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THANKS, again to Stein for his open source 3D files!
Remember earlier this summer, when I 3D printed all them parts? Well, the time has come to start using them. Today I started on the Bruder Mack conversion. The one that will be as close looking to the stock plastic truck as possible. I got the front steering assembly put together, & mocked up on the truck. Here's a couple pics of the progress so far. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4591/...5c6d4ec1_c.jpgunnamed (113) by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4593/...bcbbe0f8_c.jpgunnamed (114) by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr |
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Here's a video of the Bruder Caterpillar D4 conversion pushing some rocks around in teh driveway. There's a point in the video, where I had to stop & make some adjustments on the radio settings. Since IDK how to edit video's......YET, there is a pause in the action. There is a LOT of background noise, as my residence is extremely close to Interstate 5.
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Here's a lil viseo clip of the Bruder Skidsteer conversion at the rock pile today.
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Here's a lil clip of the Bruder Liebherr 574 loader conversion digging rocks. It only gets about 1/2 a bucket at a time. I'm a lil rusty at the controls. There are 2 servo wires that I need to swap, to make this thang operate as I'd like to.
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Those 3 videos were re-shot today. As previously mentioned, I accidentally deleted the original videos of them. Of the 3 conversions in the above videos, the Bruder D4 conversion is my favorite one. It is the most functional/usable of them all.
The Bruder Liebherr 574 conversion will have to have a ramp to load a truck with it. The Bruder Skidsteer conversion is lacking power in the bucket curl servo. It'd work alright in a screening plant scenario to move stuff from the plant. Perhaps later on, I'll re-do the bucket servo to a stronger servo. If it had a lil more bucket curl power, I think it'd be an alright conversion. |
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Today we acquired the new laptop so that we can start to learn Fusion 360. Also acquired was a new camera so we can take better quality pics, AND videos too. Since there is no work for me tomorrow, if the weather cooperates, I'll take the camera out, & try to shoot some better videos of my equipment.
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Well poop! I THOUGHT I remembered what I typed in to set the password to access the new laptop. Evidently I DIDN'T type what I thought I did :( Now I'm not able to get past the log-in screen!
The weather today DIDN'T cooperate, It was raining all day today. Too wet to take the camera and equipment out today. |
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The videos look good. Wheel loader maybe looks a little light in the front?
Thanks for that link, now i've got an M-35 coming. That's a great price! What's the laptop o/s? Some of the password screens aren't much of an issue. |
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Thank-you sir. I hop the new camera will do even better vids.
YVW for the link. I like to be the bad influence for once. LOL The OS is Windows 10. The bios was locked. I took it to the computer guru place. They had to remove the hard drive from it, & hook it to another computer to get past the password. It costs me $45 bux, $49.50, with tax to get em to unlock it. I've NO idea what a bios in a computer is, or does. |
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No work again today, so I had a bit of time to tinker in the shop/garage. I took a few snaps with the NEW camera. HOPEFULLY they are better then the cell phone pics.
Today The DHL van arrived with a package fir me. The bucket from MagonHRC arrived for the Bruder L574 conversion. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4682/...4f592a3e_c.jpgIMG_0021 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4684/...4fb0e407_c.jpgIMG_0022 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4685/...8e035233_c.jpgIMG_0024 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr I also made a lil progres of the Bruder D10 conversion. Not a lot, since it was already disassembled. I managed to sort the drive motors, & how to link them to the drive sprockets.Also was able to figure out how to re-mount the track side rail halfs, so that I could R&R them to secure the mounting bolts between the motors, & frame. |
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GREAT news! My LHS knows a guy with cnc machines that does custom one of a kind RC parts fir a living. HOPEFULLY shortly after the newyear, I'll get a quote from him. I'm hoping to get the drive linkeage made as a solid piece. ONLY 1 grub screw to worry about working it's self loose that way. As is now, I have 4 to worry about, per side.
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Today we made a lil progress on the Bruder Mack conversion project, the mostly plastic one. I finished building the rear wheel assembly. Having done the 4 drive motor system on the Buder Liebherr 574 wheeled loader, I'm not a huge fan. 4 motors uses too much battery life REALLY quickly. That said, I decided that I'd modify the design a bit, & ONLY use 2 drive motors on this project.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4690/...6b693a17_c.jpgunnamed (116) by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr Here's a pic of everything mocked up. NOTHING is bolted together....YET. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4639/...95e29ea9_c.jpgunnamed (115) by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr SORRY for the crappy cell phone pics again. I didn't want to get out from in front of the heater to go get the camera in the house. I THOUGHT I took a snap of the truck, with the tandem axles mocked underneath it. IDK what I did with that pic. The one posted with single axle mocked underneath it is the ONLY pic I am able to find right now. Perhaps after the holiday, I'll get pic(s) of the |
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Coming along nicely :cool:
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Merry Christmas to all!
Norhtern Farmer, Thank-you sir. Yes, it's slowly coming together. It's like everything else I do, I CAN'T work on one project for too long, before I need to move on to something else fir a bit. I took a video today of the Bruder D4 conversion plowing snow today. Once it FINALLY gets uploaded to YouTube, I'll have a link to it. The weather here has been reeking havoc with the internet connection today. Here's the link to the video, as promised. It still has a few minutes before it'll be live. https://youtu.be/oy3mrXqzVsY |
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I tried that. I DON'T think the sidewalls are strong enough with the tubing I used. Where it meets the motor, that one screw is my problem child. It keeps coming loose, even with locktite! I've ordered thicker sidewall tubing. When it gets here, I'm going to try it out. If htat doesn't work, I'm thinking about trying to drill & tap threads into the motors shaft. Gives the grub screw a something to go into that way, & take a lil stress off of the tubing sidewalls. I'm not sure if I can even manage to drill & thread the motor shaft, with the basic hand tools that I have at my disposal.
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Drilling thru shaft might weaken it too much. Instead you could add a 2nd set screw 60 degrees from original. Before threading, use the hole as a guide to drill a shallow holevinto shaft.
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When the new tubing arrives, I will try the second grub screw idea. I think that may work, & work much gooder then the original idea I was thinking of using. Thanks fir that idea.
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What gearmotors are you running in the bruder mack dump truck? I kinda like that setup for my crane hauler.
I've had better luck locking grubscrews with a drop on the seating end rather than threads. A little ends up in the threads anyway, but seems to hold the shaft better. |
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The tipper motor is 12V 3RPM. The gear motors are 12V, 120 RPM, that I bought from Evilbay. I am unable to find the link for them right now.
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Feeling a bit under the weather the last few days. Thinking I'm getting the flu, or something. I felt good enough to tinker in the garage fir about an hour today, then back to laying down. I was able to make a lil progress on the Bruder Mack dump truck today. Sorry fir the crappy cell phone pics again. Just didn't feel like the hastle of bringing out the camera today, when I have one on the phone.
The frame is a lil different on this Mack, then the Bruder Mann that these 3D printed parts were made for. That being said, I have to improvise a bit to get them to work. Here's how I atached the rear bogey to the frame. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4679/...26c0a2f6_c.jpgunnamed 117 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4636/...e5f33af7_c.jpgunnamed 118 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr Later the aluminum was painted black like the frame rails. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4690/...ebc919d7_c.jpgunnamed 121 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr Once the pic of it FINALLY gets did uploading, I'll have pics of the whole thing, with the dump box mocked up. |
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As promised, here's the pic of the mockup. IDk why, the little thinking circle thingy kept spinning round & round, for over an hour. I FINALLY got tired of waiting fir it to send, deleted it, & re-sent it. The re-send appeared in about 30 seconds. IDk what'd happening with the interwebs lately!
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A quick question for those of you with a tad more experience building then I have.........If I were to use BRASS tubing, & ALUMINUM round stock inserted inside of it, will standard lead/tin solder work to adhere the 2 together. I'm looking to make joints to secure 2 pieces of brass tubing together. My thought was to insert 6mm alum stock into the brass tubing, so that it aligns as near perfectly as possible. I'm having trouble finding brass tubing that's the size I want, AND at the same time lengthy enough for what I want to do.
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The aluminum can align your brass, but short of a TIG or Aluminum brazing sticks, nothing sticks to aluminum to anything. The brass to brass connection is only as strong as the solder, unless you stuff more brass rod in there.
Hit up a hardware store, Lowes, Menards, Homeless Depot... check their weldable metal section. You can usually find about 3' chunks of brass tube and rod stock. If you need an obsucre size or profile, try to find a Hobbytown? http://www.scale4x4rc.org/forums/showthread.php?t=83831 Post 14, 3d printer servo mount for wpl m35 Those little hand tools look very cool, i hope my mechanic doesn't start pushing me to get those and some jackstands. I really like when the slow boats from china say "**** the torpedos, full speed ahead!". My blinky lights were ordered dec 14, due sometime jan 9 - 30. Arrived dec 28! I hope my M35 makes it on a fast boat. |
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Frizzy, as always, thanks fir the info! Also a great big Thank-you fir that link. From that link I followed another link, that took me here
https://www.tinkercad.com/users/ijdXrBIYp5t-adrian202gt There is a plethora of other 3D print parts there for this model. Those lil tools are even cooler looking in person then they are looking at them on the website. I'll be ordering some brass round stock that'll perfectly nest inside the brass tube. Strength in this project is crucial. I'll be assembling the headache rack that the trailer will rest on while it's stowed upon the trucks back. If it fails, the trailer will fall off. Falling off, ESPECIALLY under power, could potentially damage the truck AND/OR the trailer. I'd rather do it right the first time, then redo it, PLUS R+R damages. |
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Nice find, i hadn't gone down that rabbit hole yet.
If strength is that nessicary, i'd try to go as much solid as possible. Torch until about dull red, bend gently. If you need to change a bend, always reheat. Brass cold works fast and will break. |
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I've not yet decided if tube, or solid will be used. I'm leaning towards tubing, but time, & testing will be the tell all.
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Tonight, I FINALLY got around to installing the new metal bucket on the converted Bruder Liebherr L574 loader. It took a lil modification to the stock arms to make it fit. I had to shave the nubs off the boom, as well as shave down the connecting boom that tips the bucket.
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Looking good Skeeter :cool:
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Thank-you sir, fir the kind words.
A while back, I found a 3D printed seat for the 4200XL. I made it, & found it needed re-sized a smidge to fit the driver figure. Using the Walking dead (amazons) still didn't quite fit it right. I re-sized it, & printed it again. Here's how it looked mocked up in the machine.https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4633/...23802926_c.jpgunnamed 126 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr I still have to fabricate something for the travel levers. Today was a fairly productive day at my lil hobby assembly area, Hobby Central as roomies have nicknamed it. I started to make a lil progress on the New Bright tractor conversion. Got it all apart,& figured out what was staying, & what would be junked. The steering propulsion system was removed. The drive motor, & gearbox are staying. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4693/...c98e7af1_c.jpgunnamed 127 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr The red drawing line in this snap is where I trimmed excess cr@p out of the machines gearbox. There was a smoke generator machine in the rig, but it didn't function. Since it didn't function, there ISN'T any reason to have the box that drove the air pump for it! The area in white doodle was completely removed. Also some areas below it were extracted from the chassis. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4596/...cf505b70_c.jpgunnamed 128 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr |
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Nice job on the seat, no excavator is complete without an operator.
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In preperation to build the Bruder Caterpillar D11 conversion, I bought something I've not yet used. Seeing that the D4 has a wear issue with the faux idler wheels wearing out, I found this on evilbay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HengLong-1-...72.m2749.l2649 My plan is to use them to replace the stock faux idler system. Do you folks think it'll work? I sure hope so, as I've already bough them! Happy New Year to everyone! |
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NOT much to update today. That slow boat from China that got here super FAST.....well I'm paying for it now. The speed controller that I ordered on 12-21-17 & has an estimated delivery date of 12-1-17 to 1-8-18, for the New Bright tractor conversion HASN'T yet arrived. Soon as it FINALLY arrives, I can get this project did. I have managed to get the tractor as far as I can go, before that SLOW boat finally arrives me.
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Today the latest anticipated delivery date, the ESC for the New Bright tractor conversion arrived me. Since the guys from work (in the event we are NOT working) hang at the RC racetrack on Mon, & Wed, & sometimes Tuesdays too, I won't be getting around to installing it for a few days. I did get a few pics of the servo installed in it.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4645/...ffe5b6cc_c.jpgunnamed 130 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4729/...9f200bc3_c.jpgunnamed 131 by Anthony Kalnoski, on Flickr I thought about just using double sided sticky tape to hold the servo in palace. I decided against that, & used some styrene to build a bracket to hold the servo in. I did this because I've NOT had good luck with my double sided sticky tape keeping things stuck in place lately. I can't wait til Thuusday, when I can get this thang completed! |
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Today the guys stayed at the RC raceway later then usual. Having fun hangin with the guys, & racing our RC trucks & buggies, I stayed too. After I got home, I made a lil progress on the Bruder Mack dump truck conversion. I got the bed mounted to the tipper motor, & added some paint to the tipping mounts. Within the next few days, I hope to get the electronics finished. HOPEFULLY sometime soon, the Washington weather will give me a fair day, & I can get it outside to get some pics, &/or vid(s) of it getting dirty while working.
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Excavator operator with an eye patch? Does he have depth perception issues?
Glad to see the tractor conversion is coming along pretty well. *cough*firetruck*cough* |
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