IT'S ALIVE !!! ( look what I made )
 

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Wide frame frankenstein bolts. Test fitting sometime this weekend :beerchug:

I give up, why the hole in the end!!?? :bigthink:

They look great!! :beerchug:

Jeff,

You can bring those with you to jacktown...

Very nice work. :beerchug:

Sent you an email :beerchug:

Hole in the end
 

I'd say the hole is a centering hole to hold the bolt in a lathe during turning of the end stepdown........(but you knew that....)

Nice work Jeff in Pa :beerchug:

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Welcome Jerry to OCC :beerchug:

Great job, Jeff!

Nice work......... but aren't the threads on the wrong end ?????

They look like bolts made for the rear lifts like on the later quietlines and 82 series. They used these bolts instead of the rod all the way through.

yeah , I remember seeing a thread about that.....I guess those newer machines aren't something I'm familiar with..only frankenstien bolts I see are front attch. Gotta get with the times LOL

send me a set, I'll be happy to test them for yah...

Most people think that "Frankenstein Bolts" are the bolts for the QA on the front of the frame, but we are usually refering to the bolts for the rear lift.

AJ

I can make those front attachment bolts too. :beerchug:

I'd make them with a bolt, spacer and washer for a workable piece instead of machining a larger head bolt and chasing threads.

Sent you an email :beerchug:

Thats a great idea, with time and wear if it gets a flat spot you can replace the spacer instead of the whole bolt . I made a bolt the other day myself...
I picked up a 42 inch deck that the po must have lost the spindle bolt for..
So i that how hard could it be , after looking at cost of new and shipping
I decided to give it a try....drilled a hole from thread end through head of bolt
I think it was a 3/16 but I'd have to check to be sure . Then drilled a bigger hole in the bolt head and tapped it for the zirk. Thank goodness for drill press's .

Seems to be? :bash2:

Nik

Did somebody say drill press!!?? :bigthink:

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I'm not trying to dog your work, just want to know... What materiel did you use to make the bolt ? Also the threads look shallow in the picture, but pictures can be misleading... or is that the normal thread depth ?

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CADplans, nice drill press :beerchug:

Clint, graded bolts were used. Want some pictures of the nice blue chips that came off ? ( very hot :bash2: )

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I installed a set of the frankenstein bolts on cavmedic's 1450 and they worked perfectly :beerchug:

wow, that looks like an oldie, i've never seen one like that. details!!!! LOL jeff

That is a Cleerman jig borer that I use as a drill press, it will drill 1" holes in 3" thick steel all day long (literally!!, we do it!!)

It was initially bult for ultra precision work probably in the WWII era.

From what I understand it will drill on location within a few tenths!!

I have never tried that, it came with a set of boxed mics for the x and y axis'. I opened the box, closed it and set it up to drill holes.

We use it with a self centering vice to minimize setup as most holes are drilled at the center of a parts width.

The thing will throw out chips like a lathe all day long!! :biggrin2: Not its intended use, but we wanted a drill press with a x-y table, other than milling machines, those are as rare as hens teeth!!

It is rugged, weighs over 5000 pounds, we paid less than $0.50 a pound for it. Almost as much fun to run as our CNC saw, Melissa!!

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And my CNC torch I built!! You can read about the torch here:

http://www.sweetmk.com/2011/11/my-cnc-torch/

They look backwards don't they?

These are for the rear lift casting on the wide frames. Cavmedic's 1450 was the "test mule" and they worked/fitted perfectly when installed today.

If you were thinking of the attach bolts for the front implements / mule drives, then they would be backwards.

Not to hold the top casting in place they don't. Are you thinking these are for the mule drive on the frame?:bigthink:

no I just looked at the thread depth blue chips means its taking the heaat away looks good

I get blue chips also a lathe sure makes things easier