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Forum: Construction Equipment 03-30-2013, 05:36 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

It's called a sensitive drill adapter chuck. Allows you to feed the bit down by finger pressure.

Great looking work on the dragline!
Forum: Construction Equipment 04-11-2011, 12:05 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Wow, was worth a try anyway.
Forum: Construction Equipment 04-06-2011, 03:15 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Yeah and they have a 250' min on stock sizes and a $150. min order, which is less than the mcmaster. Plus they have fittings and thimbles too.
Forum: Construction Equipment 04-06-2011, 01:42 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Be sure and call Mcmaster and make sure its a continous roll you're buying. Seems like everytime I buy stuff from them its from a diff company and slightly diff stuff.
Forum: Construction Equipment 04-06-2011, 12:24 PM
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Forum: Construction Equipment 03-19-2011, 11:28 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Yeah, these little Arduino boards can also be set up with real time feedback as well as they communicate both ways. So things like winch motor temp or something could be monitored at the controls.
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Forum: Construction Equipment 03-19-2011, 11:21 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

I haven't gotten too much into the Xbee cards yet (the wireless portion of the combo), but I do believe its like the 2.4ghz radios in that they have to be bonded together and are on a code to...
Forum: Construction Equipment 03-19-2011, 10:49 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Yes,the Xbee wireless is on a bluetooth frequency, some of the more powerful ones have a 1 mile LOS range.

The Arduino board is a computer programmed logic controller board with (depending on...
Forum: Construction Equipment 03-18-2011, 09:18 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

hmmm, for short range and the room you have, what about a pair of Arduino boards with Xbee wireless on their backs. Just set up to to a few analog and digital IO's???
Forum: Construction Equipment 03-18-2011, 05:16 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Nice looking work as always.
Forum: Construction Equipment 03-01-2011, 09:09 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

I see I'm not the only one to use whatever tool works to get the job done.
Forum: Construction Equipment 02-25-2011, 07:19 PM
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Views: 496,554
Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Very nice work as always.
Forum: Construction Equipment 01-13-2011, 11:22 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Looks great. I get a kick of the Cat on the shelf everytime I see it!
Forum: Construction Equipment 01-07-2011, 11:09 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Looking great! hard to believe it has to get bigger yet.
Forum: Construction Equipment 12-21-2010, 09:51 PM
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Forum: Construction Equipment 12-05-2010, 11:24 PM
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Views: 496,554
Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Very nice work, can't wait to see the finished boom.
Forum: Construction Equipment 11-09-2010, 09:42 PM
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Forum: Construction Equipment 10-21-2010, 09:38 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Looking better and better
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-13-2010, 01:16 PM
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Posted By pugs
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-07-2010, 10:40 AM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Ok, that makes sense. I guess for some reason I was thinking a bunch of them were similar.
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-06-2010, 09:27 PM
Replies: 710
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

You've got CNC, why angle the vise? Just make the cut angled. Should be real easy if your machine will take a polar coordinate move. Program for your start and end point, and just change the Polar...
Forum: Construction Equipment 10-06-2010, 08:43 PM
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Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Looks like just standard High speed steel jewelers saws. I've been using a .0625" by 6" saw on my manual mill for the last 2 days as well, great fun.
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-22-2010, 10:35 AM
Replies: 710
Views: 496,554
Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Should look really good with a proper boom on it. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-17-2010, 05:03 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 496,554
Posted By pugs
Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

Nice work.

I'd love to play with a cnc mill too.......I own one, just never seem to have time to play on it.
Forum: Construction Equipment 09-08-2010, 12:42 PM
Replies: 710
Views: 496,554
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