TheMachinist

[TheMachinist]

Bruder Conversion video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczbMnM2yCY

[TheMachinist]

The Bruder was my first attempt at an RC conversion.
Now I'm going to try to mod this dump truck. Origionally i thought it was a 1960 vintage Tonka but it is actually a Chinese replica of a 1949 Tonka toy.
Again I will try to follow in Small hauls footsteps

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[aseejr]

Nice work!!!

[Lil Giants]

Good job. :cool:

And thanx for posting vid on youtube. :)

[steamer]

The skid steer turned out great. nice work. Looks like I'll have to start mine soon.
Rob

[SmallHaul]

Good job! Looks like your skid steer is working nice.

That dump truck you are converting looks nice and heavy. It will be a fun build to watch.

[Stuff]

that looks like so much fun. Martin needs his working :P

[TheMachinist]

Good job! Looks like your skid steer is working nice.

That dump truck you are converting looks nice and heavy. It will be a fun build to watch.

I was impressed with the quality of construction even though it's a Chinese copy. At least I won't feel bad cutting it up. This one will only be 2 wheel drive. I'm going to save the 4x4 drivetrain for a real Tonka.

[TheMachinist]

Got the front axle built today and I'll form the leaf springs tommorow. Now if I could only remember to bring my camera to the shop and then figure out how to attach photos via photobucket into this thread I'd be happy.


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I also got all the motors and ESC for the Moxy today.

[aseejr]

Coming along nicely Jordy.

What icon do you use to attach pictures? I use the 'square' icon that looks like a landscape.

[TheMachinist]

The second loader is finally done.


http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l539/TheMachinistman/DSC06522.jpg

[TheMachinist]

Coming along nicely Jordy.

What icon do you use to attach pictures? I use the 'square' icon that looks like a landscape.

Thanks Albert

[TheMachinist]

shake down run with my skid steer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLxAWQkfvU

[9W Monighan]

"Can you please hand me those wire strippers?":D

[Stuff]

Now if I could only remember to bring my camera to the shop and then figure out how to attach photos via photobucket into this thread I'd be happy.

oh photobucket the pictures have different tags. just copy and paste in the message field the link with the [IMG] tags on it.

[TheMachinist]

Just a couple of photos of me at work. I'm running "The Beasty" my 1963 Union boringmill, with a Feller buncher head mounted on the table having it's Rotec bearing mount surfaced. Sorry for the fuzzy photos but I was using my cell phone.
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l539/TheMachinistman/cid_110301115400.jpg
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l539/TheMachinistman/cid_110301115600.jpg

[mog]

looking good aw boring mill's are sweet we could not get along with out are tos there just so handy. there some video's on my you tube working hard

[TheMachinist]

A couple of pictures of the Tonka conversion and a short vid of it dumping.
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l539/TheMachinistman/DSC06576.jpg
http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l539/TheMachinistman/DSC06575.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMachinistman?feature=mhum

[SmallHaul]

Nice, works smoothly and has good power.

[steamer]

I'm amazed at the torque of these small servos. Nice idea you had with the arm and roller. I can see all kinds of uses for this application now.
Rob

[TheMachinist]

The servo is from rc4wd and is rated at 200oz at 6 volts. I'm running the same one for the drive and it has to grunt to move a full load. I might have to regear the output to get more power.
The scale weighs in pounds so 4 1/4lbs is quite a load for the truck.

[doodlebug]

That setup is real similar to the roller hoist's that I've seen on old bobtail dump's.
Great job on this one! Where did you buy the truck? I may have to buy a few of them.
Later, Neil#2 aka doodlebug.

[TheMachinist]

I got the truck from a co-worker who had it in his office. I found ones just like it on ebay.

[RCLogger]

Great idea and works well. Looking forward to seeing it out in the mud..

greg

[TheMachinist]

Great idea and works well. Looking forward to seeing it out in the mud..

greg

Thanks Greg.
This little guy is going to be fussy as to the terrain it runs on, with smooth tires and no suspension it will have to spend it's service life on hard sufaces.
Hopefully it'll be done this monday and I can dedicate more time to the ADT.

[skeeter]

I LOVE the idea you have for the dump mechanism!