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This is what I would call a neat fit..but it's doing the job and that's what counts 20230405_111632.mp4 Regards Stephen

A bit more progress, way too wet outside for Sid work at the moment Milled a flat in fairlead and then drilled through Easier to see from next picture why I needed a flat to drill off the hole needs elongating with the mill but the hole will now let me sort out the gap with the fly cutter I modified the other day Regards Stephen

Hopefully not take 3 years...lol Regards Stephen

A bit more 20230404_195513.mp4 Slow process... @Gazzar did you get anywhere with the measurements I asked for or is it an educated guess time....lol Regards Stephen

A wee bit of what I don't like this morning.... regards Stephen

Fired up a few posts back... Regards Stephen

Lesson to be learnt.... Fit new belts before putting engine in, what a carry on but done now regards Stephen

Clean corroded parts, key them, roll some A4 paper and push in holes to create a dam then fill corroded parts with JB weld, allow to set then sand flat Regards Stephen

Not finished yet...lol Is the 60mm your looking for equate to 30mm each end, only asking as I have some 50mm plate that could be machined at some point if your patient, can check tomorrow if I have enough for 4 pieces Regards Stephen

OD of inner tube is 80mm and wall thickness is 6mm Regards Stephen

There is another alternative, if you remove the mog flanges off the mog axles, the flange could be bored out to accept a new piece of shaft and then shaft machined to suit axle you are going to use. Using the existing flanges would save some time although only if your happy to sacrifice the mog axle casings regards Stephen Edit, you can see my mog flanges getting machined on page 17 of my build thread

It doesn't have to be narrower, the mog flange could be cut the same thickness, but the machined shaft made longer to make up the length you require, one end of the shaft bored out to the diameter you need for the knuckle to fit into and externally machined to press flange onto and weld up, after welding flange face can be faced off just in case it distorts slightly with welding. The other end of the shaft can be machined internally to push over axle tube then weld up if you get what i mean, I could help once I get Sid and Gary's fairlead sorted, I have plate and sections of shaft Regards Stephen

What's the total thickness Agreed it would be very expensive and time consuming to machine a piece of 60mm ( I think ) plate down to a suitable weld on flange section Another option is to get the mog flange cut in the thickness plate needed for the flange and then attach it to a section of machined shaft drilled and tapped to accept it, flange can be fixed to shaft with countersunk allen bolts so the mating knuckle flange bolts onto a flat surface, alternatively, mog flange could be cut and then held in a 4 jaw chuck and bored out to be a press fit on a section of shaft and then welded into position, what time frame are you looking at ? regards Stephen

Just another term for Pulleys Regards Stephen

First off, plenty of room for another lightweight on 404 portals and I would be really interested on your approach and how you do it Secondly I've heard of some of the stuff you've built and seen some of your work on here, you are certainly not in my or anyone else's shadow Whichever way you decide to go I will be watching with a great deal of interest, really looking forward to it good luck regards Stephen

Well its nice and snug regards Stephen

^^^^^^ This definately... Seriously, not a problem, probably less than 8hrs spread over a month so far, it's getting the grey matter working and I'm enjoying it, I'm also enjoying the fact I only have one piece of metal, so no practice run...adds a bit of juice, don't you think.... Regards Stephen

Getting to be a bit of a trade mark........ Should maybe change my forum name to HD.....lol regards Stephen

Well that's the fly cutter modified hard to see on last picture but fly cutter main body is sitting about 0.5mm up due to cutting edge. All I need to do now is find time to try it out Regards Stephen

Don't worry about it Ross Due to the size, shape of fairlead and lack of available head room on my mill I need to get creative. My longest cutter is 100mm, but due to how I need to set it up I effectively lose depth of cut. An extension added into the fly cutter should work ok, I have two so I can afford to modify one of them This thing is getting made out of solid whether it likes it or not...... Regards Stephen

Loaded onto my Amazon fire no problem Regards Stephen

The gap for the pulleys is giving me some issues, even my long milling cutters are not long enough.... So my plan is to make an extended fly cutter using the bits below then take thin delicate cuts..... I can do delicate... just for those who might question........lol Regards Stephen

Never going to happen, you would seriously see my lack of skills compared to what you can watch on there... Regards Stephen

A bit of squaring up And just because @Gazzar could watch all day...lol 20230329_111434.mp4 Regards Stephen

An easy bit of electrickery... A small job off the large list Regards Stephen