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Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-15-2025, 02:03 PM
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

At one time I was considering putting the carriage and cross-slide scales parallel to each other. I was thinking of using something like a Sullivan Gold-N-Rod to link the cross-slide to the scale,...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-14-2025, 12:52 AM
Replies: 127
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Yes they can be trimmed. I cut about 3" off the original scales with a hacksaw. That got the job done, but the epoxy/glass board the actual scale's on was tough to cut. I used an angle grinder and...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-13-2025, 01:34 AM
Replies: 127
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

The scales upgrade on the Sherline is mostly complete. Here's what things look like from the front....
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-08-2025, 05:52 PM
Replies: 127
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

The new Igaging EZ-View Plus scales use a different protocol than their older DigiMag scales did. I know Yuri is working on it but I'm not sure if he's got his Touch DRO working with that protocol...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-06-2025, 09:57 PM
Replies: 127
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

For the last couple of days I've been working on Sherline mods. One of the mods I did earlier was to add some cheap Chinese scales with remote readouts to the carriage and cross slide, that was a...
Forum: Military Vehicles. 03-06-2025, 10:40 AM
Replies: 8
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: Grayhound 1/16 model Kit converted to RC

Another fine addition. You used the kit tires and wheels didn't you? Do you have a traction problems with them when driving it?
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-04-2025, 10:11 PM
Replies: 127
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Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I know that Blender, Frizzen and I have all posted over on the Semi Truck and Construction Equipment forum of RCGroups. I'd never heard of the Scale Builders Guild until now, I just registered...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-03-2025, 09:11 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I've got Design Pro V22, so I don't know about Atom. In Design Pro if you right click on the assembly in the Design Explorer, you get a drop down menu - Make Flexible is one of the options in that...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-03-2025, 01:08 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Constraining things to a plane is what I do - sometimes.

I placed an axis in the centerline of the axle bores, and I've got an axis on the pinion shaft centerline for each axle. The origin for...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 03-01-2025, 11:24 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I think that I just might be starting to get a handle on this Alibre assembly crap. ...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-28-2025, 01:36 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

That phase will probably start when I actually begin bolting pieces to the frame rails. Instead of just making making pretty pictures on the monitor.
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-28-2025, 12:21 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Never-mind, I figured it out. Somehow I had bumped the Zoom up to 200%.

I'm still fighting with Alibre's assemblies, trying to figure out what I can and cannot do with it. (I think part of the...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-27-2025, 06:41 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Somehow today I did something stupid. I must have changed the font size or something for this site because the text on this website is now huge. But it's only on this website, any other website...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-27-2025, 12:04 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I spent most of the day yesterday fighting with Alibre locking up. I'm trying to do the final 3D design for the powered steer diff parts. The design I showed a couple of posts ago was quickly...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-26-2025, 12:01 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

I was afraid I had a bent lead-screw too. Yes the bearings are supposed tp be lubricated for life, but, they are shielded bearings - not sealed. If they sit for several years without being used,...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-25-2025, 06:07 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Regarding the Sherline carriage lead-screw issue, when I started taking it apart last night I discovered that the issue went away when I took the hand-wheel off. Upon closer examination of the...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-25-2025, 03:07 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

It's been a while since I was able to update this thread. I reprinted the rear wheels fixing the hex pockets, it's shown here along with the donor axles that need to be modified for the center axle....
Forum: Construction Equipment 02-17-2025, 01:27 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 47
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

Blender:

Thanks, I was thinking about using a small shoulder screw for the pivot. They are available in thread sizes down to M2, usually made of 304 stainless. The M2 shoulder screws have a...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-16-2025, 08:30 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

The axle looks good, but when I transferred the duals from the Kong axle onto my axle... the wheels sorta fell off the bus. When I tightened them down they wouldn't turn. I took things back apart...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-16-2025, 01:03 AM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Zabco:

I was using the parting tool and holder that I got with the Sherline. I was using it on the front, but it had to have a LOT of tool stick-out in order to get it on centerline. I have...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-14-2025, 11:22 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

A little more progress has been made. I was able to find the broken stub that was shown in Post #68. I thought that I had pitched it, turns out I'd just misplaced it. I found it when I went to use...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-11-2025, 09:45 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

Probably the MAN concrete mixer, I've already got it de-boxed and it's currently sitting on my table. The suspension parts have been designed around measurements taken from it. Although the other...
Forum: Truck Building Tech 02-10-2025, 10:23 PM
Replies: 127
Views: 128
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: 1/16 Scale FrankenDiff

OK, there has been a little progress made. ...
Forum: Construction Equipment 02-10-2025, 01:13 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 47
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

Blender:

Got a couple of questions for you. What are you using for the steering knuckle pivots on your axles? It looks like a socket head cap screw of some sort? Do those pivots just thread...
Forum: Construction Equipment 02-08-2025, 12:43 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 47
Posted By ddmckee54
Re: TH407C Telehandler 1:14 scale

Blender:

FYI - I got some of the front axles for the WLtoys 12428 1/10 scale 4WD crawler. I wanted to see what they looked like, and also to determine if using them would make it possible to...
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