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I know this is a hunting site but thought this would interest a few on here.
I started with 1/4 inch plate cut to size for the tank. Then welded a piece of angle iron to the bottom. The sides are angled for two reasons, 1 was to cut down the amount of water to heat and two was to have all sludge and crud run right to the middle for easy clean out.
The next step involved welding a 6 inch burner pipe into the tank. I could have bought a bunch of unions to make the turns thru the tank but saved a pile of money by just cutting and welding the 6 inch pipe.
The next step involved making the frame and drive assembly for the Conveyor belt that runs the length of the machine- 19 feet.
The was alot of hours into making each of these Conveyor supports with drive lugs. They are simple black pipe with a bunch of holes drilled and lugs welded into to rotate as the conveyor rolls over. These are non driving and mainly to support the Conveyor. They are supported to the frame by some high temp nylon bushings .
One end of the conveyor has the belt adjustment.
The drive end of the conveyor is a single 1/2 hp electric motor that runs through two browning gear reduction boxes. The gear reducers and conveyor drive are connected with chain and sprocket.
The absolute best part of the machine is the burner. This thing we be fired by a waste oil burner. It will run strictly on the excess used transmission fluid we accumulate from the torque converters we rebuild. Free fuel !!
Next was to mount the pump and plumb the jets. There will be three rows of 9 jets below the conveyor spraying up and three rows of 9 jets above , spraying down. The last step was to build a spray cabinet cover. I made this out of aluminum for corrosion resistance and light weight for easy removal to clean jets .
Almost done. Wire the whole thing up and a few odds and ends.
I started with 1/4 inch plate cut to size for the tank. Then welded a piece of angle iron to the bottom. The sides are angled for two reasons, 1 was to cut down the amount of water to heat and two was to have all sludge and crud run right to the middle for easy clean out.
The next step involved welding a 6 inch burner pipe into the tank. I could have bought a bunch of unions to make the turns thru the tank but saved a pile of money by just cutting and welding the 6 inch pipe.
The next step involved making the frame and drive assembly for the Conveyor belt that runs the length of the machine- 19 feet.
The was alot of hours into making each of these Conveyor supports with drive lugs. They are simple black pipe with a bunch of holes drilled and lugs welded into to rotate as the conveyor rolls over. These are non driving and mainly to support the Conveyor. They are supported to the frame by some high temp nylon bushings .
One end of the conveyor has the belt adjustment.
The drive end of the conveyor is a single 1/2 hp electric motor that runs through two browning gear reduction boxes. The gear reducers and conveyor drive are connected with chain and sprocket.
The absolute best part of the machine is the burner. This thing we be fired by a waste oil burner. It will run strictly on the excess used transmission fluid we accumulate from the torque converters we rebuild. Free fuel !!
Next was to mount the pump and plumb the jets. There will be three rows of 9 jets below the conveyor spraying up and three rows of 9 jets above , spraying down. The last step was to build a spray cabinet cover. I made this out of aluminum for corrosion resistance and light weight for easy removal to clean jets .
Almost done. Wire the whole thing up and a few odds and ends.
