1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

[9W Monighan]

Smallhaul Scott, I finally pulled the drag out of the crate after 4 months this evening and hooked up my new Spektrum DX7. It seemed to work flawlessly on the swing and drag. I didn't put the temporary boom on yet to see the real pain," The Hoist Function". I'm sure it'll work fine too. I was fooling around with the dual rate and figured out how that works. That will come in handy for a beginner or possibly aid in truck loading. Another would be,if there's enough torque on that low of a setting, "Walking"
I am getting ready for some soldering work this weekend and hopefully have the first boom section done.

[SmallHaul]

Originally Posted by 9W Monighan

Smallhaul Scott, I finally pulled the drag out of the crate after 4 months this evening and hooked up my new Spektrum DX7. It seemed to work flawlessly on the swing and drag. I didn't put the temporary boom on yet to see the real pain," The Hoist Function". I'm sure it'll work fine too. I was fooling around with the dual rate and figured out how that works. That will come in handy for a beginner or possibly aid in truck loading. Another would be,if there's enough torque on that low of a setting, "Walking"
I am getting ready for some soldering work this weekend and hopefully have the first boom section done.

That is great Steve. You can also try about 30 positive expo on the swing too make that smooth too. 2.4ghz is awesome, you can almost enclose it in metal and it won't glitch or loose signal.

[9W Monighan]

Lots of progress this weekend. Almost all of the tubing is soldered together on the first section but ran out of time. I can't wait to be able to pick it up from the jig and hold it without worrying about it falling apart in my hands
I can't take any pictures yet because my camera is not working properly. I'm in the process of buying a new one now.
I'm thinking about a: Nikon S8100

[SonoranWraith]

Originally Posted by 9W Monighan

I'm thinking about a: Nikon S8100

Looking forward to the soldered piece/work of art when you get the pics. My wife wants this camera. I guess we'll see your pics for evaluation.

[9W Monighan]

Well, I got all the tubes fitted and some soldered but will finish this evening. I went out and got my new camera and I'm trying to get used to all the new gadgets it has.I need to get it set correctly though. Here are some pictures of the boom in it's jig to hold the taper correctly.




Corner all soldered


Detail of how the tubes join ready to be soldered