PC1800 Front Shovel (1/12)

[TRUCKMAKER]

Wow that's great to hear at least for you!

[DADSGARAGE]

I did manage to spend some time on building the hydraulic tank, it is 2" x 5" x 14" long and if filled to the top would hold about 2200cc, hoping to have just under 2000cc in the tank when in use.

Still need to make a few changes to the intank strainer but this will the general idea
(#60 stainless steel mesh , really wanted to use #100 but couldn't get any)






I welded a baffle plate inside the tank, the idea is to help push air bubbles up and away from the suction side, not sure if it will be of any help in such a small tank but thoght I would try it anyway....

[DADSGARAGE]

Here is the tank before welding....



After welding I used this small valve to pressure check the tank for leaks...added about 25 psi of air and sprayed the tank with soapy water and looked for air bubbles...all good!!





The finished tank...."big and ugly".... just like the machine it's going in!!

[D8R]

Oh, like that tank, looks so good and with all those featchers built in it must be a winner.
If/when I will have to rebuild mine, some of your solutions will be copied
Dan

[modelman]

Good to hear everything turned out okay for you. Glad your able to get back to work on this. Very nice work!!!

[sparkycuda]

Very glad that you did not suffer any big damage - and prayers for those that lost everything. Your hydraulic tank has more features than some I've seen on real machines and the shovel is looking really great.

Ken

[JAMMER]

Great idea for the tank filter and nice work. You do come up with some great ideas. Ed

[Supermario]

Nice to see your able to carry on with the build! She's really looking like a mean machine coming together.
Tank features are very cool and love it. One thing that came to mind though, it's hard to tell in the pics but how thick is the tank walls? Just wondering about cooling factor..... Then again, such a large surface area heat retention shouldn't be a problem?

[tracksntreadslou]

Making some awsome progress ..this machine is build to last and some great features with the tank as well ...to darn bad you are so far away ..Btw sure glad you made it though that devastating fire ..so many people lost everything ..im sure you knew many ..my heart goes out to them

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by D8R

Oh, like that tank, looks so good and with all those featchers built in it must be a winner.
If/when I will have to rebuild mine, some of your solutions will be copied
Dan

Thanks Dan!!

Originally Posted by modelman

Good to hear everything turned out okay for you. Glad your able to get back to work on this. Very nice work!!!

Thanks!! It sure is nice being able to continue working on this project...there for a while I wasn't sure if that was ever going to happen!!

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by JAMMER

Great idea for the tank filter and nice work. You do come up with some great ideas. Ed

Thanks!! The tank filter/screen design was really just a fluke, was originally thinking of just soldering the screen to the outside of the copper tube but luckily found some brass tubing that fit really snug against the screen when inside the copper tubing, sometimes luck is just as good as skills!! LOL

Originally Posted by Supermario

Nice to see your able to carry on with the build! She's really looking like a mean machine coming together.
Tank features are very cool and love it. One thing that came to mind though, it's hard to tell in the pics but how thick is the tank walls? Just wondering about cooling factor..... Then again, such a large surface area heat retention shouldn't be a problem?

The tank wall is 3/16" thick, the reasons for it being that thick is to be able to cut pipe threads directly into the tank wall....the original design had some threaded holes on the side of the tank as well but ended up changing things around a bit and just decided to use the same thick wall square tubing....already had it so hey...got to use what you got!! Hopefully heat retention doesn't create any problems, I think it would take a long time to heat everything up enough to cause any troubles...hopefully! Lol

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by sparkycuda

Very glad that you did not suffer any big damage - and prayers for those that lost everything. Your hydraulic tank has more features than some I've seen on real machines and the shovel is looking really great.

Ken

Me too!!! We do know a number of people who lost everything!! We are very fortunate to still have a home etc!!!
The features in this little tank might be a bit overkill but hey...why not!!

Thanks Ken!!

Originally Posted by tracksntreadslou

Making some awsome progress ..this machine is build to last and some great features with the tank as well ...to darn bad you are so far away ..Btw sure glad you made it though that devastating fire ..so many people lost everything ..im sure you knew many ..my heart goes out to them

Slowly making some progress on this build, hopefully one day it will get completed...lol...I here ya on the distance gap, at least there are a few people in this hobby near you, must be nice!!

The fire has impacted everyone up here, some more than others.....some people are rebuilding and some are not. I know a number of people who never lost anything in the fire but have still decided to leave town...only time will tell how much this affected us all.

[DADSGARAGE]

Got started building the boom...finally...started by laying out the sides and cutting them in the band saw.





After drilling the pivot holes I bolted on a couple of heavy washers (turned on the lathe) that had the proper diameter/ radius and then used the belt sander to grind the radius on the ends of both plates, the thick washers act as a guide and or stop point while grinding the rads by hand.

[bigford]

Hurry up dad we need her down here to load rw's 785
The little excavator just won't do

[DADSGARAGE]

Really trying to hide any welds, so most of this will be welded on the inside. Only the longer top section will end up being plug welded from the outside.....so I milled a small shoulder on the edges of all three outer plates, doing this also leaves a small lip on all the edges much like the real deal.
The small slots on the front of the bottom plate are to allow the front pivot/hyd. mount plates to be welded on the inside, as well as locate them... (hopefully this will all make more sense later....lol....just need to make a few more parts of the puzzle)

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by bigford

Hurry up dad we need her down here to load rw's 785
The little excavator just won't do

LOL!!! At least he has something to load it with!!

[RCP57]

Lookin good KP! Sure is great to see you back posting updates. How's the rebuild of Fort Mac going?

[Cat966c]

What, prey-tell, do you use to draw on the metal? A sharpie isn't the best thing for me. Do you score it with a scoring tool?

[frizzen]

This is looking awosome, i can't wait to see how the arm comes together

Looks like he covered it with a layout fluid like Dykem and scribed the markings into it.

[DADSGARAGE]

Originally Posted by RCP57

Lookin good KP! Sure is great to see you back posting updates. How's the rebuild of Fort Mac going?

Thanks Reg....the rebuilding has slowly started, the clean up took a long time and being so close to winter not many houses have been built yet, should see much more construction starting next spring.