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Posted by Doug White on May 16, 2006, 8:31 pm
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>The fellow I partnered up with to buy the two Diacro fingerbrakes has
>decided he wants a 36" brake..so he wants to sell the one he paid for.
>
>It, like mine, is rusty and has no fingers, but is in othewise decent
>condition. Im very surprised how good of condition mine is in as I
>remove rust and repaint. Its an easy restore.
>
>It has the factory back gage, and is generally complete but for the
>fingers. Fingers are 1" thick, by 5" deep, by whatever width you want
>to make them, so you could make them of scrounged materials.
>
>Its on a heavy stand, and has a air cylinder to clamp/unclamp with,
>which is easily removed (I did on mine)
>
>$300 OBO. Pickup in Taft, California, or I can haul it down to the
>So. Cal area for a modest fee.
There was someone who posted here several years back that said he
regularly made new fingers for these out of "plow steel". C1045 alloy he
thought. His email was: catruckman@aol.com, and his sig was:
Leigh @ Marmachine
I tried contacting him about getting some custom fingers for my 12" brake
several years ago, but never connected.
Doug White
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>decided he wants a 36" brake..so he wants to sell the one he paid for.
>
>It, like mine, is rusty and has no fingers, but is in othewise decent
>condition. Im very surprised how good of condition mine is in as I
>remove rust and repaint. Its an easy restore.
>
>It has the factory back gage, and is generally complete but for the
>fingers. Fingers are 1" thick, by 5" deep, by whatever width you want
>to make them, so you could make them of scrounged materials.
>
>Its on a heavy stand, and has a air cylinder to clamp/unclamp with,
>which is easily removed (I did on mine)
>
>$300 OBO. Pickup in Taft, California, or I can haul it down to the
>So. Cal area for a modest fee.