welding chevrons on a (ballast) roller

[Richard Devon]

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]

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

 

[Richard Devon]

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

 

[Blue.]

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?

Angle iron welded on with both edges onto the barrel.

 

[Nearly]

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


mis-spelling rules ok!

 

[Richard Devon]

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

 

[Nearly]

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

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

 

[KennyO]

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

cut off drawbar and stick on a pallet?

 

[Nearly]

cut off drawbar and stick on a pallet?

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

 

[Barleycorn]

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]

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]

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