15 t jack for my early Tiger I

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:12 pm

Hi all,

I have tried to get a ready to fit 15 t jack to complete my early Tiger I . No way as fare as I went. So best was to create my own built. Based on the Photos from Rob Veenendaal I made a set of drawings and started. Here are the first results for those interested.

Roland

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(Hurra, got the photo transfered from Phptobucket)

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Steve Norris · Post by **Steve Norris** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:51 pm

Hi Roland,
Brilliant

, Is this a one off or do you plan on producing some more of these ?
Steve

Kent Wiik · Post by **Kent Wiik** » Sat May 30, 2009 7:55 pm

Hi Roland

You are the man!
My god you German builders are amazing, you are better then us Swedes...

- hats off!

Cheers
Kent

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:19 pm

Thank you for the flowers Kent as we say here in Germany. I know the parts look dirty but believe me it will be nicer after shot blasting.

Sorry Steve, this will be a one off. It is just not economical for me with my kind of tooling to produce a batch.

Next step will be the shot blasting and mounting the gear box with rivets.

Roland

Steve Stuart · Post by **Steve Stuart** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:31 pm

Hi Roland
The jack is brilliant! As an alternative, any chance of supplying plans for the jack? It would be a real challenge for me to make one, but it would be good to try!
Steve

Tim Bowman · Post by **Tim Bowman** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:26 am

Remarkable Roland! Super work as always!

Erstaunlich!

Kind regards
Tim

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Sun May 31, 2009 3:40 am

That's another photo where it's impossible to judge the scale of the parts

Can't wait to see it built up and operating

Adrian.

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:46 am

Thank you all for your nice comments. And yes Adrian, I can't wait to the moment when I lift up one corner of my Tiger with the jack. This time all material is steel and strong enough to perform for a real lift.
For those interested, the first two gears sets are module 0,5 while the final is 1,0. Most difficult to perform are the axles distances. With the first pair of gears it is 11,25 mm and the second it is 16,25 mm.
The gear box halfes are 1,5 and the other 1,0 mm in thickness.

Here the parts after shotblasting and ready for closing the gearbox by rivetting the halfes.

Best regards Roland

simon_manning · Post by **simon_manning** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:02 am

another master peice from you roland,what a build when finished,superb!

simon manning

Roland Mann · Post by **Roland Mann** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:10 am

Hallo Steve Stuart, sent you a P.M.

Thank you Simon for your comment. I will have a very motivated way for my next steps. Rivetting is the next. The rivetts will have a 1.4 mm shaft and the head Ã˜ will be 2.5 mm. The material is copper and there are only 33 to fit.

Roland

Jeffrey Goff · Post by **Jeffrey Goff** » Sun May 31, 2009 9:22 am

Hi Roland, superb craftsmanship, like all your other work this will be a work of art
regards Jeff

Jeff Hyder · Post by **Jeff Hyder** » Sun May 31, 2009 11:34 am

Hi Roland,

I am going to have a cup of tea!

Cheers Jeff Hyder.

Fred Lopian · Post by **Fred Lopian** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:04 pm

Klasse Arbeit Roland.
Super work Roland.

Much greets from Leipzig

Fred

Pierluigi Patri · Post by **Pierluigi Patri** » Sun May 31, 2009 12:34 pm

Hi Roland
A piece of art like your 88 mm gun.
It is really a pity you do not make a batch.

Matthijs Dijkstra · Post by **Matthijs Dijkstra** » Sun May 31, 2009 4:36 pm

Roland,

Outstanding Super Toll WOW !!!!

Matthijs

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