CAT 14M Motor Grader

[modelman]

Hemi1966-this is a great model and your machine work is amazing! I have a question. Is this going to be a working model? If so, is the motor on the rotator circle strong enough to handle the digging forces of the blade or do you have a way to lock the rotating circle in position? Looking forward to more pictures.

[JensR]

The gearbox to which the gearmotor is attached is a worm drive, which cannot be back-driven, so the circle will stay in position.

For the full-scale machines a powerful circle rotation is a major selling point, ideally you want to be able to rotate it with a full blade.

I, too, wonder whether this motor will be strong enough, after my own negative experience as a circle drive, but Hemi has a higher reduction, as far as I can see, so while slower, it should have some grunt.