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fan mount
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...6+14.54.29.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...6+15.06.32.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...6+15.15.41.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-S...6+15.20.29.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...6+15.16.46.jpg printed out a grill, didnt think i needed to spend the time making this in the mill...however it would have been good paractice for when i do mill the vents in the sides of the hood. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-o...6+15.21.08.jpg Playin around with some magnets ( Nate :D ) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-r...6+13.01.43.jpg Going to spend some time on the side platforms this weekend maybe. I remembered I had some perforated sheet from when i had to make some filter baskets for the coolant canister filters for some of the cncs. Should work fine for the steps. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-c...6+15.56.30.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...6+15.57.47.jpg |
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Looks fantastic.....no pun intended:cool:
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Thanks Reg, and congratulations on your April Build of the month WIN! Really Nice work.
Widdled up a roof for the cab this evening, Its 1/2" thick alum...lol. And got my speaker mounted. Figured maybe i can use the cab as the speaker enclosure. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...6+18.34.05.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-M...6+18.35.21.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-n...6+17.00.25.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...6+17.00.48.jpg |
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Left side steps made from steel all welded and sandblasted. Test seat printed to hide the speaker in cab. Ill be looking for some smaller chain.
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wow awesome build!.. This thing is way cool!
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JDH:
Want a source for some finer perf-metal? Look inside the door of any sh*tcanned microwave oven. Thats the only place I could find the really fine stuff. And I'm sure its steel, not aluminum (would be easier to cut if it was aluminum!) I've got about 4 sheets of it, awaiting a chance/opportunity to cut it in strips, and have the edges bent up-&-down on either side so that they can be used as sand/traction-ramps. Three pieces would make quite a few... depending on which way they were cut. And the build looks really great... only thing holding me back from a loader like this (or a Volvo articulated dumper) is my fear of hydraulics. Oh, and saving enough. Then again, the same savings could get me one of Peter Muller's Faun SLT2-50's 8x8 w/ heavy-transport trailer. WhiteWolf |
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Nice work it looks way better with the newer look.
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This thing looks sweet! I love the rear grill and counter weight!
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Lmack, thank you
White wolf, the perf steel is 18 ga and I don't have any problems bending or cutting it. Cutting it is a breeze being it has relief holes in straight lines. Anything thinner would be difficult to weld with my mig. Thanks for the suggestion tho. Rctech, and RCP- thanks fellas. Havin a blast seeing it start to resemble what I hoped. I printed another grill with smaller horizontal bars which looks more scale and did the same to the drivers seat.... |
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You have done an excellent job of reproducing the model. I am the one who originally bought and assembled the model an it was much more work than what you have done putting it together and taking it apart and re assembling it again many times. The instructions are in German and the pictures are that detailed enough to use for putting it to gether. Keep up the great work it looks very nice. Ed
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Ed, Thank you. You had more time in building the kit than i do scratch building it?
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Looks great Jason! Between your printing skills, with the detail parts, and your metal fab skills, there is nothing you can't do!
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Yes I dod have more time in building the loader than you do what with missing parts and German instructions and very little pictures to go by. I would have to assemble a piece and if it was wrong witch it was most of the time and reassemble until it was right that why some of the parts are broken and patched or replaced with angle aluminum, it was a nightmare. Ed
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This is becoming one of my favourites right now. Very fast progress to!
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Printed a few light buckets for the rear end. Lenses are from PMD. Also a cool pic of some chased threads on a wheel hub. Thats all for now.
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Wow !!!!! I like the transformation!
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What a machine you made here buddy :drool:. It is simply Epic!! Congratulations on a job well done!
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Awsome.....simply awsome.. This is really a nice jobb.
Almost scratch built.:jaw: |
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