The New Hillbilly Winch Prototype

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Tell me what you think! Its going to get polished and than clear coated.
Be free to ask questions.

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BLAIRWITCH · Posted: May 17, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

haha i need to do this for a spool what did u do just screw to pieces of wood together Smash

coricluster · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 1826 City: berlin

it looks good, i dont like the wood spool i dont think it will hold up, but i like the tubular frame, i think thats a good idea and it should be a little lighter. the splash guard is nice too.. nice work

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Thanks.The spool is just Temporary but its 1 inch thick so it holds up just fine, and the frame is realy light to it is made out of galvanise so it doesnt rust also. The spool is put togetheir with 10inch bolts with galvaise spacers in the middle.

BLAIRWITCH · Posted: May 17, 2008 10:03 pm Post subject:

sandiego4real, haha thats cool i might do the spool like that on mine temporary so i dont have to shell out the money for a nice spool now

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Yea thats why we did that, than im having a buddy cut us out some custom ones out of some kind of metal havent decide on what kind yet.

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Just got back from the first test run!deep water started me and than the next pull it pulled the stakes out and fliped!!no big deal though just broke the chain and got a lil sandy..has this ever happened to anybody else?????

Kay-Kay · Posted: May 18, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

sandiego4real, galvanized??? did you wear a respirator and coat the welds with protective paint?

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Nope.u dont have to do that with galvanise.and where going to paint the welds..

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: May 18, 2008 10:48 pm Post subject:

wood? lol?

Kay-Kay · Posted: May 18, 2008 10:49 pm Post subject:

the fumes from welding galvanized can make you sick for a couple days. It won't kill you but it doesn't sound like a pleasant experience, and welding vaporizes the portective zinc coating in the weld area making it really prone to rust. It would be a good idea to coat it with some zinc paint to restore anti-rust properties.

http://www.sperkoengineering.com/html/articles/WeldingGalvanized.pdf

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

Yea.the galvanize has been sitting outside for a couple years..But none of us got sick.but we welded it outside so thats probaly why.Thanks for the info man

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

What if you take the wooden spool and fiberglass it ? Anyone ever try that ? Would it work?

JEFFE · Grouch Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 266 City: Sesame Street

If you weld stainless you get Chromium 6 and Hexavelant Chromium...Which is known to cause cancer.

Federal Jury awards $20.5 million in welding fumes lawsuit

12/10/2007
A jury in the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Ohio, awarded Jeffery Tamraz, 51, a judgment of $17.5 million, and his wife an additional $3 million in a lawsuit in which Tamraz sued four companies for not issuing sufficient warning about the dangers of inhaling welding fumes.

Tamraz claimed the fumes gave him tremors, headaches and symptoms similar to Parkinson’s disease. Tamraz worked as a welder and ironworker in San Francisco for 27 years.

A nine-person jury said Lincoln Electric, Hobart Brother Co. ESAB Group, TDY Industries and BOC Group showed negligence by not sufficiently warning Tamraz of the toxicity of manganese in their products.

Lawyers for those companies said they will appeal the verdict.

Nearly 3,000 similar lawsuits have been filed by welders who claim that welding rod producers failed to protect them from the potential dangers of manganese coming from the fumes generated by the welding process.

The welding companies have said that the amount of ultra-fine manganese particles in welding fumes is too low to cause harm and that workers who use masks and ventilating fans will not be affected.

Medical studies to determine if those claims are valid have been inconclusive.

The welding companies have won 16 of 18 lawsuits related to welding fumes.

The Tamraz case was the first time a plaintiff won a case since 2003.

http://www.weldingmag.com/323/News/Article/False/76923/

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

hmmm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Montgomery · Backside 180 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 976 City: Rogers

So any thoughts on a fiberglass spool ?

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

It would work easy.

price.dan · Backside 180 Joined: 10 May 2006 Posts: 1404 City: Regina

Montgomery, fiberglass & carbon fiber spools have been discussed on winchskating.com

sandiego4real · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 518

I would not want a carbon fiber spool.it would break way easy..we wer testing some carbon fiber dirtbike pipes and they would break on 200ft doubles just from landing!!!!!.one even broke in a whoop section