrote: Darren,

Is there any way you could "reverse engineer" any of the parts and let me make them? I'm always looking for an excuse to go make chips for other people.

Thanks Ken - you know how much I like giving you excuses

The main issue is that there are some whole assemblies that are missing, so not only do I not have the part but in many cases I don't have the part it mates with either. The one part that is going to be an issue is the trip feed bracket (see below). I'm hoping a BP one will fit (or could be modified to fit).

The nut for the knee is chewed out. It looks like the knee was raised too high and the screw then tried to cut a new thread. Someone had removed the stops I will probably have to get one made, as I'm guessing that nuts will be in high demand. Unfortunately the material will cost a lot more than the replacement.

This is what the trip feed bracket should look like:


The underside of mine. showing the missing bit (actually not showing the missing bit but you know what I mean...).

(12-30-2013, 08:00 PM)f350ca Wrote: Made up a bracket to mount a snow plough on a font end loader. This will bolt into the bucket and the plough arms pin into it. The supplied plate was 3/4 inch mystery metal, drilled the holes to 1 1/4 then used the boring head to take them to 1 1/2, was some tough cutting.
Laid the first pass with the mig then ran out of gas, I've become some rough using stick, no final weld photos.

(12-30-2013, 08:20 PM)PixMan Wrote: I don't think I'd have any problem making a new one of those Darren. Though it probably wouldn't look exactly the same, it would work fine. Can you make a drawing of it and send it to me? Same for the elevation nut, though that one would probably be much easier. My only worry about that one would be fitting to the existing screw. I would need very good measurements of the threads, or perhaps it would be easy enough to just make BOTH parts as new.

(12-30-2013, 08:52 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Thanks Ken - I'll draw it up and let you know the final dimensions. I don't care if it is not an exact replica. If I ever sell the machine I can jack up the price for "custom parts"

There is a new member here (stejac) who contacted me, as he has a FV1 as well. He lives in Melbourne but work OS but has kindly agreed to measure up the trip feed bracket, when he is back in Aus (February). I really need to know where the pivot point for the lever is, as well as the size and position of the slot where the lever actuates the plunger.