Nylint michigan crane conversion, hopefully

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Build goes slow, lots of life happened...

I know you said 1/8 steel rod is fine to support pulleys, but crazy lives here. Aluminum and steel don't play that nicely together, and i can't remember i'm converting a toy to a better toy. I haven't decided the pulleys need polished and alodined yet, it's probably not far off. Blah blah blah, fretting, types of corrosion, galling...
So finally made it to the hobby shop and got my suppolt rod setup: 1/8 steel rod stock held with 1/8 E-clips, 5/32 brass tube as bushing between pulley and rod.

Also i realized that the back of my cab roof has seperated spotwelds from the right side of the house so that needs cleaned up and braized.