1/10 caterpillar 140h motor grader 3d printed

[ddmckee54]

It looks like you've got aluminum extrusions for the frame rails under the engine. Is there anything extra in the beam that supports the blade and the front wheels? Or did you print it with extra perimeters?

[Orange RC Works]

Originally Posted by ddmckee54

It looks like you've got aluminum extrusions for the frame rails under the engine. Is there anything extra in the beam that supports the blade and the front wheels? Or did you print it with extra perimeters?

The aluminum is the same channel trim for 3/4" plywood that I have used on the Oshkosh and Kenworth truck chassis, I just had to trim it a little bit. thought it would make the tub chassis a lot stiffer... also the arching beam is printed but with a 3/4 thick plywood sandwiched in between the beam which is U-shaped, i had to scrape the upper middle part of the plywood to make way for the wires from the servo and the headlight and for the motor power lines as well... the plywood would give it stiffness and some weight.