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On 8/22/2020 at 3:24 AM, 560Dennis said:

Do what the doc sayes , two weeks can go fast doing other stuff. Two weeks is nothing . Six month from now you won’t remember the two weeks 

Thank you 560Dennis !

my two weeks are up ! Time to get back 

tony

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Another batch of small parts back from painter.

i am waiting on him to finish two more batches that I took to him , then baler goes.

i reversed the rims to see if I can get her down enough to fit in his paint room. 
think I have , I hope ! 
been taking parts off baler to make it easier for him but it’s still going to require

a snake to get to all ! Lol

tony 

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On 8/25/2020 at 5:29 PM, TroyDairy said:

I honestly wonder how many bolts and individual parts on a Baler like that looks great

It look simple , till we started . 
cut old bolts till blue in the face . Walk around with magnet picking up pieces of bolts . Lol 

have a whole bolt bin devoted to this project and still not enough. 
but it’s fun ! Went through book and ordered every bolt on baler 
tony 

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Tony l know you had your reasons for not going with propane fuel, but dang!!!  Can't you just imagine a bright yellow tank on top??  and l bet it would have that same shine and luster as the tanks on the SMTA and the 806.  ?

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8/26/20

 quite a day ! 
started out changing out the flywheel , 

took the good off to go to paint , and installed another flywheel so David can use it to cycle plunger while painting . 
took right side tension channels off for better blasting and easier painting it off and hanging

Finally started the original pick up reel, Not user friendly taking it apart for sure

so many hubs to get off center drive shaft . Had to run to town for a new pulley puller kit . 
Lot of heating and pulling . 
going to take two reels apart to make one

going to need some sheet Metal made and some machining of drive shaft Bushing and housing  along with Devine intervention  finding five new roller bearings for cam track following and another drive sprocket clutch needing facing and new clutch pads.

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14 hours ago, twostepn2001 said:

Tony l know you had your reasons for not going with propane fuel, but dang!!!  Can't you just imagine a bright yellow tank on top??  and l bet it would have that same shine and luster as the tanks on the SMTA and the 806.  ?

I can visualize it also , However, with not any known of these out there ,operating or other wise , I wanted to preserve the factory look as much as possible and going propane was going to change original look too much . imho.

   AS it worked out, the propane motor that I had bought for it ended up being a parts & sheet metal donor for the original engine rebuild.

  I am very happy the way the original engine turned out. Plus I never really found a tank that I felt looked the part for this baler.

  Tony

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Beautiful work that hopefully has light at the end of the tunnel, love your going back to do it right, looks like the parts units have been invaluable 

Your painter does great work

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On ‎8‎/‎27‎/‎2020 at 1:54 PM, hardtail said:

Beautiful work that hopefully has light at the end of the tunnel, love your going back to do it right, looks like the parts units have been invaluable 

Your painter does great work

Thank You Sir .

     Its amazing as we prepare for painting we are finding many items that need replacing or repairing. 

     Putting it together first round we concentrated on the obvious bad pieces  but as we go through with fine tooth comb we are finding many items that did not stand out before , but in analyzing them , they need attention to make right.

     Example;  Chamber tension channel on right side of baler , we decided it would be easier to paint if we removed it . I studied  mounting holes and they appeared to be perfectly open ended. After researching , they were pulled off at some time  . Back to the donor ,sure enough , square holes not open slotted at back .  Took good one off donor and back to blaster !

     David my painter is one of a kind, one man show, very cantankerous about doing it right.  He makes me look good and proud. But I have to be very patient !

he needs to work on his own schedule and his own pace.

          Tony 

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1 hour ago, twostepn2001 said:

Tony is that a roll over plow in the background of that one pic? Maybe another future project??   lol 

  Good Eye !

        Yes,   there is a I.H. #314 Fast Hitch  Rollover Plow , for the 560

        Also, a I.H. #642 four bottom Rollover plow for Goldie .

         They need very little mechanical work BUT lot of COSMETIC work.

        Bought them several years back but have not had a chance at them yet .

        Also the red 55W baler in background of 2nd pic is a donor for the good 55W in shed.

          Tony

    

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On 8/27/2020 at 1:06 AM, Tonyinca said:

8/26/20

 quite a day ! 
started out changing out the flywheel , 

took the good off to go to paint , and installed another flywheel so David can use it to cycle plunger while painting . 
took right side tension channels off for better blasting and easier painting it off and hanging

Finally started the original pick up reel, Not user friendly taking it apart for sure

so many hubs to get off center drive shaft . Had to run to town for a new pulley puller kit . 
Lot of heating and pulling . 
going to take two reels apart to make one

going to need some sheet Metal made and some machining of drive shaft Bushing and housing  along with Devine intervention  finding five new roller bearings for cam track following and another drive sprocket clutch needing facing and new clutch pads.

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tony

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Forged Blue Point adjustable wrench ! That’s a first one I’ve seen ,never heard of Blue Point.  Official tool of Skunk ? works area 71, haha

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5 hours ago, 560Dennis said:

Forged Blue Point adjustable wrench ! That’s a first one I’ve seen ,never heard of Blue Point.  Official tool of Skunk ? works area 71, haha

  I have some oldies from way back.

    Used to buy them from the old I.H. dealer back in the 50's 60's 70's . 

  Could not afford many just bought one or two at a time when needed.

  Tony

     

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Wow Tony!!! Just when I think your about ready for full assembly, you take more apart!!! I forgot all about the pickup having to be gone through!!! I’m sure you can’t wait to be done with this project, but I also can’t wait to see it all pretty yellow, and done!!!!! 
 

Blaine 

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5 hours ago, Farmall1066 said:

Wow Tony!!! Just when I think your about ready for full assembly, you take more apart!!! I forgot all about the pickup having to be gone through!!! I’m sure you can’t wait to be done with this project, but I also can’t wait to see it all pretty yellow, and done!!!!! 
 

Blaine 

    I have to admit that I am getting Pyrenoid,  That every thing I look at, needs repair .or that I missed something to repair and have to dismantle a lot to rectify lol.   Would like to move on from fixing and striping to putting nice clean painted parts back on before I forget where they go .lol. 

  David is painting all the small parts now, when finished I will take baler , once its done, then reassembly begins and by then hopefully every part has been looked at and repaired if need.

      Painting is little more arduous on this because using new paint formulation ( getting use to its properties, Silly Cali formulated paint.) and the fact that David is juggling being full time health provider for his brother and fitting in the prep work and painting , very slow but paint is turning out great , I just need to be patient !

    I think and hope anything that needed attention on main baler is done , However, this reel is going to take some machining and metal work , its going to take time .

       I been doing homework and may have found a set of 13 stripper tins NOS and a roller cam tract NOS , however I need 5 new tyne bar roller bearings and only found two so far. Will see if bearing house can help me out.

    Tomorrow , 9/2/20 we start dismantling the second reel ,will take the best parts from each to make one . Margarito, my sheet metal guy will need to make the sheet metal fins at both ends, Hope he can, they are unusual shapes and all welded into one piece.

   Ill take  pictures of it tomorrow of what I am talking about

     Tony

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Great Baler therapy Wednesday 9/2/20

I had first pu reel all set aside And some parts at blaster.

started on second Today , which was off Cali baler . It looked great averything came apart easy because the old guy before had had it apart many times . Was not able to use much off of it . 
it is wore to the bone and welded every which where .

we are salvaging it never know what might need 

took drive sproket and brake lining to friction shop for facing and new brake pads

john removed all the St 643  bearing on ends of Teeth  bars . I am searching for new .

the PU frame we want to use went to blaster Today 

the one thing good on second reel is the metal work on ends , so , I think we will use those on the good frame  , they are tacked welded on . Have not talked to Margarito the metal man might be easier just for him to make new ones.

i decided motor mount should be off for paintIng ,  Glad I did bolts rotten and lot of rust scale underneath . 
at this point there is nothing else to dismantle ! “ I THINK !”

last two pictures  are basically junk of second pu reel however , we are trying to salvage the outer sheet metal .

PS that handsome fella smiling in pic is John my partner in crime !

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Tony 

 

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The effort you are putting into this for maybe 100 bales in its life behind the 560 is ridiculous.  And I ADMIRE every detail!  I really hope Carol does good on the sale at a future date.  These units you do up deserve the value they deserve for your efforts to make them better than OEM.   Good job, you should be proud and since its Wed...sit in the shade and have a cold brew and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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6 hours ago, TroyDairy said:

The effort you are putting into this for maybe 100 bales in its life behind the 560 is ridiculous.  And I ADMIRE every detail!  I really hope Carol does good on the sale at a future date.  These units you do up deserve the value they deserve for your efforts to make them better than OEM.   Good job, you should be proud and since its Wed...sit in the shade and have a cold brew and enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Yep ! You are absolutely right it’s ridiculous , 

thank you for your thoughts of work and detail .

but this and my 20 acres of Almonds and helping Carol manage rentals is what I do in my early stage of retirement.

i am ANAL once I start a project if it’s something that I ran new as a youngun then I want it the way I remembered it .

once you start where do you stop ?

Btw , I have to make it easy for you to bid At widow sale being you have bidders card # 1. Lol 

it’s a Disease but I love working in my shop on a project and only God knows how much longer.
appreciate your thoughts and in the real world you are right .

To be honest ! This baler  is  trying to beat me, in work. And expense ,  it cuts us no slack , but I am bound and determined to make her bale again like I remember back 1963 to 1974 . I hope and pray I don’t need to bale more then 100 bales because that would become WORK . Lol

tony  

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54 minutes ago, exSW said:

That pickup is going to test you. I thought knotters were bad. Pickups are spring loaded movement. You have to hold your mouth just right. I don’t think I could assemble one sober.

Starting to see that !

well we have plenty beer in the shop refer. And if that don’t work I ll go to the house for some dark heavy red wine ! Lol

tony

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9/10/20 

that much anticipated day finally arrived !

after some last minute fine tuning it was time to give the old girl a bath and take Her to the Beauty Salon ! 

the flywheel is a donor just during painting so David can move the plunger as he needs .When he is done with inside of baler we will remove donor Wheel so he can paint behind it .

Then install good painted wheel for trip home

He will paint the good one separate . 
We hot washed it using purple power degreaser cleaner Three times .

 Fella with face shield is John, I am the Big old Dude with no protection . Lol 

BTW will not be using those rims and tires . Rims and tires will be the same except black Rims and newer tires 

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Tony 

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You are sure getting there Tony. If John smiles any bigger he would get flakes in his teeth. Might have to put the visor down ?. This thing will be fit for the Smithsonian at the rate you are going. Looking good! ????

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