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Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-27-2024, 09:55 PM
Replies: 32
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

My digital angle gage is hard on batteries too, and it goes through three 2032's at one time.

I'm waiting on more parts to arrive, I was looking for a replacement pinion so I could build my...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-24-2024, 03:18 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I love the little 4" caliper that I got at HF years ago, but I think I just got lucky with it. I need a caliper that I can trust for a reliable measurement over 4", so I bought an 8" Mitutoyo last...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-23-2024, 09:20 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I don't use the calipers for any critical measurements. Harbor Freight WOULD have replaced them, but nobody within 100 miles had any 8" calipers to replace them.

I tried using a spline in Alibre...
Forum: Tanks! 10-23-2024, 07:55 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 7
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: Stuart T8 Recon

It's nice to see somebody else is still posting on here, I thought for a while that maybe I was just talking to myself. I loved your choice of background music in your video, ever see the movie...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-22-2024, 11:31 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

My 5mm ball bearing order arrived, so I put both front wheels on the axle. Here's a shot that shows a comparison of the overall widths of the axles....
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-20-2024, 11:22 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Progress HAS been made! This is a family photo of the gang - so far....
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-10-2024, 08:45 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

OK, progress has been made - but it's been a LOT like doing the Hokey-Pokey. This is my current progress:...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-08-2024, 10:16 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Last night I worked on the rear wheels, got the design done and started it printing before I went to bed. I think it looks pretty good, but it's got two major boo-boos and one "that just doesn't...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-06-2024, 08:20 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Pictures, I think I've got pictures - if I can just decode how to insert them.
...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-06-2024, 01:34 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Mine's a text document, with a very obscure name, that's on a thumb drive which never leaves my possession.

My work computers used to require us to change our password every 90 days. You...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-04-2024, 11:30 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Pictures.... about that, there's been a hiccup.

I retired about a week ago and I've discovered since then that I REALLY depended on those work computers. Almost all of the forums that I'm a...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 10-02-2024, 10:58 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

OK, I have a mostly functional 3D printed Frankendiff. I modified the bearing pockets, as described above and that eliminated the booger caused by the bridging layer. Scaling the bearing pocket...
Forum: General Discussion 09-27-2024, 08:03 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,759
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: What happened?

frizzen:

What browser are you using? I'm running Chrome and I get/got the same warning. I went to the "Advanced" tab on the certificate warning page and clicked on the link that said to proceed...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-26-2024, 10:27 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Something just didn't feel right to me, I had play in the pockets up and down, but not from front to back. So I got out the Opti-visor and gave things a look-see.

In most of the pockets there was...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-25-2024, 11:30 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Two steps forward, one step sideways, and one step back.

I measured all of the internal pockets on the diff halves, they were ALL consistently about 97.4% of the model size. That's the size I...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-24-2024, 05:07 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Nice discussion we've got going on here, deeply appreciated.

Blender:
I use Simplify3D for my slicer and I can scale all the axis independently if I want. I've tweaked the basic setup of the...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-23-2024, 02:54 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I got some stuff printed out over the weekend. It's been a while since I created a new album, I THINK I've got it set for sharing, let me know if I remembered all the hoops I need to jump through...
Forum: General Discussion 09-20-2024, 03:37 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,759
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: What happened?

Blender:

Yup to running like a champ, lately. It also has had its' ups and downs, and I don't like the idea that one day it could just go the way of the Dodo.

If we are running on outdated...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-20-2024, 02:32 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Zabco:

I went with Alibre for a couple of reasons, you can get a perpetual license, and you can get an off-line version of that license - one that doesn't need to phone-home every 30 days. I...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 09-19-2024, 05:21 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 33
Posted By ddmckee54
1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I'm going to be doing several Bruder conversions in the near future, since I'm retiring next week. I don't have the skill to scratch build, and I like the idea of using the Bruder stuff as a...
Forum: General Discussion 09-16-2024, 02:16 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,759
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: What happened?

Frizzen:

Like Blender said in Post #28, this place is running on outdated software. Your browser is just confirming that the outdated software is vulnerable to outside attack.

What probably...
Forum: Construction Equipment 08-30-2024, 03:40 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 18,466
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: Yale Forklift - NewRay

Zabco did a pretty in-depth conversion of the Bruder UPS forklift a couple of years ago.

Here's the link if you didn't see it:...
Forum: General Discussion 08-12-2024, 04:24 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,759
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: What happened?

So.....
1) What needs to be done?
2) Who needs to do it?
3) What can the rest of us do to help?

I know that if you throw time and money at a problem, said problem can usually be made to go...
Forum: Highway Trucks and Trailers 08-06-2024, 11:24 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 25
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75

U-Haul actually rented stock trailers? Who-da-thunk-it?
Forum: General Discussion 08-06-2024, 11:19 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 5,759
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: What happened?

Probably for the same reason that we were getting those spam printer ads for a while - they think there's a buck in it somewhere.
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