build my secound custom excavators
 

ok i have been wanting to do this for a while. i made a custom excavator a few years ago, and it was well..... ok i guess so i bought a bruder excavator and made thar hydraulic. love the power and the way it works so i think its time to go to the next level. and make a full metal one. i can't aford to buy one premade but the bruder converts though they work great, i kind of beat up pretty fast. so im thinking something like this.

http://images.autoline.info/s/constr...5518463400.jpg

i made this guy two years ago.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j8...ps065fa360.jpg

and wat to improve on that fist build

Re: build my secound custom excavators
 

That is a pretty big project. What kind of tools do you have to work with?

Re: build my secound custom excavators
 

well i work at a sign shop that has a cnc router. and a welder and some metal working tools

Re: build my secound custom excavators
 

that's cool, well at least you have something to get you going. Will the router cut metal or is it for wood and plastics?

Re: build my secound custom excavators
 

well i started small but its a start. i was thinking of using these on track from a old bruder
excavator i made a while ago. but don't know. and i going to use the bike rear freewheel for the turn table. i took the little dogs out of the freewheel so it will spin both direction free.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j...111_155642.jpg