A few projects

[littlefuzz]

here's a few recent projects

This is a emblem I made out of 14ga and cut the FORD with a plasma by hand. It ain't perfect but looks decent. It's also about an 1" thick, but I didn't get a good pic of that.

Here's a small handrail for my granny,wish I'd make it sooner. She had fell out there one day.

hay spear for dad's tractor

not exactly sure what the spear is made of, it has a very thick chrome-like coating. looks good though and don't rust

a couple of little lamp holder made from some of our horses shoes. That's about all the horses are good for, to provide me with used shoes.
Come on folks lets see some more odd and end projects.

[littlefuzz]

here's a few more

new latches I made for my bottles

they were rattling around to much on the trailer

receiver tube on my truck

roll pan on my 68 ford

it's made in 2 pieces, it's put togather right in the center. heavy dew last night

[metalworks]

yet more nice stuff built by a ford man.. good job.

thanks for the comments on my post, as far as the getting ideas, I never go anywhere with out a pocket notebook and pen or pencil. ya never know what's gonna "spark" an idea.

[wello]

some nice projects there littlefuzz I like the rollpan and round bale lifter the handrails cool as well and the oxy clamps

[gnewby]

Some nice projects you have done, have a question about how you did the Ford emblem. Did you cut the word Ford out of some 14 gauge then weld it to the Oval metal piece? It looks nice, just curious how you made it.

gnewby

[zapster]

nice stuff...

another ford freak huh?

...zap!

[littlefuzz]

I just cut the FORD out of 14GA. by hand with a plasma. Turned out better than I thought it would, hard to keep steady. Here's another pic showing the depth, in the other it just looked flat.

[gnewby]

You did a great job on it, looks good.

[littlefuzz]

My intentions were to put it on my ball mount behind the ball. I know I'd back into the trailer with it the first time I hooked up though. So I need to figure out another use for it. I might build a grille for that 68 and put the emblem in the middle, what do yall think?

[Rollman]

Originally Posted by littlefuzz

My intentions were to put it on my ball mount behind the ball. I know I'd back into the trailer with it the first time I hooked up though. So I need to figure out another use for it. I might build a grille for that 68 and put the emblem in the middle, what do yall think?

Nice looking emblem you made , that would look sweet on a custom grille for your 68 . The rollpan came out great , nice work .

[zapster]

everybody stay away from the tractor.....

...zap!

[littlefuzz]

Does anyone have an idea of what that spear could be made of? It was a 20' stick sitting out back of a welding shop I used to work at, we made several spears out of it. Most of the spears got cut on the camagraph, just four sides into a spear and ground down but I wanted mine turned down on the lathe. you can see the coating it looks to be about 1/4" thick.

[partagas]

looks like regular pipe to me. With the tip added to it.

[zapster]

nope...

there is no evidence of weld (tip) anywhere...
i'm pretty sure its a solid shaft of T.G.P. ...

or a chrome plated piston shaft from an excavator..
that was put in a lathe and sharpend to a point..

discoloration between the tip and the shaft...


...zap!

[littlefuzz]

It looks about like a piston shaft but it was in a 20' piece. Maybe that's what it was made for. It's about 2 1/2" in dia.

[cheeseclip]

that ford badge must be heavy!

[littlefuzz]

Nope, it's all 14ga. Looks solid though, don't it.

[smithboy]

I would figure pipe would bend under the weight of a 1000lb bale bouncing across a pasture. My dad has a couple that are solid, not pipe. One is made from some type of tool steel...high carbon stuff. It started out looking like that one above...really shinney. But, over time (30 years of continuous use) it has turned an even brown. It looks like a wrench from the 1920s that has been used continuously...smooth and brown. It was a store-bought one.

The other one was made, by me, from a solid truss rod. It's essentially a really thick (about 2-2.5" in diameter) grade 8 bolt. I found it at a scrap yard. I have no idea what it was used for, but it was threaded at both ends, with an 8.? stamped on the nut. Even though it's a little thicker than the storebought one, my dad manages to bend it....maybe it's because it's a different metal or that he uses it more, who knows. But, it's really hard to straighten that sucker...maybe "straighten" is a strong word...make it point forward again is more what I mean here.

[Washman]

Nice work especially the Ford Emblem very artsy fartsy (Thats good) snicker.

Nice work all of it specialy the FORD Emblem even if we all know Ford really means "Found on Road Dead" ............

ALLRIGHT !

Just joking reallly, No really...really just joking. LMAO
No death threats ...


O' and I definately agree on the grill idea .. Would look fantastic


Washman

[littlefuzz]

I'm certainly not artsy at all, I have no sense style either. But sometimes things turn out ok. BTW, the hay spear is solid. I don't think it will ever bend, it's hardened or something. I have seen one snap though. The place I used to work (where I got that rod) made a few 3 point spears and one winter a guy brought his back that had snapped. I guess it being cold and a 2000lb bale were to much.

[coronet440]

Got any more pictures of that ford? Looks pretty sharp from the back.

[mts6650]

Originally Posted by zapster

nice stuff...

another ford freak huh?

...zap!

Iam new can you help

[littlefuzz]

I'll try to get some more of the truck up here. Currently it don't have an engine, but I'm gonna pull the 390 stroker out of my beat up 76 and put in the 68 the a C6 behind it. And convert the front brakes to disc. I believe I'm gonna repaint again too.