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General CNC Chat => Show"N"Tell ( What you have made with your CNC machine.) => Topic started by: patrick71100 on March 25, 2007, 08:54:01 PM

Title: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: patrick71100 on March 25, 2007, 08:54:01 PM

   i made these out of 4130 cromemoly billet for dads pulling tractor,mach 3 and g100 didnt let me down.

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: fer_mayrl on March 26, 2007, 07:19:01 PM

Great work patrick.
Is the underside beveled too? or was it just machined from one side?

Regards
Fernando

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: Chaoticone on March 26, 2007, 07:35:42 PM

Say it again Fernando. They are Great.

Brett

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: patrick71100 on March 27, 2007, 03:08:39 PM

   I MACHINED THE .100 RELEIF FROM BOTH SIDES THE HARDEST PART WAS THE CAP,THE  DRILL ,C-BORE, REAM, TAP ,SKIM MATING SURFACES FLAT ETC,  I BOLTED ROD TO ANGLE PLATE TO CUT 22 DEG ANGLE AND CLAMPED CAP
AGAINST ANGLE PLATE BEFORE THE DRILLING ETC.MACH 3 CUTS PRETTY NICE CIRCLES BOT I FINISHED BIG AND SMALL
HOLES WITH BORING BAR

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: ynneb on March 28, 2007, 12:31:55 AM

Beats buying some, and probably a lot stronger than bought ones too.

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: FPV_GTp on April 24, 2007, 12:38:08 AM

hi patrick71100

What are the chances of posting some film clips on www.youtube.com , would love to see the machining process in action

cheers

Title: Re: 4130 tractor connecting rods
Post by: FPV_GTp on April 24, 2007, 12:40:36 AM

Hi again

www.artsoftcontrols.com has a feature  to download film clips also http://www.artsoftcontrols.com/forum/index.php?board=60.0

sorry about the double post

cheers