PC1800 Front Shovel (1/12)

[modelman]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

You certainly have one of the better assets that's gives you an edge over everyone else in this hobby, a water jet at your fingertips!

I agree joe and he certainly knows how to use it!!! I am thinking this machine will be heavy enough to do some serious digging. Nice work!!

[DADSGARAGE]

The advantage of cutting parts on the waterjet table was very handy....but at the moment both my tables are in storage...long story...never team up with a big company, it seems the bigger the outfit the harder it is to find the right people to manage it, which creates a lack of direction or in this case a change in direction, so for now the machines are in storage. That would be the short and not so sweet version of the story...lol....but hey such is life.

So.....I'll be a bandsawing, drilling, milling, zip cutting, grinding machine for the rest of this build ...or maybe I'll just get someone else to cut the parts!?

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More pics of the build so far.....

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When this pin is installed in the track frame it holdes the idler back making it easier to remove the tracks without taking them apart.

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More pics.....

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(The weight at this point is about 79 lbs)