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That gang milling fixture is very nice indeed, a great solution. I could not imagine having to machine each slot with only one cutter.
Excellent work

Bart

I have a question. On the picture of the tank I have posted above. What is the black item on top of the track guard?

Just guessing but I going to say an oil cooler. Terrific work as usual Mike! Your cutter for the end links looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.

This has nothing to do with the real tank, the radiator is inside....
Perhaps the reconstructors, while modernizing the tank, added some new parts....

Could they be bolt on track grousers? The black plates each have 2 holes which might be bolt holes that line up with the 2 holes in the track links maybe? Admittedly the holes look like they are a different pitch to the holes in the actual tracks.

I sit here quietly in awe of you skills.

Ive spent the last few weeks milling , drilling,welding, filing and deburring and ive ended up with a set of tracks (at last).

Terrific machining work there, Mike! Seeing all those track links together is really impressive. I thought I'd done well printing a set, but these are next-level!

Those tracks look great...I wish I had skills...and tools...well and lots of money... NVM, ignore me.

tankme wrote: ↑Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:01 pm Those tracks look great...I wish I had skills...and tools...well and lots of money... NVM, ignore me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef9QnZVpVd8

Sigh, aint that the truth