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15 t jack for my early Tiger I

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:12 pm
by Roland Mann
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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Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:51 pm
by Steve Norris
Hi Roland,
Brilliant :D , Is this a one off or do you plan on producing some more of these ?
Steve

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 7:55 pm
by Kent Wiik
Hi Roland

You are the man!
My god you German builders are amazing, you are better then us Swedes... :shock: - hats off!

Cheers
Kent

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 9:19 pm
by Roland Mann
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

Posted: Sat May 30, 2009 11:31 pm
by Steve Stuart
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

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:26 am
by Tim Bowman
Remarkable Roland! Super work as always!

Erstaunlich!

Kind regards
Tim

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 3:40 am
by Adrian Harris
That's another photo where it's impossible to judge the scale of the parts :D

Can't wait to see it built up and operating :!:

Adrian.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 8:46 am
by Roland Mann
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.

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

Best regards Roland

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:02 am
by simon_manning
another master peice from you roland,what a build when finished,superb!

simon manning

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:10 am
by Roland Mann
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 Ø will be 2.5 mm. The material is copper and there are only 33 to fit.

Roland

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 9:22 am
by Jeffrey Goff
Hi Roland, superb craftsmanship, like all your other work this will be a work of art
regards Jeff

15 Ton Jack

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 11:34 am
by Jeff Hyder
Hi Roland,

I am going to have a cup of tea!

Cheers Jeff Hyder.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:04 pm
by Fred Lopian
Klasse Arbeit Roland.
Super work Roland.

Much greets from Leipzig

Fred

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 12:34 pm
by Pierluigi Patri
Hi Roland
A piece of art like your 88 mm gun.
It is really a pity you do not make a batch.

Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 4:36 pm
by Matthijs Dijkstra
Roland,

Outstanding Super Toll WOW !!!!

Matthijs