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Mike P 
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 Topic: PTO Lockout - Shop MadePosted: 21 Aug. 2021 at 10:54pm |
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I recently added a vintage Ramsey X200R winch to my Jeep and wanted to ensure the PTO would not be engaged unintentionally. The cast M38/a1 lockout style was what I wanted but priced a bit high, $185 from one vendor. I thought I could fabricate one from scrap metal, a MIG welder, and an angle grinder. Here’s the end result:
 It isn’t an exact replica but similar in looks and function. The base is one piece and the vertical standoff is four pieces of steel welded together. The horizontal fork is two pieces for the stem and multiple pieces for the forked end. It took a few hours over a few days to complete and was good practice for my meager welding skills. A fun mini-project! Mike
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TateC
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Posted: 21 Aug. 2021 at 11:45pm |
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Definitely doesn’t look like meager welding skills to me, I would have fully believed you if you had said it was an NOS piece.
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Tate Christensen
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Mike P
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Posted: 22 Aug. 2021 at 12:26am |
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Thanks Tate, that’s where the angle grinder comes into play. It works wonders on blobs of steel!
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Posted: 22 Aug. 2021 at 11:26am |
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It was worth $185 just for the DIY experience, right Mike??
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Mike P
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Posted: 22 Aug. 2021 at 11:47am |
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It was definitely worth saving $185 (no cost using scrap metal), gaining the experience, and having it turn out looking non-bubbamatized.
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Posted: 23 Aug. 2021 at 11:57am |
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After seeing that thread about them it got me to thinking about making one for mine when the time comes. I will need a dual-stick lockout; I am guessing the yoke that flips over could be made wider to cover both sticks. A project for another year...
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Posted: 23 Aug. 2021 at 3:12pm |
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Yep, when you make your own, you have full control of the design. Here is a photo of the rough fork before I shortened the two tines. The tines are a piece of 1/2 inch wide steel bent into a “C” shape using a vise and hammer. I didn’t heat the metal before bending since the piece isn’t subjected to stress loads. You could easily make the “C” twice as wide for your dual sticks before welding it to the stem / fork handle.
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