excavator construction plan

[mcl fabrication]

I don't know were you would find plans. But you can try reverse engineering one, I find that it is just as good. I am doing that right now. This would be my fist scratch reverse build. Here is what I did It may help. I was looking for metal parts for my hobby engine excavator and could not find any so I started making the parts myself. I have videos of my progress on YouTube. "Hobby Engine excavator modification by mcl RC fabrication and performance". You can check out what I did and it may help if plans are hard to find or cost to much.

[RCP57]

I just use the basic 2D drawings from the manufacturers site and as many pictures as I can collect from different angles. If I can't find the basic 2D drawings then I just use pictures to build from.

What part of Canada are you in?

[ricm]

some people blow up copies of the engineering drawings you can find on the manufacturer's website or in the back of sales brochures for the real machines, to get true scale size for external dimensions and geometry. Internal design will have to be DIY but again manufacturer websites often show how the machines are built for real.

example - check out pages 16, 17, 18 in this Volvo brochure:

http://www.volvoce.com/SiteCollectio...71_2008-03.pdf

[mcl fabrication]

Originally Posted by mcl fabrication

I don't know were you would find plans. But you can try reverse engineering one, I find that it is just as good. I am doing that right now. This would be my fist scratch reverse build. Here is what I did It may help. I was looking for metal parts for my hobby engine excavator and could not find any so I started making the parts myself. I have videos of my progress on YouTube. "Hobby Engine excavator modification by mcl RC fabrication and performance". You can check out what I did and it may help if plans are hard to find or cost to much.