Recent content by BXHoosier

My trailer has stamped steel ramps that are fairly light and much smoother than the angle iron ladder style ramps. The ladder style ramps aren’t small tire friendly which is another reason I wanted the stamped ramps. My trailer has ramp storage underneath.

Moved my oak Gerstner tool chest from the house out to the shop. Going to build a riser for it and set it up on the bench in front of my mill.

I built a milling attachment for my Hardinge lathe and a few months later I bought a mill so I no longer use the milling attachment. I did use it to make a 2” boring head just to see if I could.

Made a scissor type knurling tool for my lathe. Copied one that we have at work.

Made a table for my pneumatic chamfering tool similar to what SWAG Offroad makes. Used my press brake to bend the 3/16”x6” steel.

Nice work. My homemade heated cab is the best thing I’ve done to my BX. It makes plowing snow enjoyable instead of dreadful.

Are you sure that there aren’t removable panels below the battery? My Bx24 has them.

The new heater works great. It was 15* F and with the fan on low I was moving snow with just a flannel shirt on. No hat or gloves.

Nice little Honda. I had a CT70 when I was in grade school. Got my first broken bone (collar bone) on it in the 5th grade.

Tried out the brake yesterday on a piece of 14 or 16ga. It works good and will bend slightly past 90 deg. Need to cut some blocks to fit along side the lower die to center it in the brake. Also, need to make a longer cylinder ram extension to reach the bottom of the large die. Bought a...

Lil Foot, I have that same exact paper at work. Had it since high school 30+ years ago. Got my lower brake die welded today. I also have a 24-1/4” lower die with 1/2” and 1” wide V’s for material up to 1/8” thick. The limit switch and stops for the knee feed are mounted.

Added power feed to the knee on my mill. Best mod ever! Lol I re-clocked the handle so it is horizontal. Building a 24” finger brake for my press. All that’s left is to weld together the large lower die.

Thank you. It was definitely worth the work. Working in sub zero wind chill temperatures sucks. Now, I will stay warm and cozy.

It definitely puts out much more heat than my homemade contraption of a heater. I’ll hold off on the Hawaiian shirt shopping until I have done more thorough heater testing. Lol

I finally upgraded the heater today. It is rated at 13,200 BTU so it should heat the cab nicely. The door latch handle needs to be reworked because it hit the heater.