Have got the flat bar chopped up into 112mm lengths and made up a drilling jig to make the holes in the pieces.
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Lots of flat bar pieces |
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Drilling jig for making sure holes are in the right place |
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The stack for one track |
Cut out the jig for welding the plates to the chain and started welding. each track is using 80 pieces of flat bar, these are not light tracks :)
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Jig to hold flat bar in correct place for chain to be welded to each link |
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Nate Sitting next to one complete track, 3.08mtrs (10foot) |
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One track rolled up ready for storage |
Now to make the other one :)
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