build my secound custom excavators

[cosworth34677]

ok i have been wanting to do this for a while. i made a custom excavator a few years ago, and it was well..... ok i guess so i bought a bruder excavator and made thar hydraulic. love the power and the way it works so i think its time to go to the next level. and make a full metal one. i can't aford to buy one premade but the bruder converts though they work great, i kind of beat up pretty fast. so im thinking something like this.

http://images.autoline.info/s/construction-equipment-tracked-excavator-LIEBHERR-R-954C---1_big--11101521425518463400.jpg

i made this guy two years ago.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j86/cosworth34677/20130217_161525_zps065fa360.jpg (http://s78.photobucket.com/user/cosworth34677/media/20130217_161525_zps065fa360.jpg.html)

and wat to improve on that fist build

[22fatcat]

That is a pretty big project. What kind of tools do you have to work with?

[cosworth34677]

well i work at a sign shop that has a cnc router. and a welder and some metal working tools

[22fatcat]

that's cool, well at least you have something to get you going. Will the router cut metal or is it for wood and plastics?

[cosworth34677]

well i started small but its a start. i was thinking of using these on track from a old bruder
excavator i made a while ago. but don't know. and i going to use the bike rear freewheel for the turn table. i took the little dogs out of the freewheel so it will spin both direction free.
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jBFe284nL9k/UtGwJ6LLE7I/AAAAAAAAAlo/Vstfxgaosxg/w1278-h959-no/20140111_155642.jpg