ok worked the magic with the torch and welder. problem i had was the old sprocket was of poor casting because there is a layer of something and the torch won't cut it. so i removed the chrome welds and did a test fit. look good, even the tooth fits good.
more welding to come

thansk

Yes we in the southland would be really be bored with out your stories, I mean writing. You have taken on a real project, Whats the town coffee drinkers say?
The weatherman promises us our first Snow on Thursday. So far we have dodged the Ice also. I like snow & cold but no wind.
May Green (JD) and shades of Yellow continue great stories. Clay

Hi KoO,
Man, that looks like tough going. Must have used some high nickel rod to put that old ring on. What you got looks pretty good. Now you will have to put a filler piece on each spoke. Looks like the shop will be warm for another day or two. Good job of anchoring everything. Warpedge is half the battle. I hate it when you have to lay beads just to straighten stuff out then have to grind it away.

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I am moving you right on up there in Swishy's status----remember Doc Swishy and his famous "eye exams" (damn near burned both of my eyes looking at those good looking women).

Now we've got this new "tooth dentist" here on the board who is approaching the title of "Dr." King of Obsolete (specializing in old teeth)

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and hopefully not old women.

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and have damn near burned both eyes looking at all the welding.

Keep up the good work

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wish I had some of your energy.

Delta Dirt

thansk DD, was side tracked today so i didn't get it done, i would like it done tomorroowww, LOL

lots of welds and must be clean

thansk

well i worked my magic and mad a RD6 sprocket fit the D6 9U which was not bad since it was one tooth short. so today it was assembly time and whipp up a handmade a spanner wrench.
(would like to buy a cat adjustable one someday) so at 4:30 today i needed a bearing race and the nearest one is 1200 kms away, go figure because it is friday (i thought i had a spare race and when i went t install it didn't like it, i have come this far so what is another couple of days???) so i phone my brother in-law and he is sending me one on the bus tonight. family comes in handy once in a while, LOL
we weld and weld tommorrow. got to get this cat finished because i need to angle plow the snow in the yard.

thansk

Hi KoO,
Looks pretty good for a fabricated sprocket;)
Maybe it's just the picture but that missing tooth replacement looks to have a strange arc to it. Does it match the cross section curvature with the others??

wow you caught that right off the bat, so "old" magnet is not that old, LOL

since the sprocket only use every second tooth and i only had once shot at trying to cut a very poor casting job and i needed that tooth. ( was not going to put a td-18 tooth in to fill the space, LOL) so i cut it and then welded the sprocket together with one dip thing a little out. all others match and the chain will ride on those ones. very pleased at the way it turned out and it was better then what i started with.

thansk

Gotcha, so long as it is not the high tooth it'll work out.

Also noticed you went to the trouble of using old spoke filler pieces....nice touch

yes i used the sokes from the rd-6 sprocket so it will be the same material when welding. getting smart in my old age, LOL

besides i didn't have to go out in the snow bank and shovel around till i found something, LOL

the best part is all except one chrome weld is gone, never liked chrome, LOL

took my ime welding and did lots of flipping the sprocket arund to control the heat.


thansk