What would you use it for?

[CAOS]

Hey everyone,

Picked up this gear today from the local scrap yard, it was a workout trying to dig it out of the pile then carrying it to the scale. It weighs in at 132 Lbs. I plan on using it as the base for my 8" bench grinder stand.

Thought it might be interesting to see if anyone has any better ideas of what it could be used for?

Thanks for your time!

 

[srmofo]

that thing is damn cool. I think a base for pedestal is the perfect application.

 

[EvilWelder]

Base for a vise or grinder, or tie the dog to it.

 

[Alchymist]

Got a boat?

 

[BD1]

Put a clock inside and hang on wall!

 

[kf4zht]

I think a base for a grinder is a great idea. I would try and find tube that fits on top of the center with a lip, rather than going over it.

 

[AB Design+Build]

Cut it in half...

 

[Jason280]

Ankle bracelet for the wife?

Only if you're taking her swimming!

Looks perfect for a grinder or vise base!

 

[CAOS]

I think a base for a grinder is a great idea. I would try and find tube that fits on top of the center with a lip, rather than going over it.

Yea a piece of 4" pipe would leave a nice lip to make a nice fillet weld. A buddy of mine had said how sweet would it be to find a shaft with the same splines to slide inside the the sprocket.

 

[nine4gmc]

the shaft would be perfect, but a piece of pipe will do. nice find, my scrap guy comes by every day with heavy **** but nothing cool like a sprocket.

 

[sberry]

If I knew then what I know now would have save it till someone came along that just had to have it.

 

[rider9195]

Making bets with your friends that they can't lift it. Lol.

 

[bad_idea]

What kind of steel is it? Are you going to be able to weld to it? Is it cast? It may weld fine and make for good looking welds, but then crack the first time you stress the welds. Could make for a painful mess.

 

[OccupantRJ]

What size chain fits that sprocket?

 

[Hal]

What size chain fits that sprocket?

Not actually a sprocket but a gear, probably a bull gear from the final drive of a fairly big dozer or tractor. There would be a much smaller gear (the "bull pinion") driving it, maybe somewhere between five and ten to one ratio. The splined hub fits the end of the drive axle.

It could also be from some sort of industrial machinery, but the dozer was the first thing that came to mind.

 

[AeroNautiCal]

Use it as a swimming aid... For someone you don't like!

 

[Sincitymetalworks]

Cat final drive

 

[Brad54]

Throw it in a friend's trunk and forget to tell him about it.

-Brad

 

[fourjeepin]

Cool gear. I found one similar in my local scrap yard, but it was a little larger and about 4" thick across the entire face. Would have made for great yard art, but they wanted $200 bucks for it. And it weighed lost 500 lbs - moving it would have been fun!

 

[CAOS]

What kind of steel is it? Are you going to be able to weld to it? Is it cast? It may weld fine and make for good looking welds, but then crack the first time you stress the welds. Could make for a painful mess.

As far as I can tell it is not cast, machined block of steel. If I was to mount a vise to it I'd likely preheat it, but since it's just getting a bench grinder I'll hit it with some 7018 without any worries.

 

[Kevin54]

It would be perfect for some outside yard art.

 

[jamesemery728]

Put in the back of your 2WD pickup in the winter for extra traction. Would also make a grand grinder stand. Looks like a gear from a major piece of equipment.

 

[Bar Ditch]

Anvil base. Its got the stability.

 

[CAOS]

Put in the back of your 2WD pickup in the winter for extra traction. Would also make a grand grinder stand. Looks like a gear from a major piece of equipment.

Trucks shouldn't even be sold in 2WD on the Prairies!

 

[OccupantRJ]

I've changed out a few bull gears in gearboxes that were 4 feet in diameter, and a foot thick. Heavy suckers!

 

[Garage5.9]

I've changed out a few bull gears in gearboxes that were 4 feet in diameter, and a foot thick. Heavy suckers!

pics or it didn't happen

 

[coldfusion21]

We do gears like that at work. Some 3-4' across but only 6 or so inches high. Weigh almost 500lbs. Earlier this year a guy dropped one on his foot while removing it from the vertical lathe. Bad times.

If its for anything like a gear box or final drive it's a forging that's been machined and possibly heat treated.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Either a base for a grinder/vise or a permanent door stop.

 

[taumac]

Thats cool!!! I say put a piece of glass on it and use it as a table or something like that. I like it as a conversation piece. I seen ppl make tables out of engine blocks truck rims etc.


heres mine 200 to 300lb converstion piece just after I painted it.

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[BD1]

We do gears like that at work. Some 3-4' across but only 6 or so inches high. Weigh almost 500lbs. Earlier this year a guy dropped one on his foot while removing it from the vertical lathe. Bad times.

If its for anything like a gear box or final drive it's a forging that's been machined and possibly heat treated.

OUCH !!!!!!!!!!!! Did he call a toe truck ???

 

[CAOS]

Thats cool!!! I say put a piece of glass on it and use it as a table or something like that. I like it as a conversation piece. I seen ppl make tables out of engine blocks truck rims etc.


heres mine 200 to 300lb converstion piece just after I painted it.

Sweet! What was it to begin with?

 

[taumac]

its know as a Vulcanizer Rubber Mold Hydraulic press. We had a friend that use to make her own rubber molds for casting her own jewerly pieces from pewter. The top and bottom are 1 3/4 thick and those nuts are 2 3/4 big. That is a 25 Ton jack and not in pic is the 3 14 in dia steel plates 1 is 1 3/4 thick and 2 are 1in thick. I never weight it but im 5'8 180 in good shape and I cant lift the top off without help. I say use it for art or something cool because you make a base for grinder out of any steel rim off a truck anyday of the week. Its not too often you find something cool as that. That just my 2 cents.


I found this pic of a similiar one

 

[Tucko]

If you're a tough guy like me, you'd use it for a frisbee! LOL, but seriously...that thing is cool!

 

[Herb]

C*&k ring.

 

[taumac]

If you're a tough guy like me, you'd use it for a frisbee! LOL, but seriously...that thing is cool!

Remind me never to come to your neck of the woods or piss you off althrough you could save me airfair by throwing me back home LOL

 

[taumac]

C*&k ring.

if that was the case wouldnt you be starring in a **** movie somewhere instead of being on GJ

 

[CAOS]

if that was the case wouldnt you be starring in a **** movie somewhere instead of being on GJ

If you wore that for a **** ring, you'd likely get put in jail for murder. On the plus side, you'd never have to worry about dropping the soap....pay backs a real *****!

 

[goodspeed]

If it was mine (and I wish it was), I'd make it into a coffee table. Build a frame for it and cover the top in glass. If nothing else, I'd make it a coffee table for the office in my garage. Who knows how the little lady would feel about that in the house. Lol

 

[CheezyRiderAZ]

SWEET find!
That's the kinda thing I see someone carting out as I pull in to the scrapyard.....

It'd make a great base for a grinder, or a couple grinders, or even a vise......or you could make some kinda removable setup, like a receiver, that you could use for assorted tools depending on what you need at the time.
Keep in mind, if you have it inside your shop, garage, or whatever and you have to move it, you're likely gonna ding up any kinda floor coating if you have any....

 

[rsanter]

Make a stand for it and put a round piece of glass on top and you have a new coffee table or end table

Bob