My grandfather has an original 1937 farmall f 14 tractor, the same year he was born, hes 84 years old and can still work the homestead just like hes 48 lol, the only thing holding us back from getting him back on it is that we are having timing issues with the after market wico magnito, but as soon as i get that strait he will be on her. Awsome job on the mini me farmall f14 tho, i think its amazing and ingenious
No cnc just manual equipment.The engine block and transmission were fabricated from steel and tig welded and then machined.Gears and shafts were made with an dividing head on a vertical mill.Crankshaft was turned on a lathe with offset centers and then ground.
Hi Mr. Franz, Just curious if you would tell us a bit about your career background and how you came to model and engine building? Your stuff is amazing and you definitely take everything you do to another level.
That is one lucky son of a gun sitting behind the wheel of that tractor. Dennis, you are above genius. I hope you mass produce your creations for all to enjoy.
Dennis, I fly giant scale warbirds and I now want a tractor!!! I just bought a 1935 F-12 this weekend for my 90yr old Dad's Christmas present. With a little TLC I should get a video of him waving to us like the little dude on your tractor. Nice work by the way!!!
LOL, at first I thought, oh my god he has a toddler running a tractor...well we are in ks......thats very cool, I second the motion for a finish mower attachment. I would ride over from Arlington to watch you mow!
how did you make the parts? I know you scaled them down but did you creat an autocad file and then cnc out the parts? I want to make a model of a Farmall M on sleet wheels with a new idea 305 picker on it
I'm guessing your the one that sold the John Deere Model D in Fairview Oklahoma , my friend was filming that day for the Tractor show . Loved watching the tape of both models you brought that day , a Case I believe . Amazing price you got for it .
Hello Dennis I know you have been asked a tremendous number of questions as I have read most of them. I am still wondering beyond the masterful job you did on the tractor itself,could you please comment on the so called robot you have driving the tractor and how you constructed it. Thanks Mitch
Hi Mr. Franz, Just curious if you would tell us a bit about your career background and how you came to model and engine building? Your stuff is amazing and you definitely take everything you do to another level.
John , I have been interested in machine work all of my life.I was in the HVAC business for 35 years. My father was intrigued by engines and anything mechanical and I guess it rubbed off to me.
Thanks for the reply Mr. Franz... That's really interesting... after seeing the quality and complexity of your work I would have guessed you had worked in the aerospace industry or some similar field. I'm glad you're having fun and have shared some of your projects here.
Where are you from Dennis? I'm working on a tractor show here in our town (Winchester, OH) on August 27th 2016 and we would love to have your tractor there. It is a beautiful piece and a tremendous engineering accomplishment. --Matthew Trefz
I am actually building a smaller scale f-14 model now and was wondering where you got your tires or how you made them. I was going to make mine on steel but tires would match my full size tractor
I made the male mold of the tires with body putty, and then coated the putty tires with 2 part silicone mold liquid, then made a mother mold to hold the putty tire and silicone mold. I then removed the putty tire leaving the female mold. I mounted the mold on a variable drive to spin the whole mold assembly. Then I pored urethane rubber in the spinning mold spinning using a spatula to work the silicone around the inside of the mold as it is spinning ,letting it spin adding and smoothing the rubber out on the inside of the tire watching closely and keep adjusting the speed until it cures enough to hold its shape It gets exciting
Dennis Franz thanks for the info,the spinning part is what I haven’t perfected yet every time I’ve tried to cast tires like that it hasn’t filled the mold properly I’m finishing the engine internal now so I got a while before I try casting these tires
Dennis, You live in Newton? I was Born in Topeka. My parents and sister live in Emporia, My Dad is 86 and we had a Little Red Farmall with wide front end, sickle bar mower, center mount scraper blade and a one bottom plow. He would absolutely flip over your projects.
Not sure I could put a price something that I put so much passion in Creating . I would like to see a new video a little more of the machine work if possible. Thank you for the time.
Incredible! The tractor alone is awesome, then the little farmer is cool!
Wow I just can't even imagine how you would build something like this or how many hours it must have taken!!!! Just amazing!!!!
That's the most creepy awesome thing I have seen in a long time
My grandfather has an original 1937 farmall f 14 tractor, the same year he was born, hes 84 years old and can still work the homestead just like hes 48 lol, the only thing holding us back from getting him back on it is that we are having timing issues with the after market wico magnito, but as soon as i get that strait he will be on her. Awsome job on the mini me farmall f14 tho, i think its amazing and ingenious
Outstanding engineering, a ton of patience, and funny too... the little fella waving to the crowd.
No cnc just manual equipment.The engine block and transmission were fabricated from steel and tig welded and then machined.Gears and shafts were made with an dividing head on a vertical mill.Crankshaft was turned on a lathe with offset centers and then ground.
Hi Mr. Franz, Just curious if you would tell us a bit about your career background and how you came to model and engine building? Your stuff is amazing and you definitely take everything you do to another level.
Wow when I first saw it i thought lawn mower parts ect. But hand made wow! Nice work!
That is one lucky son of a gun sitting behind the wheel of that tractor. Dennis, you are above genius. I hope you mass produce your creations for all to enjoy.
absolutely wonderful, the tractor alone is awesome....& then you have the driver with so much automation, fantastic.
My father has an F-14, I notice your model has the same exact gear whine as the real deal!!
Dennis, I fly giant scale warbirds and I now want a tractor!!! I just bought a 1935 F-12 this weekend for my 90yr old Dad's Christmas present. With a little TLC I should get a video of him waving to us like the little dude on your tractor. Nice work by the way!!!
That is a great thing for christmas I hope he enjoys.
Denny! You are amazing!!
LOL, at first I thought, oh my god he has a toddler running a tractor...well we are in ks......thats very cool, I second the motion for a finish mower attachment. I would ride over from Arlington to watch you mow!
how did you make the parts? I know you scaled them down but did you creat an autocad file and then cnc out the parts? I want to make a model of a Farmall M on sleet wheels with a new idea 305 picker on it
Amazing work! You have some great skills to make that and a LOT of time......
A working work of art.
I agree. Awesome little tractor.
Do you also have the grass mowing attachment? Awesome way to mow the lawns!
no not yet
This is great! All the hard work! just great.
I'm guessing your the one that sold the John Deere Model D in Fairview Oklahoma , my friend was filming that day for the Tractor show . Loved watching the tape of both models you brought that day , a Case I believe . Amazing price you got for it .
Raymond I have not run the tractor for a few years ,It is in storage as of now .I might get it out when this pandemic subsides.
Very nice, looks and works great👍
Who made this ? Wow ! Can they be bought ?
The only difference between Men & Boys is the price of their toys 👍👍❤️
It would be nice if we could see how it was made.
WOW!! Amazing work!
This is very cool!!
aahhh i love this tractor, amazing...
wonderful sounding engine, how did you build the engine ? welded steel plate? cast? off shelf pistons?
Where were you able to find its tires?
I molded them with 70 durometer urethane rubber
I would make a little bush hog to go behind sneaky little lawn mower
Hello Dennis I know you have been asked a tremendous number of questions as I have read most of them. I am still wondering beyond the masterful job you did on the tractor itself,could you please comment on the so called robot you have driving the tractor and how you constructed it. Thanks Mitch
I used 9 rc servos ,clutch, throttle, steering and the rest are for the head eyes arms ect
Hi Mr. Franz, Just curious if you would tell us a bit about your career background and how you came to model and engine building? Your stuff is amazing and you definitely take everything you do to another level.
John , I have been interested in machine work all of my life.I was in the HVAC business for 35 years. My father was intrigued by engines and anything mechanical and I guess it rubbed off to me.
Thanks for the reply Mr. Franz... That's really interesting... after seeing the quality and complexity of your work I would have guessed you had worked in the aerospace industry or some similar field. I'm glad you're having fun and have shared some of your projects here.
Where are you from Dennis? I'm working on a tractor show here in our town (Winchester, OH) on August 27th 2016 and we would love to have your tractor there. It is a beautiful piece and a tremendous engineering accomplishment. --Matthew Trefz
I am actually building a smaller scale f-14 model now and was wondering where you got your tires or how you made them. I was going to make mine on steel but tires would match my full size tractor
Assuming they were molded or cast in some way but just wondering how you went about it
I made the male mold of the tires with body putty, and then coated the putty tires with 2 part silicone mold liquid, then made a mother mold to hold the putty tire and silicone mold. I then removed the putty tire leaving the female mold. I mounted the mold on a variable drive to spin the whole mold assembly. Then I pored urethane rubber in the spinning mold spinning using a spatula to work the silicone around the inside of the mold as it is spinning ,letting it spin adding and smoothing the rubber out on the inside of the tire watching closely and keep adjusting the speed until it cures enough to hold its shape It gets exciting
Dennis Franz thanks for the info,the spinning part is what I haven’t perfected yet every time I’ve tried to cast tires like that it hasn’t filled the mold properly I’m finishing the engine internal now so I got a while before I try casting these tires
I'm pretty sure a tractor pull whould be cool
A mechanical Michaelangelo. A downhome DaVinci, I'd give anything to have those skills.
Dennis, You live in Newton? I was Born in Topeka. My parents and sister live in Emporia,
My Dad is 86 and we had a Little Red Farmall with wide front end, sickle bar mower, center mount scraper blade and a one bottom plow. He would absolutely flip over your projects.
Wow that is nice , looks like fun.
Nice toy
Nice tractor !
No,no prints,I scaled the parts from a full sized tractor.
one word, WOW
I love it great job!
FANTABULOUS
That is so cool
Dennis I would like to visit with you about this tractor
Awesome
Id like to have a 1937 B john deer unstyled made this small and fully detailed and runs like the orginal
Great work! Do you build these from prints?
It's uncanny valley but cool at the same time
Süper 👍
Wow. Did you make that?
What engine?
Reproduced in miniature
Do you have any idea how many months it took to build?
about 2000 hours
Really nice !!!
That is neat!
This is the funniest fucking thing I've ever seen.
Newton ,Kansas
Thanks Dennis. I wish you were a little closer to Ohio.
Love it good job ,
I was not done on a computer
I'd say the 5 down votes are John deere lovers but even they couldn't hate this.
cool
Yeah but can you bale hay with it?
Just kidding that is freaking awesome!!!!
I made it in my shop, posable sale
Not sure I could put a price something that I put so much passion in Creating . I would like to see a new video a little more of the machine work if possible. Thank you for the time.
Its to cool ...
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They need anything cooler than that or funnier would be having that little guy with a taller hat save size just tell her about 2 or 3
poor driver has parkinson's
Parkinson,s comes from the lighting ballast
That's impressive.
And....too much time on your hands.
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