May Production Plan

Strategy:

• List steps in order of duty – Power Cube to Tractor to CEB press
• Assess capacity required
• Allocate tasks to 6 fabricators and local shop
• List risks and recovery plans
• Assess daily, before and after workday
• Draw up personnel plan, detailed

Week Goal:

• Day 1: Power Cube Tested, 1 tank welded, 1 set of arms mounted, PC 2 Completed
  • Buy 2 starter switches
  • Buy 3 more 5-gallon tanks of hydraulic fluid
  • Buy remaining cylinders, hydraulic pumps and fittings, and power beyond fittings
  • Check on bandsaw blades -LMH
  • Test lathe for drilling, facing off, and fitting 2 fittings together
  • Torch out wheel mount plates
  • Torch wheel gussets - Thad
  • Weld wheel gussets to collars - Thad after Marcin
  • Get 4-set of wheels ready
  • Cut wheel chain to length
  • Figure out shaft design detail for couplers
  • Mount 1 set of loader arms

• Day 2:
  • Assumptions - motor mount plates need to be marked.
  • Risk Recovery Plan - have Chris specify and draw the mounting plates - as a priority.
  • Have somebody else do the gas filler holes

Power Cube Tasks

Shake Down Motor Size

• Measure Power Cube and location of mount for tractor
• [] Cut Engine/Pump Mount – 1/4x8 by appropriate measurement
• [2] Drill Mounts – 2 holes on ends each
• Transfer punch mount hole locations for top and bottom mount
• Mark mount hole locations on other side of beams
• Weld Mount eye on bottom of Power Cube
• Weld mount eye on bottom Power Cube Mount
• Mag drill holes in frame -
• Mount Power Cube on Tractor

Test Power Cube

• Move PC with tractor I
• Mount Power Cube on Tractor
• Connect Hoses
• Rumble!!
  • Check pressure
  • Test flat ground
  • Test slopes
  • Determine speed
  • Determine hydraulic pump requirements

Order Outstanding Components

• Order Power Beyond Fittings (5 sets) - [1]
• Order 2 more CEB main cylinders
• Order 4 more 1.22 cu in pumps
• 1.22 cu in pump fittings
• Order 4 more hose barbs

Build Hydraulic tanks

• Work on 3 at a time
• Grind tanks down to clean, including fuel tanks
• Clean edges and bungs
• Ream any necessary holes
• Lay out 3 sets on welding table
• Close off bungs with fittings
• Tack everything
• Weld
• Assemble tank

Prepare Hydraulic system components

• Mount suction strainer in tank
• Mount suction strainer fittings up to 3/4" hose barb
• Cut hose to size
• Mount breather cap
• Assemble return line filter assembly

Prepare Fuel Tank

• Torch filler cap
• Drill screw holes for filler cap
• Determine fuel line orientation - with Chris
• Torch hole for fuel line
• Weld fuel hole bung
• Weld bottom and top onto fuel tank

Prepare Engine and Pump Mounting

• Trim engine shaft
• Assess fittings for hydraulic pump
• Put fittings on hydraulic pump
• Cut plate for Engine Mount
• Cut plate for hydraulic pump
• [1] Cut angle for Power Cube Mount

Prepare Electrical System Components

• [4] Cut lugs
• [4] Drill lugs
• Prepare battery to solenoid cable
• Prepare solenoid to starter cable
• Select solenoid location, drill frame, and attach solenoid to frame
• Prepare charging wire, attach charging wire extension to engine
• Purchase starter switches from Maysville
• Search for wire at FeF
• Wire up starter switches - kill wire, solenoid wire, power wire
• Select location for starter switch
• Install starter switch
• Prepare and weld on mount for throttle cable
• Attach throttle cable
• Build battery box
• Secure battery to battery box
• Bolt on terminals

Weld Mufflers – do 8 more

• Secure 8 close nips, 1”
• Secure 8 elbows, 1”
• Cut 2 rings – flange and end piece of large tube
• Grind and ream rings
• Prepare 1 washer – 1/2” - for closing inner tube
• Prepare 1 closure of washer
• Mark pattern for muffler flange
• Torch muffler flange, use #1 torch head
• Procure gasket material for mufflers

Tractor Tasks

Assemble H-arms

Mount Loader Arms

• Torch tractor frame
• Torch arms for pivot
• Cut DOM gussets, 4.5 and 3.5" long
• Procure [4] 1-7/8" washers for tractor
• Assemble H-arms
• Put arms into place, fit in 1-7/8" shaft, use washers and 2 double split collars
• Align arms
• Tack DOM
• Raise arms
• Realign
• Tack in QA plate mounting eyes, with aligning shaft through both eyes
• When aligned, tack all in place, and weld

Build QA Plate Mounting Eyes

• Cut [2] 3x7x1" pieces with bandsaw
• Weld pieces together
• Drill pieces for eye hole
• Torch out slit
• Cut piece of 1" rebar for inside of arms, reinforcement
• Insert 1" shaft through both eyes of tractor arms
• Weld eyes in place

Mount Cylinders

• Drill cylinder mount plate holes in loader arms
• Mount cylinder plates (2 per arm)
• With loader arms in place, arrange bottom and top mounts, drill holes
• Attach main cylinder to arms
• With main cylinder attached, finetune location of bottom cylinder mount for equal extension of cylinders
• Drill bottom mount locations
• Bolt bottom mounts

Main Cylinder Bottom Mounts

• Cut 6x12x1/2 plate
• [2] Cut 4x6x1/2 plate
• Drill or punch 1" hole for pin
• Weld nuts onto [2] plates on outside
• Tack [2] plates about 3.5" apart for cylinder mounting
• Weld with pin in holes (to maintain alignment of pin)

Main Cylinder Top/2nd Cyl Bottom Mounts

• Cut 6x12x1/2" plate
• Drill 4 holes on 2 pin holes on each plate
• Weld 1" drilled out nut onto plates
• Bolt to arms

Wheel Shafts

• Cut 1-7/8" shafts to 28"
• Cut 6" long collars from 2" pipe
• Label collar and shaft, as these are paired up and can't be confused between shafts.
• Drill 3/4" hole for wheel plate mounting through shaft and collar
  • Drill through collar and shaft at the same time
• Weld on reinforcing nuts on collars
• End drill 3.5" deep (on a lathe) the 1-3/8" receiver for 6-spline standard PTO shafting

Wheel Mounting Plates

• Prepare plates, 4 per tractor - 8x10"
• Download CAM files for wheel plates -[2]
• Configure LinuxCNC
• Torch out plates

Secondary Cylinder Mount, bottom

Quick Attach Plate

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