Wesley Chambers Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I love seeing these goliaths come back to live keep the updates coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Gregory Posted January 21, 2012 Author Share Posted January 21, 2012 Last year was a seriously suck year for me, so this project got back-burnered in a bad way. Hopefully things will be different this coming year - I feel bad that things just got left hanging, but I guess that's just how it rolls some times! Someone on another forum mentioned that they didn't know what the heck I was working on, as all my shots don't really show what it's supposed to look like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Gregory Posted May 9, 2012 Author Share Posted May 9, 2012 Finally got my xxx out to fiddle with this thing again. Many of the problems I'm facing with it are beyond my skill level, so I decided (only after exhausting myself after five hours of wrestling with it) that it's time to call in a heavy gun. He's agreed to stop by and assess the situation in the near future, so hopefully some REAL progress will be made!!!! Nonetheless, I removed the helve height adjusting bolts, cleaned 'em up and re-assembled them. Using the jamb nut as a 'knob', you can raise or lower the entire helve assembly with the twist of a wrist!!!!! I can only guess at it's actual weight, but I certainly think no less than 400 pounds. All of the bolts run in their threads nice and smooth. Awesome. Anyway, after finding that I wasn't getting any further, I cleaned up and grabbed the camera and took a couple glamor photos - here's my favorite: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefarm39 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Don't know about Matthew, but I would sure like to see pics of the rebuild process and progress! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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