Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
10-20-2016, 11:02 PM
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Views: 3,035
Re: Motor and gearbox ideas
https://www.pololu.com/category/22/motors-and-gearboxes
I used their plastic right angle gearboxes in my Bruder tracked skid steer, and they worked great, decent power, and lots of options for...
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
05-13-2016, 11:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,483
Re: Newbie fundamental questions (motors, etc...)
You could use that gearbox, but it would still need a speed controller, the receiver cannot control the motor. The stock electronics may have it all built together though, so if that is the case...
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Forum: Construction Companies & Worksites
05-13-2016, 11:23 PM
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Replies: 427
Views: 281,315
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
05-12-2016, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,798
Re: Welding help
Oxy Acetylene braze welding can be too hot for some metals. Mind you, there are tons of different brazing alloys available. I braze weld 8-12 hours a day with a silver alloy, and I can tell you, it...
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
05-08-2016, 12:56 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,483
Re: Newbie fundamental questions (motors, etc...)
Yes you could use drill motors, but they are quite bulky and probably awkward to mount. The stock motor is probably small and running at 6 volts(or less), which might be too low for the drill motor....
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
05-06-2016, 10:42 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,483
Re: Newbie fundamental questions (motors, etc...)
Check out http://www.pololu.com for motors, they have a bunch of metal gear motors of all sizes and RPM's. They also sell the TRex motor controller to control two motors, in a tank style setup.
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
03-28-2016, 10:19 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,128
Re: Micro scale rc
2400 Euro for 1:50 scale excavator!!! 500 Euros for sound kit and lights!! Gotta pay to play I guess.... Sure looks like fun though..
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-20-2016, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 164
Views: 142,032
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Forum: Construction Equipment
02-17-2016, 08:53 PM
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Replies: 78
Views: 30,356
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Forum: Construction Companies & Worksites
01-10-2016, 01:30 AM
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Replies: 1,875
Views: 971,223
Re: LilGiantsConstrCo
I hate to ask cuz I am sure it has been asked and answered somewhere in this thread, but in the dozen or so pages I have been through I cannot find the answer.... So, why are you digging so much in...
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Forum: Construction News
01-03-2016, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 41,151
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Forum: General Discussion
11-02-2015, 09:44 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,712
Re: Rc skid steer build or buy
I have seen wheeled ones for sale in Europe, and they run like 600 euros.
If you are handy and patient you can build one, for waay less. I spent a little over $200 to build mine.
Here is a...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
07-09-2015, 10:34 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,545
Re: First Conversion: Bruder Delta Loader
Hi Jim,
My transmitter is the cheapest one I could find from HobbyKing, it was like 30 bucks. It does not have any fancy features that would allow me to slow it down. I would expect some of...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
06-27-2015, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,545
Re: First Conversion: Bruder Delta Loader
I had last week off from work for a staycation, so I had some time to work on this finally. It is about 90% done now, needs a couple touch ups and some paint. Here is what I have done now:
I...
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Forum: Construction Equipment Tech
06-27-2015, 01:11 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,758
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Forum: Construction Equipment
06-09-2015, 11:50 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,545
Re: First Conversion: Bruder Delta Loader
Some progress finally!
Big mess from trimming plastic!
http://i587.photobucket.com/albums/ss312/KyleSydney24/IMG_8978-resize.jpg
Motors are mounted to a piece of 1/4" aluminum. I drilled and...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
05-12-2015, 07:11 PM
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Replies: 139
Views: 104,321
Re: 3D Printed D10T Build
Would it be more expensive to print something like this in color? It would hide wear and tear better wouldn't it?
This project is fantastic btw, I hope to see more builds from you done like...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
05-03-2015, 03:54 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,545
Re: First Conversion: Bruder Delta Loader
I got most of my parts in last week, so I did a bench test of the electronics and they work great. I had an oops though, I accidentally ordered my drive hubs in orange instead of yellow, so I will...
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Forum: Construction Equipment
03-24-2015, 10:27 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,545
First Conversion: Bruder Delta Loader
So this will be my first attempt at converting a toy to R/C. I have spent some time researching other peoples conversion and have come up with a game plan. I chose a skid steer because they are...
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