welding chevrons on a (ballast) roller

Richard Devon

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Mixed Farmer

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Down on the edge of the world

• May 24, 2015

• #1

Right, so what I would like to evolve is a tool to help control the bracken, spraying is one thing, but for the other bits I have in my mind to get a ballast roller (drain it out) and then weld on a chevron pattern every 8 > 10" across it, so for example an 8ft roller would have 4ft going one way on one side and vice versa.
I haven't offered anything up yet but am thinking that an ordinary piece of flat steel is not going to lie on there well enough to weld, so will need a curve.

Has anyone created anything like this and how did you get on wrapping the steel around the drum?
Maybe tack it at 2ft and then 'pull' it to fit?

 

multi power

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pembrokeshire

• May 24, 2015

• #2

What about a crumble roller off a cultivator ? would that work?

 

Richard Devon

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Mixed Farmer

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Down on the edge of the world

• May 24, 2015

• #3

thats a good idea.....might be lighter too

 

Blue.

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Livestock Farmer

• May 24, 2015

• #4

Richard Devon said:

Right, so what I would like to evolve is a tool to help control the bracken, spraying is one thing, but for the other bits I have in my mind to get a ballast roller (drain it out) and then weld on a chevron pattern every 8 > 10" across it, so for example an 8ft roller would have 4ft going one way on one side and vice versa.
I haven't offered anything up yet but am thinking that an ordinary piece of flat steel is not going to lie on there well enough to weld, so will need a curve.

Has anyone created anything like this and how did you get on wrapping the steel around the drum?
Maybe tack it at 2ft and then 'pull' it to fit?

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Angle iron welded on with both edges onto the barrel.

 

Nearly

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Location

North of York

• May 27, 2015

• #5

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BRAKEN-CR...553?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item463b3a6591


mis-spelling rules ok!

 

Richard Devon

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Mixed Farmer

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Down on the edge of the world

• May 27, 2015

• #6

nicely nicely!....but probably cost same again to get it delivered to sunny south devon

 

Nearly

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North of York

• May 27, 2015

• #7

Richard Devon said:

nicely nicely!....but probably cost same again to get it delivered to sunny south devon

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I've done my bit, the rest is up to you.

 

KennyO

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Mixed Farmer

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Angus

• May 27, 2015

• #8

Richard Devon said:

nicely nicely!....but probably cost same again to get it delivered to sunny south devon

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cut off drawbar and stick on a pallet?

 

Nearly

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Location

North of York

• May 27, 2015

• #9

KennyO said:

cut off drawbar and stick on a pallet?

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It looks like it unbolts. Just need someone from Oop North to go to Devon on holiday.

 

Barleycorn

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BASE UK Member

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Hampshire

• May 28, 2015

• #10

Here is the link to the plans for the Rodale crimper roller.

http://rodaleinstitute.org/our-work/organic-no-till/no-till-rollercrimper-plans/

 

MickMoor

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Location

Bonsall, UK

• May 28, 2015

• #11

There was a thread a while back about auger flights. These crimps are not that different.To get them to fit the roll, you are going to have to stretch the outer edge or compress the inner edge that is welded to the roll. Auger flights are made in a special rolling machine. I also wonder if you wil lnot have difficulty making a satisfactory weld to a roller; I would be surprised if it was mild steel.

 

joe soapy

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Location

devon

• May 29, 2015

• #12

better off starting from scratch.
Decide on diameter, number of bars, and width ,
Get round end plates cut with slots for bars
Maybe 16mm for end plates and 12mm for intermediary.
50 x 12mm for bars.
All cut using CNC plasma should just slot together and weld up.

Local fabricator hardly does any cutting himself now, just sends design to
firm a few miles away, they do the cutting, and everything fits just about perfect