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Truck Building Tech
10-27-2024, 09:55 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-24-2024, 03:18 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-23-2024, 09:20 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Tanks!
10-23-2024, 07:55 PM
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Stuart T8 Recon
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-22-2024, 11:31 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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....
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Truck Building Tech
10-20-2024, 11:22 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
Progress HAS been made! This is a family photo of the gang - so far....
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Truck Building Tech
10-10-2024, 08:45 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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:...
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Truck Building Tech
10-08-2024, 10:16 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-06-2024, 08:20 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
Pictures, I think I've got pictures - if I can just decode how to insert them.
...
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Truck Building Tech
10-06-2024, 01:34 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-04-2024, 11:30 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
10-02-2024, 10:58 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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General Discussion
09-27-2024, 08:03 PM
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What happened?
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-26-2024, 10:27 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-25-2024, 11:30 AM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-24-2024, 05:07 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-23-2024, 02:54 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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General Discussion
09-20-2024, 03:37 PM
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What happened?
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-20-2024, 02:32 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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Truck Building Tech
09-19-2024, 05:21 PM
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1/16 Scale FrankenDiff
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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...
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General Discussion
09-16-2024, 02:16 PM
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What happened?
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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...
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Construction Equipment
08-30-2024, 03:40 PM
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Yale Forklift - NewRay
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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:...
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General Discussion
08-12-2024, 04:24 PM
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What happened?
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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...
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Highway Trucks and Trailers
08-06-2024, 11:24 AM
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Chevy K30 U-haul Maxi-mover 1973-75
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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
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What happened?
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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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