aametalmaster Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 For my neighbor and his tree company. I started with some 4140 steel and turned them to size. Then i drilled the spray holes while still mounted in my lathe with my cross slide hole driller then turned the taper with my home made taper attachment then finally the sharp pont with a disc sander. Don't need to be pretty since they just go in the dirt...Bob 1st pic, cross slide hole driller on another project, and tapping some set screw holes. 2nd pic, cutting the long taper. 3rd pic, spray point done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdwarner Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 nice job, quick question what is a fertilizer tip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aametalmaster Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 It screws onto a long wand with a trigger and a pump pushes fertilizer into the soil under trees giving them added nutrients. Sounds like a way to make more money. Tree fertilizing who would have thought...Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdwarner Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 you think there may be a market for stainless ones , is this a popular thing that tree guys do c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aametalmaster Posted December 19, 2007 Author Share Posted December 19, 2007 Stainless prob would be better, but they break and just wear out from the dirt. I never heard of it until a few weeks ago when he bought his rig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdwarner Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 i was asking whether perhaps it was a viable production product thanks chuck you have bee helpful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Did you heat treat it any? Help resist wear, but go for tough due to rocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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