LilGiantsConstrCo

[Hofabooz]

Hi Joe

Hope the harvest runs to plan and all is well.
Look forward to some update from the new shop when all the 1:1 work is out of the way.

Regards

Mark

[Lil Giants]

Brrrr it's cold outside, a high of -3 and I've already have my 'change of seasons cold' good reason to stay inside & get busy with the hobby again.

Last week I fixed my JD850, DESTROYED the cog belt, worn smooth & the motor pulley too, the bottom pulley has some serious wear as well. Good to have spare parts on hand, it's running order again & back in the quarry. Used the 850 a few hrs over the wkend, 1st time since mid Aug, gotta be a new record for me - no rc for 2,5 months!







The loader needed a little attn., the bolts that hold the cyl mount fell out, relatively quick simple repair... just the kind that I like!



And here's one of about of six conveyers nearly completed, I got this far just before harvest. I have the rollers turned for two more much longer conveyers. This one is just over 12inches, it'll be the pit conveyer. I sourced the belt from a front garden tractor tube, width of cut is 65mm.

[Acadieman]

Your getting the most out of our machines.
What will power the conveyor belt?

[JAMMER]

Joe you can definitely find all the weak spot even if it takes a while. What is the shop situation is it finished yet? Cold, it was 22 degrees here the other day but almost 60 today and then going down again good phenomena weather snow not far away. Ed

[modelman]

Hi Joe-looks like you have a very nice workshop almost completed. You seem to have a lot going on right now but I was wondering if we were going to see the D-9 at work anytime soon.

[Azonic]

Nice conveyor belt!

****, that upper pulley was worn out for real!

[Lil Giants]

People complain how expensive the RC heavy plant is to have, the amount of enjoyment I get from mine makes them not expensive at all.

Probably be a 15rpm spur gear motor, bevel gear coupling.

Not really a weak point Ed, that's what a couple 100hrs @ 30 bar digging hard ground does to belts & pulleys.

Yes I did have a lot of irons in the fire this summer and not much time or ambition for the hobby Tom, I didn't even haul not one load of dirt outside. I have to redo all the hyd plumbing & electronics within the dozer... such a large model, I didn't want to do it in the house. I'm looking forward to my new workshop to tackle such projects.

Sure was Kalle

[FlyingBeagle]

Glad you are back at it, I know there are lot of lurkers like myself that have been going through basement withdrawals. I hope the harvest was a fruitful one for you. I cant wait to see what you have in store for us with the conveyor and the new workshop. It looks like the new shop is close enough to the house that a nice little tunnel could be built to connect the two. May only take a couple of years of excavating to get it done.

[Lil Giants]

Harvest this yr was a mixed bag of nuts, income will be lower b/c of lower prices & lower quality, but still in the Black. By the end of next week I'll have half of it off the farm already, which is huge improvement over last yr.

Originally Posted by FlyingBeagle

It looks like the new shop is close enough to the house that a nice little tunnel could be built to connect the two. May only take a couple of years of excavating to get it done.

Way ahead of you there! ...in thought anyway, I've been eyeballing that idea since June. Right behind the water heater, make a right turn 10* grade up to the NE corner of the shed... probably call Goodon so I can get matching materials. That'd be a good job for the D9 & pan to dig out.

[grumpygrady]

Way ahead of you there! ...in thought anyway, I've been eyeballing that idea since June. Right behind the water heater, make a right turn 10* grade up to the NE corner of the shed... probably call Goodon so I can get matching materials. That'd be a good job for the D9 & pan to dig out. [/QUOTE]

so can we look to see a scale tunnel boring machine at work soon?
you will need two so they can work from each end and will need a way station halfway so you can branch off at a later date and go out to another building
lets see it could be called Lil Giants Big Dig sort of like Bostons big dig lol

[Lil Giants]

On the Carscoop site that featured my basement story, somebody mentioned tunnel driller in the comments...

Not
Whoa - that is freakin awesome.... Do they make RC tunnel drillers?

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Skipdallas > Not
• 2 years ago △ ▽
There is a project for you!! But it would just drill itself out of sight very quickly! :-)

I lmao when I read that.

I was thinking I'd tunnel under the house cement foundation & keep a 10* grade to get back to ground level so I could drive the equipment out under it's own power, it's all getting so freaking heavy nowadays to pack up the narrow stairwell. Add a lean-to structure to the east side of shed. The added interior space would also be a good spot to add a hotub.

[mog]

looking good Joe glad to see that you got some of your fleet up and running. i was tolde that mc mastercar will deal with Canadian and ship to Canada if you need new drive line pulles and pelts there would be a great place to shop

[tracksntreadslou]

Originally Posted by mog

looking good Joe glad to see that you got some of your fleet up and running. i was tolde that mc mastercar will deal with Canadian and ship to Canada if you need new drive line pulles and pelts there would be a great place to shop

Thats great news Mog..About time Some things I would like toget from them ..wonder what their Taps are like?

Hey Joe hows that crusher working ..have you used it much ?..would like to see some video of it working if you have some

[Lil Giants]

Shawn mentioned last Spring that was he able to buy directly from McMaster, they sure do have a lot of nifty goodies for our hobby which will be a snap to get now. I spoke to them once upon a time ago and their response was b/c of homeland security issues... go figure?

I've crushed about a 5ga pail full of rocks with it Lou, but with careful hand selection feeding them in b/c of it's small opening (less than 1,5inch material), and some rocks just wouldn't break. Keeping the jaw box full worked infinitely better than one rock at a time.

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Shawn mentioned last Spring that was he able to buy directly from McMaster, they sure do have a lot of nifty goodies for our hobby which will be a snap to get now. I spoke to them once upon a time ago and their response was b/c of homeland security issues... go figure?

I've crushed about a 5ga pail full of rocks with it Lou, but with careful hand selection feeding them in b/c of it's small opening (less than 1,5inch material), and some rocks just wouldn't break. Keeping the jaw box full worked infinitely better than one rock at a time.

Hey Joe, have you thought about building a feeder bin/conveyor to feed the crusher with???? http://www.rocksystems.com/machinery...loader-hoppers
Cheer's, Neil.

[jack van]

hi joe new to forum but i am a big admirer of your work and how smooth at operating your machines i was thinking if you would get a couple of cheap security cameras and set em up out side hehe you could maybe do dump runs even in winter or atleast not have to ever leave the basement lol.i had a security kit that had 4 cameras for it and it would connect to the computer and be 4 views on 1 mon you might even get to do dump runs in winter

[Lil Giants]

Thank you Jack, I do like play most of all, never get bored with that aspect! Walking up/down the stairs as the trks haul outside is a good form of exercise to keep my winter fat to a minimum.

Here you go Lou, a quik vid of my Geneq jaw crusher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qLCtBQQx-I

And another vid of the activity I'm currently working at, crushing lumps from last winter/summer's floor dig. And towards the end of the vid, making use of the crushed stone for pot hole repairs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADs-ig47ZI

[FullMetalFab]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

Thank you Jack, I do like play most of all, never get bored with that aspect! Walking up/down the stairs as the trks haul outside is a good form of exercise to keep my winter fat to a minimum.

Here you go Lou, a quik vid of my Geneq jaw crusher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qLCtBQQx-I

And another vid of the activity I'm currently working at, crushing lumps from last winter/summer's floor dig. And towards the end of the vid, making use of the crushed stone for pot hole repairs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LADs-ig47ZI

You should find a way to run the rocks through the crusher on a conveyor, or at lest so you can fill it with the wheel loader and the conveyor running to a hopper.

Awesome videos by the way i'm glad i found your youtube Chanel when you where articled on Hack A Day.

[Lil Giants]

I guess I forgot to answer that question when Neil asked it earlier (sorry Neil), probably would be best to have a feeder conveyer/hopper to keep a steady stream in the jaw crusher FullMetalFab. Make another short conveyer like on the previous page & probably wire the conveyer motor to a variable rate device to vary flow depending on material size at the time.

I saw that posting on Hack a Day... the concept of having a radio controlled hobby seems to fly over the heads of many... computer hackers & their Arduino controllers yadda yadda

Here's the last vid for the month showing the tight quarters the JD850 is currently working in. Probably close to half the pile gone already in a couple of weeks, the 850 makes short fun at just about everything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuhgqdevOHU

[DADSGARAGE]

Any chance you could share more pics of the D9 ??.....always interesting to see how many of us build the same thing in so many different ways!!!
KP