1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline

[JAMMER]

Hello Steve you are making some progress I see. Are you going to be ready for Cabin Fever? That is a lot of bolts to drill and put in your eyes are going to be crossed when you get don with all that. You are doing some very nice work I wouldn't have the patients to do that that my problem I always want to get it done and see what it looks like. Ed

[9W Monighan]

A little update on my riveting progress. I finally got all of the angles made and all but 8 are fastened onto the brass sheets.

Milling 3-1/2'' angle to scale = .218''


One of the walking shaft bearings I made about 10yrs ago.


Drilling the vertical support channels.


A few angles almost ready to rivet together.


Tapping some 0-80 threads.


Installing the .040'' dia. rivets by the hundreds. These are squeezed
in a little press I modified.


The last angles fabricated and ready for riveting.


Mock up viewed from inside.

Outside

[RCP57]

All I can really say is WOW! Beautiful work!