Thread: Scraper

G'Day Dallas,
A slow start...waffle sir....you're way advanced with the build and it certainly looks good....
What personal touches have you planned?? Cheers, Peter

PS - I often troll through the google images of the machinery for ideas.....
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Welcome in the club.


Dallas
That looks to be a great scraper. I have never seen one in real life. These kind of machinery is not used in Denmark.


Ole

We have them working just down the road from me where they are building a new Bunnings store
At this stage the only mods I can see I will be doing is making my own wheels with appropriate tread pattern, but this could change along the way.

You gunna go and try them out in the dirt at the new Bunnings??

Hi Dallas,

Is it a small Bunnings like Torquay, an intermediate size Bunnings like Waurn Ponds or huge Bunnings like North Geelong ?

Keith

Not sure, it just says it will be a large format store. Only got the walls up so far so it is hard to tell.

The build is looking good Dallas I will be watching to the end

Feels like it was last century that I started this thread. Just hasn't been much free time lately but the last two weekends have given me a bit of time in the shop.
I got the rest of the parts cut and sanded ready for assembly. Glued up all the components (boy some glueups use so many clamps and you still struggle to get good purchase). Unfortunately because the parts had been cut and thicknessed so long ago some of the Jarrah started to warp making the glueup even more difficult trying to straighten them out. But we got there.
Below are some of the WIP photos so far. Still need to make the wheels, axles and a few accessory bits, and do the final assembly and clear coating.

Glueup_1.jpg Glueup_2.jpg Glueup_4.jpg Glueup_5.jpg Glueup_6.jpg Glueup_3.jpg

Dryfit_1.jpg Dryfit_2.jpg Dryfit_3.jpg Dryfit_4.jpg Dryfit_5.jpg

That looks great Dallas, the scraper is coming together very well....
I really like the way you've matched the timber on the cabin....nice tough...
Yes sir, the glue ups can be difficult so the more clamps and types you have the better.........
Could I please encourage you with the freedom to give yourself some poetic licence and personalize the build adding some extra detail that's not on the original plans.....
Cheers, Peter

You have got a lot of work done Dallas. Good Stuff

Keith

That's a kool looking machine Dallas!.
I could of used a slightly bigger version of it on my driveway after some of the rain we had down here.
Most of the drive ended up out on the highway!.

I love the colours of the timber your using and the contrasting effect they have.
Great stuff.

Cheers
Trev.

Gestation period hasn't been too long.

Everything is looking good!!

Finally finally finally, I have managed to get some time to spend on this again. So close yet so far.
Made up a couple of exhausts, some wooden pins, wheels and axles. Just need to get a bit of threaded rod and domed nuts and we should be right for final assembly.
I have been putting some coats of clear on the parts since the weekend so I should be able to finish it soon.
Below are some progress photos of making the wheels and the almost completed dry fit. For the wheels I drew up a segmented circle to use as the template for the tread spacings. I just marked each of these segments on to the wheel and rotated it one segment at a time and cut the next tread on the tablesaw at 15 degrees. Two opposite wheels were glued together and the back of the wheel shaped after mounting on a mandrel and pressing it firm with the live centre.

Wheels_1.jpg Wheels_2.jpg Wheels_3.jpg

Assembly.jpg

Looking great Dallas,

Love the wheels Top stuff

Keith