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Yesterday the weather was beautiful and warm here so I decided to cut firewood instead of working in the shop. My wood pile needs a major boost before fall and I'm getting soft spending so much time in the shop so the exercise was great also! In the afternoon I was getting pooped out so I thought it was the perfect opportunity to bring out some toys for a bit and move some sawdust around. It was fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg4T...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_H9...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_pQ...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A

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Not much to look at but I've gotten drawn into the conveyor fad...

I used a tube from my MX bike. I wish I hadn't made tapered rollers because they suck lol. The belt is turning now and maybe with some adjustments it will stay on straight. For now it wanders up on either side and won't stay centered. The speed seems pretty good so at least one thing worked out...

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psd2bccded.jpg
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Should make a couple training rollers there a set of rollers on a pivot with upright side rollers. that helps center the conveyor. We use them on all our conveyors at work.

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Yes I plan to add more rollers and a pair at each end that are more vertical. I scooped a picture of a setup I liked on the net that I believe has what you described but this was all in managed to get done in a few hours this afternoon. I was more interested to see if I could get something moving with pieces I had lying around before I spent more time on it. I think it will work for my needs whatever they are:confused:.

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OK, so I ditched the first conveyor in favor of what I had wanted to do in the first place. I've had a nasty cold the last few days so I decided to take it easy and use the long weekend to get started. This one is quite large at nearly 5 feet. The belt is 3 1/2" wide. The treadmill I used still worked but was slightly disassembled(controls were off). I thought it would have had a brushless motor but it turns out to have a 90v brushed motor instead. This worked out awesome as I was able to power it up with 12v and cut the strip off with a razor blade. I just held the blade steady and the treadmill did the work! What I have done so far is very basic. I have yet to make any rollers other than at the ends but it still runs pretty true. I have a ton of work to do on it yet so this will be an ongoing project.

http://youtu.be/eKVmfTlKWbA

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psa1652b3d.jpg
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Ha ha!! Looks good reg!!! Hope your feeling better buddy!!

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On going project you say?..... Tell me about it! :lol:
The latest is looking great! And your getting ahead of me on this one! Must have something to do with the fact you have no winter!:mad::o:lol:
That's my story. :rolleyes:

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Thanks RW. Feeling a little better today but not great. Perhaps some salt air tomorrow will fix me up!

I guess what I was trying to say is that this won't just be a conveyor when finished:D Shouldn't winter be the perfect excuse for you to be working on this stuff? It's not like you can do much outside...:p Anyway, I have a long list of other things I should have been working on but sometimes I need to get some stuff done of my own. Freshens up the brain and gets me feeling in the mood to work on stuff I have to let go of... Either that or I get mad and wish I was fishing instead!:rolleyes:

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So true and point taken! Game on buddy ! :lol::p:D

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I made up the hopper yesterday afternoon. Today I got to give it a quick test. I use a cordless drill trigger when I'm bench testing things and I was using it here. I had it pinched under the weight of the conveyor but it got knocked around stopping the belt a couple of times. I think it will work OK though with some more effort. I was concerned that the speed would be too slow but it actually looks pretty good. If it were any faster I couldn't feed it quickly enough...

http://youtu.be/vUvI5S-ZL34

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...ps326e4d5a.jpg
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Fantastic showing of metal fab skills again Reg, that hopper sits over the belt perfectly! :cool:

I got to get busy soon with my own conveyer system, I'm running out space to store dry fines again already!

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Thanks Joe. I wasn't sure if it would work so I just had it clamped in place. Not much dirt gets by between the chute and the belt. I guess working with dry sand may require a brush or rubber between the two. I kinda had a feeling that the sides of the hopper were too flat but I wanted a 10"x10" area without a lot of height so that small machines could load it too. This soil is very wet and sticky at the moment so hopefully when it dries out a bit it will be fine. I had thought about rubber mounting the hopper and adding a small vibrating motor but I am afraid it will vibrate the belt causing the material to roll back down. I guess I will just do some more trial and error and see what happens. So far I am pretty pleased with the way it works considering there are no rollers mid belt and the most expensive piece on it is the $15 gear motor:).

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Just an idea for your screener all the vibrator motors we use at work have two equal counter weights with set screws to lock them to the motor shaft so if they are directly cross from each other there isn't any vibration and so you can loosen one and turn it towards the other to create more vibration ect. This way you can adjust how much vibration you have without changing the motor speed. Just a thought if your still using your screener it might cut down on noise or change the direction of the motor to horizontal position.

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That's a great idea with the counter weights. The motor I had only has the shaft sticking out on one end so I am only using one weight. I made a weight out of aluminum first but it wasn't heavy enough. Next I glued a strip of lead sheet to the aluminum weight but it still wasn't enough so I ended up making one out of brass. It seems to be a good setup now as too much vibration will start to effect the material moving up the belt. I also added a roller underneath along with a foam wiper and rails up the sides of the belt. I had to make adjustments during filming but after a few trips back into the shop it was working fairly well. I need to make some changes near the top of the belt as that is were dirt is being introduced onto the inside of it causing it to build up near the bottom roller. The wiper I made helps but isn't doing a great job. Next time I'm at a store I will be looking for a stiff brush. Perhaps a windshield scraper type brush will do the trick....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXGt...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB5s...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A

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Spent some time working on the pile today. It was a gong show of broken parts and horrible driving but I had some fun too....

http://youtu.be/XPnXeGgaGnw

You'll get a kick out of this one Mario...Karma is a B***H
http://youtu.be/CSAz3N9uE_o

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Reg, I've got this great white stuff you can use as material to haul. Would you like me to send you some? I've got plenty to spare as you well know. Lol.
My new word I came up with to describe west coast people......Forget tropicana, how about tropicanadian! :lol:

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In all honesty we could use some of that white stuff here. The weather has been amazing but only a fool would be so short sighted not to see where this is going. I'm not a "global warming", "Green peacer" type at all and I do my fair share of polluting when I can:D but this is getting scary!:eek: We have had no snow at our house other than a very light dusting for 3 years running. We ran the fish boat up the island last week to deliver some fish and the mountains on the central island have no snow at all other than the stuff that doesn't go away. The way the mountains look now is the way they should look in September and it's very dry. Even if we get a bunch of rain it will only be a temporary fix. It's like all the cold weather has moved east and we don't get a winter anymore....

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i'm on long island New York you can have all my white stuff back
along with those geese you guys keep sending south

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Amazing Reg, I wish I could come play too. Your conveyer is sweet! Great design, I was watching the vids and you mentioned the belt slips to one side, it may help if you still have an issue in the future to crown the rollers to help center the belt under tension? Not sure if you still have an issue with that problem but just a suggestion. Keep up the great work and keep posting.

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I have been wanting to add some dirt to my play area for a bit now and since I had an unexpected day off do to windy conditions this morning I thought today might be the day. I took the battery out of my pickup and another off the shop floor and got our old Euclid running. It hasn't ran for a couple of years(see blackberry vines) but a little shot of ether in the blower and she was up and running. I asked my Dad to give me a hand and he was happy to load it for me. We hauled three loads of dirt so I am guessing that with the fines I had already, I now have at least a 20 yard pile to play in! I had a blast driving to old truck and it brought back some memories from my teens when we used the truck to build a motocross track. Good times!

https://youtu.be/JJf9z0OUQhY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miw6...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A

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I'm so jealous off all the toys u hav reg. think mite hav to come over for holidays lol

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Let me know when you are coming Justin! You're welcome anytime!

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That dump sounds good Reg, I couldn't quite hear if you said your going to recondition it, I see why your not loading it heavy, since the bed went into a short free fall coming down.
Looking forward to your videos on building the roads in your new piles.

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Thx for the video Reg
Don't get any funny ideas and add a receiver to the full size Euclid .....
Nice looking model work area

greg

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It would be nice to fix it up eventually. Pretty tough to find any parts here now though. Most of these trucks around here were cut up a long time ago. The bed powers down so the third stage of the cylinder pulls and then once it passes the balance point it free falls to the second stage(my model is built to simulate this). It was really scary the first couple of times we used the truck years ago. You get used to it but kinda always wonder if it's going to come crashing down.lol I think the pump is the main reason it won't lift a heaped box. We have another one but haven't tried swapping it(only had the truck since the mid 80's:rolleyes:). It will dump a fair bit more than what I was carrying in the video but I was scared of getting the truck stuck where I was dumping the dirt. The truck will get stuck on wet grass empty and it disappears out of sight when loaded. Go figure!


No plans for that Greg but if I have my way there will be a mid-sized version of the old truck built one day and it will be RC. Next time you're flying over land in the field and come for a visit! Maybe someday you up-island boys can come down for a weekend. I need some help!

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Been plugging away at my new play area after work the last couple days and I finally got it to the point where I could try out the road. I used the KW to pack it down since it takes up the whole road and weighs nearly 50lbs.

Ghost driver?:rolleyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k5x...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
I need to install a stronger steering servo in the truck. It just doesn't have to power needed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4m2S...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
I like this view.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PQx...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbBw...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
Once it was packed down well the Hayes was able to make it's way back and forth nice and easy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPFK...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNBC...tJ-DusnO8Onw7A

A few shots from before I started driving on it. I cut some small trees and jammed them in the ground to make it look a little more natural. I will add some more details later and my plan is to extend the road out into the bigger trees and create a network of stuff using the fine sifted stuff.

http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psgulrgrs8.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psyxcmsxiq.jpg
http://i1293.photobucket.com/albums/...psexsblhbs.jpg

Thanks for looking!

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Hey Reg. There is a new machine, it's called a GRADER ! ! I think your roads could use some help. You have potholes the size of golf greens. Lol

Greg

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Yes but only guys that live up island have graders... Until they come to visit I will have to keep using my rake.lol One trip over it with the Hayes in that condition was enough. I made it nice and smooth before the videos but by the time the KW had it packed down there were some craters again...

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Looks great when and if the snow ever leaves the ottawa region I need to get my roads built and the rr back into shape ! Mike

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Looks like nothing but a great time! How many acres is your playground?

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Thanks guys. I've done some work here over the weekend and added a boulder, some more dirt and a bridge! Trying to make it friendly for the big girls(1/10 scale) requires a lot of space so I enlisted my Dad again and we hauled three more loads of gravel in yesterday. I actually have enough road now to make it interesting while moving dirt to add on. My plan is to build a road through the trees in a big loop...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JpsgaUU0sY
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Once the work was finished with the big machines I got a couple of toys out to move some material on the haul rd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKRvF-ABU8Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AgZRL6CPDU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fY_kd4BgK8
This video isn't up yet but I really am having fun with this little Mack conversion. It gets around well and seems to have good power and speed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzzKgWOSxDA

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This is Awesome Reg. R U Planning for the Vancouver Island RC Truck & Construction World Convention Event ?! :bounce::)

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Drooling....Man your have a sweet area to work in Reg. Love the videos as always. Maybe i missed it but did you ever get your conveyor belt problem worked out?

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You never know! I wish someone would come and play.

It's coming along. Kind of nice to have an area to play in finally that's right next to the shop. The 1/10 scale stuff is a PITA to move any distance. I haven't touched the conveyor other than the times I've walked by it and hit my leg on it in the shop.lol It seemed to be working OK the last time I used it but it could still use some tweaking. I think the biggest thing it needs is a brush to keep dirt out of the lower roller.

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Looks awesome Reg! I'm sure we'll see it grow, and grow and grow ... LOL

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I was loaded and heading out to the RCP compound (was a work release) but I forgot your 2500 miles away!!!!! Lol!!! And didn't have my fuel card!! One of these days I may see the father-i -law out your way. But I don't know if the airlines would allow me a d11 as a carry-on. :). Your setup looks like a lot of fun reg! I just this last week have had the opportunity to start some spring cleanup here. Definitely jealous of your spot!! Hope it rains for a month!! Lol!! Naa it's looking good and keep doing what your doing.

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I want to play at RCP Compound.........4950 km or 3100 miles and 46 hours only.........beam me up please.....:lol:

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The compound is coming along great Reg.:cool: I love the bridge, Reminds me of the typical logging road bridges I see in the bush made out of rail ties.

There's no written rules for our play zones but I suggest no more cheating with the big toys ok. :cop:;):D

I know how you like to jump into something and go all out till its done. Can't do that with the compound, this is your test in slow and steady because there is no race. Gotta make it last :)......atleast that's what I keep telling myself. :lol::lol:

Keep the pics and vids coming. :bounce:

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Thanks! I hope so! I just want to get the roads in so I can drive around.lol

Haha, we've had plenty of rain lately. It looks like we are headed back to sunshine this week though so that's good. Gotta get the roads in before it dries too much or they won't pack. If you find that gas card, I will be off work for the rest of the month... Just sayin:D Of course I will be working in the shop some of the time...:rolleyes:

No doubt! I wish I could beam you guys here. I'm getting bored without company and it takes forever one truck load at a time. I need a fleet operating!

Thanks Mario. Yeah I can get carried away with things. I guess you could say that I don't like to F around. If I decide I am going to do something I usually give it 100%. I have most of the main stuff done now with the bigger machinery. I think from here on out it will be mostly RC although I would like to move in a couple more boulders. I don't plan to take my time really but I promise to use the toys as much as possible...:rolleyes:

A few shots from this evening. I managed to stretch the road out a few more feet. I think I have about 75' of road now so it's getting more fun. Hills, corners and a bridge. It's a good start!

Videos to follow!

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Thanks for following along!

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Get your popcorn out folks...... I can see Reg building a RC Disney land in the near future! .... Better yet, get your plane tickets! We're going to the island! :bounce:

Funny how things look so much more scale when there isn't a condo or curb in the background eh? :lol: