Some modeling before the engine position is permanent:
Hopefully tomorrow I can start working with the engine rear mounts, but I want to be certain that the engine position will be as good as it can be. So no rushing at this moment…
Engine front mount ready
Next task is to create support beam from the frame to this mount:
After that the two engine back mounts… So this will still take quite some time until the engine is fully mounted.
Engine front mount build continues tomorrow
Not as much progress today as I hoped, but this continues tomorrow:
Work with the engine mount started
This will eventually be the engine front mount:
Some pieces still missing though… But under construction. 🙂
Frame and front axle found each other
Yesterday I centered the frame and front axle:
Plenty of measurements + small tweaking needed, but now it aligns rather nicely.
Today I welded the front axle rear mount properly in place and created vertical load (weight) carrying pieces to make the front axle mount stronger:
One piece to front/rear mount of the front axle (so they are not at their correct place at the picture).
Next task is to create the engine mount:
And after that continue frame building to create front mount extension to the frame. But this project starts to take shape quite nicely now. 🙂
Quite concrete progress today
Now the major part of the frame has taken it’s shape:
There still is plenty of work with the frame since the front axle front mount frame extension needs to be still done, but I might do that after the engine has been mounted.
Professional frame welding jig
This is as pro as it will get: 🙂
Soon it will start to look like a frame
Pretty soon this can be regocnized as vehicle frame:
Winter break over and build continues
It was somewhat longer hiatus than I originally planned. There has been multiple reasons for it, like the fact that I only have one not so powerful electric heater at my garage. So it is not that tempting to do work at winter. I have also done some programming for our local bowling alley to build a live scoring system for them.
But today I started properly to create the frame parts:
During the hiatus I did some thinking how I actually want to build the frame and now I’m just building the parts according the plan.
Short hiatus
I have been really busy last couple of weeks at work and also with other of my hobbies than this tractor building. Even I will have the next two weeks off from work due the X-mas season I probably won’t be able to work at garage too many days. I need to be doing some computer related things to couple of my friends and also installing new live streaming equipment to Imatra Bowling Center. I also might be doing one rather small PHP program related to my work, but that remains to be seen.
However my intention is to spend some time also at garage before I return to the daily work schedule, but don’t expect to see too much progress at next two weeks.