Quadrotrac

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Started by cutting out and replacing some tubing that i screwed up bending the first time. Before:

And after:

Then i bent up the second return line. :

Got parts for all the cables:

Had to modify the hand throttle a bit:

Made a mount for it:

Finished:

Only thing missing now was the parking brake, so i made a lever for it:

Brake pedal with parking brake:

All levers and stuff together:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

First i mounted the throttle cable today:

Then the brake:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Next was the clutch. Didn`t like how i build it the first time:

5mins later:

Reamed the pedal:

Turned some brass bushings:

A shaft for it:

And a mount:

Welded it:

How it sits now:

 

[chilliwak]

I like your welding pic Steinez. I wish I had one of those masks when I used to weld years ago...

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Thats by far the best welding mask i`ve ever used.

Finished the clutch:

Btw., got everything signed for the new shop. Hope to start moving soon...

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Since i need to move it soon, i started building the front axles:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Just working on axle parts:

 

[Rbertalotto]

Looking forward to seeing this vehicle move under its own power......Should be fun!

 

[chilliwak]

Congrats on the new shop Steinez!
Soon we will se a whole assembly line of quadrotracs!:wings:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Can`t wait to see that too. Nice thing will be that i can "marry" the front and rear car in the new shop and get an idea how it looks and how (if) everything fits together.

No assembly line, but i already started drawing the next two projects... :ylsmoke:

Continued working on the axles:

Put in some short welds so it won`t fall apart while moving it to the new shop:

Also removed the chassis table:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Tacked the first parts together:

Mounted the wheel bearings and wheels:

Aligned it:

Tacked together:

 

[Steinbruchsoldat]

Ok, let me introduce my new shop. Always was out of room and wanted something bigger.
Going to take most of my machinery with me, of course not my three small saws when there are four bigger/better ones.

Here`s the main room and some impressions:

We`ll free up this space to get the Quadrotrac and my machinery in:

Also bought a really nice bandsaw:

And this huge 29" shaper:

Can`t wait to start working on it.

 

[njtacoma]

wow, cool stuff in the new shop.

 

[chilliwak]

Steinez, is anyone going to find the quadrotrac in that mess of machines? Only kidding. Congratulatios on the new shop.:Wow1::drool::wings:

 

[VanIsle_Greg]

Looking like there has been some good progress on this. Nice work.

Also, congrats on the new shop, that place is awesome...and huge compared to your initial spot.