dresser TD40B dozer

[ihbuilder]

Thanks Lou

I've been out with my 247B on monday and been at the knee doc yesterday mri today back to knee doc tomorrow . Kinda screwin up my schedule it's something I shoulda had done in "05" but kept pushin off I don't want to sit Any how , Here's the start of a long pain staking process But I think I'll achieve what I want still using the test rails the actual 1's will be steel .

[JAMMER]

Hello Steve nice work but they seem kind of tinny that is a lot of machine work and being so small hard to hold. Are you going to bush them? Keep up the good work. Ed

[ihbuilder]

Ed they're .75" pitch yes all pins and bushings just like a real 1 . In the1st & last pics , you see (barely) .375" bushing pressed into the rails on 1 end . the 2nd pic you see a .25" pin pressed into the master link half . I still have 2 setups to do on the pads yet then a little forming for the curl under pat of them in front of the grouser bar . The pads scale to just under 2.25" wide so I just used 2.25 . the links are going to take me a week to get completely done . Then to press all of it together

[SmallHaul]

Haven't been on the forums in a while and WOW nice progress on the dozer Steve!

[ihbuilder]

thanks Scott

well these went into over time by 5 hrs had to finish up yesterday morning but all done except a lil bend to which the jig is made . just a lil vise time here and there or while assembly . I don't know whats in T bar but D-2 pre treat machined better then it







not sure I'll make this cabin fever with it running unless I spend every hr from now till then on it but then a lot of ppl will be upset It's , time to make aluminum chips fly again