Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 well after a lot of looking round i gave up and made some of my own,one in ally (can't spell the full word) and is equlivant to a 8m high x 4.5 m wide silo they used to have on the farm,the black cylinder is equlivant to a 12 m permastore silo they had and ,is going to be painted blue with a white top ,got the measurements from my uncle so ther are acurate.going to hopefully fit ladders and hatches to them and make a p.t.o driven blower for the large one to load it,put a tractor next to them to give a size perspective,what do you all think [attachment deleted by admin] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 I like! Was that an old welding tank? I think it could be fun to make an electric motor driven blower, with a light enough material, it "could" work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 as they say with out getting my reply removed....the dogs nuts ;D!!!, its long over due omething like this!!! When are you putting them into production?!? !, .....i envy u conversion guys for having the time, skill and patience!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 no ihp it's actually a sheet of corigated ally from 4d models,gives a lovely effect ?with the ribbing,rolled it round the black tube and popriveted it together,hadn't thought about making the blower work,would be possible but the material would have to be very light.the black tube is an old fibre optic ?joint we used at work,they are ?obsolet now but i do know of a store with a few in,so might be able to nake a few more if everything goes to plan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Ah, i thought the black tube was the tank, was going to say, that would have been a lot of effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 it would have been,it's only made off a polyethelen so is lightish like i said ther may be more on the way if i can get to the store first,someone else is eyeing them up for the garden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 cheers fenboy,there may be more on the way,the metal ones are a bit pricey so am looking at making a resin copy of the sheet corigated ally,can just paint them then.the only problem i have is time at the moment,thats why the marstons are in batches evere few weeks ,can't fit it all in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Hi Guys , the plastic rolls of silage wrapping centre tubes might be ok for this job , I had looked but thought they were a bit small , on seeing yours here Sean perhaps they aren`t ............. what were the full scale sizes you used? These inner tubes thingys I have were for the 750mm rolls so slightly longer than that and they`ll be 3 or 4 inches across at a guess without looking properly.I`ll go check and post ! John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 the plastic tubes are 92mm in diameter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 5, 2005 Author Share Posted May 5, 2005 hi the scale worked out to the following both origonals were 4.5 m wide at the base,which works out to 15 cm or? inches havn't got a ruleer to hand but i think thats 5 and a half inches there near as hight was 8 m on the small one which was 25 cm tall one was 12 m which is 37.5 cm as i said these were sizes from proper silos the tubes i get from work are spot on in diameter and come at 3/4 m lenghts so can be cut down to suit hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallclaas Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 Very Nice Tractorman810, would'nt mind to get my hands on some of those black cylinders, will make excellent slios. Garret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEBRITFARMER Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 By those measurements you need a tube about 140mm accross. I could be wrong though. Hated math in school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 6, 2005 Author Share Posted May 6, 2005 i just realised that brit,my measurements are out ,the tube is 150mm wide which makes a 4.8m dia silo,not quite the same size as the real one ,(.3m out) , but close enough,sorry ,i hated maths too,always thinking about going to the farm or footy, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 25.4mm to 1 inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 cheers fenboy,didn't do inchs in my day,mind you i think i should have taken more notice in maths judgeing by the error i made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepoundland Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 What we need is a 1/32 scale ruler! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 that could be done!!...well if you work it out and mark it on a piece of wood??! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 i just mark the lines on a steel ruler with a scribe or to be honest 9.6mm=1ft so unless you want to b absolutely correct you could use 10mm scale 3/8in =1ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Oh I wish I had a maths Qualification......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCF Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 That is a nice grain silo you have there tractorman810! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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