Ball Mill Pics

[Bulldog]

I would like to post a "few" pics of the Ball Mills that My son and I build but I'm not sure how so if something goes wrong please excuse me.
Randy

[Bulldog]

I guess my pics are to large for the site... Oh well, I did take a picture of a weld that my son did on the drive plate. I hope that this comes out ok. I do the fit ups and tacks then he does the welding. By the way, he's 9yrs old.
Randy

[Tanner]

Nice weld! Wow, I wish I could have done that when I was 9. Shoot me those pictures in an email to [email protected], and I'll make those pictures smaller and repost them for you.

[fun4now]

sweet weld

sweet weld for any age. nice to have the little bulldog in the shop ant it
my son loves to watch and help out but is only 5 so no welding yet (mom wont let us start him) but he helps with the prep and is lerning lots

[tackit]

Tell em we start at seven and bring along a hat, gloves and a big lunch.

[Bulldog]

Tackit,
Sorry, my son makes the 102 mile ride with me about 3 days a week to Kingston where he gets to help me or the mechanics in the garage. Some days he gets to load the bins with the 745 loader. The rest of the week he has work at home to be done. Would ya believe it my wife says he doesn't play enough...
Randy

[Tanner]

Bulldog, just a quick heads up, somethings came up and I won't be able to get your pictures on here until 2pm or later. Sorry for the delay!

[Bulldog]

Hi Tanner,
What are ya kidding! Don't worry about when. I appreciate you even volunteering to put them on for me.

[Tanner]

To make things easier for me, hah, go to http://tanner.mikemel.com/bulldog

[Bulldog]

Thanks Tanner,
The little guy was real happy to see the pictures linked to the site.

[fun4now]

Sweet

MAYBE A STUPID ? what dose a ball mill do looks like a tumble polisher? am i close ?
i may not know what it is but it looks verry well built and looks like the little buldog has a great dad to let him play too

[Bulldog]

Hey James,
A Ball Mill is used basicly to grind things up... Cement companys use them to grind rock into cement. The one that you see on Tanners site will be used to grind glass into dust. It will be filled with about 700lbs of steel balls and then some glass. There's a 3hp motor and 50.1 gear box that drives it. (Not Shown) By the way the little Bulldog isn't playing he's working... The funny thing is he smiles alot...
Bulldog

[fun4now]

Cool

COOL VERRY SIMILER TO A ROCK POLISHER JUST DIFERENT ITEMS IN THE SPINER
YOU CALL IT WORK BUT I BET HE CALLS IT PLAY
HE WILL CALL IT WORK IN ABOUT 10YRS WHEN HE HAS TO BE THERE

sorry about the caps on everythin the wife used the comp and i didnt notice

[Bulldog]

Thanks for everyones input!
Randy

[Bulldog]

Well, The Ball Mill works!!! I hooked the thing up (Temporarily) with a lead cord. I didn't even have the motor plate finished but the owners were up from N.Y.C. and couldn't wait to see it run. The first pic is of the motor plate with the 3hp motor and 50/1 gear reduction. The second pic is of the glass before we ground it The third and forth is of the same glass after about 1 hr of grinding. Well I hope that you have enjoyed the project.
Bulldog