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<blockquote data-quote="SkidRoe" data-source="post: 46365" data-attributes="member: 3290"><p>Hey slik rik,</p><p>The total cost came in at around $750 for everything - all new steel, new cylinder, laser cutting, everything. So I save over $400 doing it myself.</p><p>The only design thing that I might change - and time will tell - is to mave the grapple teeth extend all the way out to the cutting edge. I might still do it, just make a new grapple arm; and re-use this one on my material bucket.</p><p>One other thing is the ends of the grapple arms, at the pivots. I made the pivot tubes 1.75" OD x .75" ID - can you say "overkill"? If I was to do it again, I would make the pivot tubes 1.25" or 1.5" and wrap the pivot arms all the way around them for a self-locating, mechanical joint.</p><p>Otherwise, I am pretty happy with the final result, especially since I have only been working on it in my spare time over the past 5 days. It really helps having the details thought out while you are still in the planning stage.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>SR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SkidRoe, post: 46365, member: 3290"] Hey slik rik, The total cost came in at around $750 for everything - all new steel, new cylinder, laser cutting, everything. So I save over $400 doing it myself. The only design thing that I might change - and time will tell - is to mave the grapple teeth extend all the way out to the cutting edge. I might still do it, just make a new grapple arm; and re-use this one on my material bucket. One other thing is the ends of the grapple arms, at the pivots. I made the pivot tubes 1.75” OD x .75” ID - can you say “overkill“? If I was to do it again, I would make the pivot tubes 1.25” or 1.5” and wrap the pivot arms all the way around them for a self-locating, mechanical joint. Otherwise, I am pretty happy with the final result, especially since I have only been working on it in my spare time over the past 5 days. It really helps having the details thought out while you are still in the planning stage. Cheers, SR [/QUOTE]
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