Forum: Construction Equipment
02-11-2020, 09:50 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I have some 6mm and 8mm lead screw I plan on trying out, it will need a slightly faster motor but with more turns I might not need as much torque..
Like I said in the first post I'm new to this so...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-10-2020, 04:28 PM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I have a set of those springs coming.....eventually....
I got a set of that linkage but the drag link comes up at an angle and it hits the frame I can't see a way to make it work and the tie rod on...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-08-2020, 12:17 PM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
ddmckee54
wow... I looked at the Arduino Nano I like the concept but that sure is intimidating to a newbie to RC....
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-08-2020, 12:15 PM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I found this one....does everything I was asking...for $50...nice but I'm looking for something a little more cost effective if I can find it......
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Forum: Electronics tech
02-08-2020, 12:13 PM
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Replies: 2
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small ESC
Currently I have a Losi mini rock crawler ESC I think it's a 0828, in my Tonka conversion is there any other comparable ESCs in both size and electronic capabilities at a reasonable price... just...
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Forum: Electronics tech
02-08-2020, 12:07 PM
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small ESC
Currently I have a Losi mini rock crawler ESC I think it's a 0828, in my Tonka conversion is there any other comparable ESCs in both size and electronic capabilities at a reasonable price... just...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-08-2020, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 29
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I think my next motor mod is to try a 25 turn 380 on a 171:1 gearbox the speed I have now is pretty good I think, I just need a little more torque...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-08-2020, 11:49 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
As for the tires and wheels that 6mm would really help and I haven't decided if I'm going to invest in a 3D printer yet and I can't find the older style wheels for the WPL anymore...
Do you have a...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-08-2020, 11:43 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
ddmckee54
I'll look into those...LOL I'm more than happy to use code already written...I'm not big into coding....
Frizzen
The actuator works way better than I hoped... with the masonry bit moving...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 29
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
Lights are the next thing I need to figure out....head lights and tail lights I think I can get going...break lights and back-up lights I haven't figured out yet
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 12:28 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,788
Re: My first Tonka Conversion
The WPL stuff is a mixed bag...the electronics are junk IMHO, the frame rails are so-so but might be good for some light duty just for fun builds.
The tires are a tad wide for the Tonka builds and...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:58 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I like the stance for the most part I would have liked the rear wheels a little farther back but I screwed up my first mounting holes for the bed and it didn't sit level so I had to move it up about...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:55 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
The other thing I can't figure out is a different wheel size..I know smallhaul uses the Lego tires but I have no way of making the wheels themselves. To me the WPL tires and wheels seem to big the OD...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:50 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,788
Re: My first Tonka Conversion
and as you can see this wasn't a collector grade toy....it was beat and well played with...Once the weather warms back up I will probably sandblast it and repaint it.......
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:48 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
I should have said this sooner but with the WPL the first thing you need to do is throw out the steering servo, receiver, and transmitter these are worthless.....
this is one of my unsolved...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:41 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
Then I dropped the transfer case down about 1/2 inch because the drive shaft angles were way to steep for me and these are the metal WPL driveshafts ...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 29
Views: 7,788
Re: My first Tonka Conversion
This is the WPL transfer case I replaced the stock gear motor with a 485rpm 20:1 servocity economy gear motor..but the out put shaft was a little long so I drill out a little head space in the...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:28 AM
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Replies: 29
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
here is a blurry picture from the side
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49439360147_2b3aafa20d_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2ijMDka)239_0017 (https://flic.kr/p/2ijMDka) by Jerry Mersing...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:27 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
here is another view, I didn't want to cut the cab but because of the length of the actuator and motor I couldn't see any other way..there just isn't a lot of room...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:24 AM
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Re: My first Tonka Conversion
This first shot is the basic frame of a WPL 4X4 I narrowed the tires to make the duals and modified the front tray to fit the motor.
This is a stock gear reduction motor from WPL....a little on the...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-06-2020, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 29
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My first Tonka Conversion
Ok I know this isn't a new concept, Small Haul, RVJIMD, Frizzen and a host of others have been doing them for more than 10 years. I'm new to RC and really like the concept and I have used ideas from...
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Forum: Electronics tech
01-11-2020, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 6
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Re: LED size
I have red LEDs but the lens is clear....I thought about painting them just for the look
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Forum: Electronics tech
01-10-2020, 10:42 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,758
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Forum: Electronics tech
01-10-2020, 10:40 AM
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Views: 2,758
Re: LED size
Thats kind of what I thought....one other thing for the tail lights my LEDs are clear...do you paint them red just for looks or do you buy red lens LEDs
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Forum: Welcome New Members
01-10-2020, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,749
Re: New Member
Since I'm new to RC I started with a Tonka conversing (thanks to Smallhaul) I'm using a WPL frame and running gear so I didn't have to work out those details this time around. The wheelbase and width...
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