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I forgot all about this idea.. as much trouble as I am having with the track drives & getting it around, I gotta make myself set too!
Looking forward to seeing how your's turn out. ;) |
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Way to go Nathan, I'd forgotten all about them.
Cheer's, Neil. |
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Oh that's great machine! Put some more videos now, I could watch these for hours. These builds here make me want to build one for myself altough I got to finish my last build.
How wide are these tracks? |
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2.5" wide
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Both cradles welded up. Just waiting on wheels/tires now. Believe this will be my first project to make use of the lathe!
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Braved the heat last night/this morning to some work on the dollies.
After some brain-storming with Izzy and Trav I used the RCP Crawlers TLT Straight Axle Adapters and cut off the ears. Cut down they offer the perfect spacing for the tire/wheel from the side plate of the dolly. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7...9f4bae73_z.jpg Cut up a washer for work holding and space for the drill http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7253/7...ac4e3223_c.jpg Had to turn the taper for the inside of the washer. (Zinc machines like sh*t) Here it is all mounted up to the dolly. A TLT axle fits inside and I'm using the tamiya brass bushings. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8150/7...4a84fba1_c.jpg The 2.2 ZXLs I ordered are way too big. Might go with the 1.9s. (the 2.2s are just going to have to be used on a future build..... ;) ) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8026/7...d7b1f2fb_c.jpg Spacing. I may take a bit more off the TLT adapter so it sits closer to the plate. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8019/7...83ff4a4d_c.jpg This has been a good project to learn the ways around my new Taig machines. That machining class definitely helped me troubleshoot obstacles in clamping and indicating parts for better precision. I've never used a rotary table or 4-jaw chuck before. It's time consuming to setup, but it's a great sense of accomplishment for me knowing how to quickly and easily set them up now. Time to let my ideas and drawings become real objects! Very excited. |
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Good job Nate.
Travis |
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Looks good Nate!
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I could use a seet of them too, if you're game to make another? :D
Looking good so far. :cool: Are the tires solid rubber? Or are you packing them solid? |
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I can make you a set, it'll be after Indy though. |
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Went with studs into the plate (When a full-scale CAT engineer says so, you do it :D )
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7255/7...e3c5c082_c.jpg Capture washer and hub installed http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8426/7...08d07a97_c.jpg Fast forward they are just about done. Just waiting on one TG10 axle to arrive to finish the second. Cables are installed and I ended up having to stuff the tires with really dense strips of foam until full. http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7...7e05defb_b.jpg |
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If you made those wheels i need a set for my 544j ive been working on converting:D
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also you have a lot of shavings next to those nice bikes:eek:
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Whole garage is dirty. The bikes don't have a chance at keeping clean between sparks flying from the rally car or rc builds. |
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The track dollies look good, your a mad man Nate.
Travis |
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Awesome work PFB - they are looking great!
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Great success! Just a few tweaks and these are good to go!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p84DrfttK4g |
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Looks great!
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Good job PFB! Now you need to build a truck to use to move it with.
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A little bit of Aerosmith & Walk this way!
Look's great, nice job Cheer's, Neil. |
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