changing viens

Re: changing veins

Personally .....I would leave working on the "veins" to a good vascular
surgeon. If you want to work on the vanes, then you might consider pulling off the feeder house & then pulling the rotor:



.......especially if you are close to cone time.....check the right side
of the cone for wear ( left side of the frame in this snap)



....got away with murder on this one, thanks to a little help from some hard surfacing. Years ago we would have pulled the cone &
had it chromed....now the recommendation is to run it to destruction, then replace with........



......new.

.....a few less bruised knuckles and blue words hurled about the
shop.

Quote:98J, take a look at the Kile Mfg elephant ears. Have a custom cutter friend up in Garfield WA that used them last year and loves them. I'm getting a new set in March.

Yo Wamag!! We have been using Dyco's......and 'Steep' adds a little
art work with the wire feed for good measure. A snap from back in
2004...



How many inches of "Global Warming" do you have on the ground
up there????

'Steep' got tired of patching on the cone, and he was getting scared
of the rotor cage, so......we went for the whole enchilada in '06...
pulled the rotor, cone & cage. Looks pretty bare with all the guts
out:



We could have run the cage a season or two more, but the cone had
to go, so 'Steep' talked the boss into springing for the whole 9 yards.
Shouldn't have to back inside for a long time.

If you do end up pulling the rotor Dan, take a good look at the feeder
chain & spks......way easier to swap out the sprockets with the feeder
house on the deck. A snap of a simple stand set up. 'Steep' talks
about building a classier version with wheels so we can scoot the
feeder house around.