dresser TD40B dozer

[RCP57]

They were there earlier. Probably a Photobucket error or something.

[ihbuilder]

whew I thought it was my dinosaur of a puter . They where there last night .
I cant see any on the forum right now

[RCP57]

I was trying to look up pictures of a previous build I had done and couldn't see any. Thinking something is broken.lol

[tracksntreadslou]

It is coming together very nicely steve.Nice work .Looks chunky too on that workbench ..Looks as though PB is down ..i am getting the same thing as you ..hope they can save everything we already uploaded ..that would be a b****h if that was lost ..with all the bloody ads it is getting to be really painful to load and post pics

[ihbuilder]

I think the ads on PB is killing me on this old (new to me ) puter . I can't update safari on it anymore . It's getting close to the 990's weight I started drawing up the hood and finalizing the cab . I've been playing with the 3D side of cad again and drew up the interior . I know, me with an interior in a model.

[ihbuilder]

The VMC is tied up so ....they're supposed to be ball and socket but spherical bearings work just fine .




Pins and retainers for the blade components





pitch adjustment






blade done

[Azonic]

Nice metal work, love the tracks!

[ihbuilder]

Thanks ,Azonic

Tackleing the planetaries . I robbed the planetaries from my scraper since I'll be redoing the drive train in them .



Just the coupling from main shaft into the planetary .

[Lil Giants]

How sweet it is when you have all the right tooling & the knowledge to use it to make whatever you want (I have no idea what I am talking about, I just assume it'd be sweet )... looking real good Steve

What's it weight getting to?

[modelman]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

How sweet it is when you have all the right tooling & the knowledge to use it to make whatever you want (I have no idea what I am talking about, I just assume it'd be sweet )... looking real good Steve
?

I agree steve-your machine work is perfect looking to me. The track (rails?)
look just like a real machine. The details are outstanding. This is probably the most realistic model of a dozer I have seen on this forum. Great work!!

[ihbuilder]

https://youtu.be/QFDEZdykvig

Test run drill batts are ready for replacement fully charged they don't last long on my drill either



Joe this much of it is 60 lbs . So far with everything I have made to date , it at 80 lbs .

Thanks much Tom .

[Grainfarmer]

Great job! Nice transmission and final drives!

[ihbuilder]

Thank you Frank

Tanks and trans filter house done and other side box. bolt head in oil tank werks out for a simulated sight glass.







Holy crap, Stevie gona have an interior !!

[thebigo]

Just beautiful, a dream coming true for you Steve. To scratch build something like this is truly amazing. Like Joe, was just wondering what your weight currently is and what is the approximate total weight when finished? I have the RC4WD Dozer and it is just around 50 lbs, and ripping very hard clay is a challenge, which I like, but yours with all that steel should really dig, if you do add the ripper?

David

[modelman]

Steve-If I remember correctly you put one from each motor lead to the motor case. Been a while since I did this so you may want to check with someone else but I am pretty sure this is how I did it. Worked good, no radio glitches.

[FabOne]

Originally Posted by modelman

Steve-If I remember correctly you put one from each motor lead to the motor case. Been a while since I did this so you may want to check with someone else but I am pretty sure this is how I did it. Worked good, no radio glitches.

YES, I believe you're right.
-Terry

[frizzen]

The Capacitors are to keep motors from sending emf noise out. If just 2 caps, they go from each lead to the motor can. 3 is better, with the other spanning both leads. Shorter legs are better so they can't act like antenna.

http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/elect...apacitors.html

[ihbuilder]

Guys these are resisters not capacitors . I'll have to contact dimension eng to see why they put the resisters in with no diagram as to placement .

[frizzen]

http://www.robotshop.com/media/files...-datasheet.pdf
Page 9 and 14 where it's talking about voltage clamps and braking?

[ihbuilder]

thanks frizzen, I downloaded it a while back . Brain is proper now and I read threw the publication again . It turns out they're not needed in this application . I bought this 1 from robot shop and not Dimension, it turns out they add stuff to the package for same price as from dimension .