Marion 5561 Stripping Shovel

[Car5858]

Converts raster image scans to vector dxf files. Saves a lot of time drawing with Autocad.

[Car5858]

Steve, http://www.scan2cad.com/ is about the best on the market right now IMHO. It also has a price tag that goes with it $$$.$$. The benifits are that you have many different scanning options. Will work with an A - E size drawings.

http://www.scan2cad.com/free-trial/ this is the free 14 day trial. There is a learning curve that will use at least 3 full days of your time.

[doodlebug]

Originally Posted by Car5858

Converts raster image scans to vector dxf files. Saves a lot of time drawing with Autocad.

Ok, that's something new today. I understand dxf file's via Draft Sight 2D CAD.

Thank's, Neil.

[9W Monighan]

Made some progress this weekend. I tried scanning the large format drawing in two parts on my 8.5x11 scanner but it was hard to join the two scans so I bought a larger scanner and was able to scan the crawler unit whole and with the help of Carl5858, convert it to a drawing file to be able to edit the lines and scale it to my appropriate size. 8 of these will have to be machined. In 1/16th scale they will be 14-1/4'' long.
This is the scan before any modification:


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[Jared]

Wow, I'm not looking forward to making 74 track pads for my 25B and if I didn't miscount you've got 304!

[9W Monighan]

Originally Posted by Jared

Wow, I'm not looking forward to making 74 track pads for my 25B and if I didn't miscount you've got 304!

Thanks for reminding me. You counted correctly. This is something I may need to look into about producing them from cast iron. I need to find a foundry that is willing to work with a 1 off deal like this. They will measure about 2.625'' W x 1.125'' L x .5'' thick.

[ihbuilder]

Steve , A guy I bought a vice from in lancaster Knows an Amish guy that will do that type of stuff . He got some nonexistent hendey parts cast from him . I can get his name ans number if you want .

[Car5858]

Nice work Steve, the scans came out great. That will save alot of drawing time.

[9W Monighan]

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Steve , A guy I bought a vice from in lancaster Knows an Amish guy that will do that type of stuff . He got some nonexistent hendey parts cast from him . I can get his name ans number if you want .

I've heard of the guy you mentioned. Yes, get me his number. I know of some Cat collectors that have had work done by him also.