Quote from: Roy from Pa on October 19, 2022, 11:43:14 AM
I happen to make stave bed extenders for that model...

PM me for a price:)

Don't think I could afford the shipping, unless you are like the big "A" and offer free, 2 day

Quote from: Roy from Pa on October 19, 2022, 06:11:08 PM
Oh he will design and build some high tech stave crane to lift it.

Stay tuned for more engineering:)

Honestly, I did not know how I was going to get it out of the back of the truck! That took some Jethro Bodine rigging

Honestly, I did not know how I was going to get it out of the back of the truck! That took some Jethro Bodine rigging
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I hear you on that one. I remember the day I brought home a 1000 lb. Planer. My Dad, my Mom and my 80 year old neighbour helped me to walk it down a board to the ground.
Today I took steps to make sure that I never have to jury rig a way to get heavy stuff into or out of my truck. I had a one ton crane installed in the back of my ford. 😁😁😁
It would be easy to rig a loading system for the splitter. You tube loading systems for bandsaw mills. Two beams form a ramp to the deck, and a post with a boat winch to haul the log up.
Dave.

Ah come on Dave.

A Ford would crumble if ya put 1 ton in the bed:)

Some guys at work said something similar to that. I told them the real reason I installed it was to lift their trucks out of ditches... 😉
Dave.

Lmfao

I almooost shot at a buck today

I actually milled lams and wedges, and even got a set of limbs laid up today.

I also fired up my heater for the first time this fall. The temp is dropping the next few days, and we have our first real rain storm heading our way this next week with low 40's temp.  Lord knows we need the rain here. We've had record high temps in the 80's in October and dryer than a popcorn fart.... I'm amazed we haven't had more wild fires this fall.... But with no lightning storms coming in, that helped. That lightning starts a lot of fires here in the fall.

After all this dry weather, I'm ready for some rain again....  Kirk

Received limb bushings for take down hardware today from a good friend. Some for bezel style and some for knob style. Made with a million dollar machine, amazing what these machines can do.

Pretty cool Bue!

Those are pretty sporty looking Bue...

May i ask why you had them machined with the sleeve extensions on those bezel washers? i'd really like to see your limb mount assembly finished and disassembled if possible. I'm just curious...

Kirk

Looking great Bue.

Kirk. These bezels are made so there is a brass bushing inside the limb hole, there is also a brass bushing inside the hole for alignment pin. My wedges have a straight section before it dips into a concave taper to make this possible. Inside the riser I use the ordinary threaded bushing. When I use the knob style the bolt works as a second alignment pin. This is a simple, but very strong way, there is no way this bolt will turn or come out. I like to hide the bolt head with an overlay. See picture, this is the bow I made for Woodcarver in the bowtrade three years ago. Picture shows bow before it was sprayed. Hope this answers your

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Roy. Please turn two of the pics, was taken before I figured out how to hold this blasted IPad.

A couple more.

Thank you Roy. Enjoy yourself at camp.

Thanks Bue....

I did something similar years ago using bronze sleeves in my limbs and single alignment pins, but I had issues with the plus or minus tolerances on the threaded inserts going into the riser throwing the alignment off. Different materials used causing tap drift, and the plus or minus tolerances I found in the threaded inserts themselves made it difficult to maintain consistency.

So I came up with another piece of hardware that I had machined that I mortised  into the limb pad that had a lateral limb adjustment pin. This took care of the limb alignment issue completely, but it sure added a lot of hardware expense, and labor to the build.

I don't have any photos of this  hardware available at the moment, but I can take some more if you are curious. Actually I still have a bunch of this hardware I could part with if you would like to play with it. Let me get some photos.

I came up with a much easier system using two alignment pins, and no special hardware that gives me a much more precise limb alignment, but it requires a machinist table and mill to make it precise.

Please let me know if this hardware is something you might be interested in.

Kirk

Dear Kirk
It didn't happen wifout pichers:)

Kirk. Please show pictures. The knob style is easier to install, drill a hole in riser pad and install the bolt.

Here are photos of the hardware, and a couple pictures of the finished product. The bonze 5/16" sleeves are mounted in the limb bolt holes on the limbs.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/tBQUHwNs3s3msPiU8

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