Bruder Cat Excavator Conversion

[mojo]

your welcome man... i appreciate the help you give to whoever asks and to myself...

is there any way you could draw out a schematic on how your rams are made and how it all works....

i'd like to make me a custom excavator/ log loader with your ideas...

also whats the better size to build these machines? i see 1/16 and 1/14.5...

and another question i have is can you combine servos via a switch on the radio or wire harness to work with one stick? so you can have two rams on the big arm that comes right off the machine work in tandem to one stick on the radio?

i know i ask alot but i'm trying to eliminate the learning curve to all this...

thanks again

[mojo]

hey tyler sorry i didn't realize you were trying to sell your ideas for the rams... but anyhow you've been very respectful and i hope you didn't take my noisying around as an insult... can't wait to see the final product and you r doing awesome....joe

[rockNmayhem]

Well been super busy this last week at work and around the house so haven't had much time for the excavator but I decided to snap some shots of what little bit I have gotten done. I made a wrist pin for the boom and arm to attatch and need to braze it up tommorow then I will get crackin on finishing the metal work on the boom this week and hopefully get it to the priming stage so I can see what needs to be changed. There are also a couple of shots compared to the stock arm assembly for reference.











Thanks for lookin and hope to give you guys more progress pics soon so stay tuned.

[Manfred]

Tyler,

great works.

Manfred

[mojo]

looks good tyler.... excited to see it all done and working

[mojo]

Hey Tyler,

Do you have any further progress on your digger.... i'm missing the fun!!!!!!!!!

[paul1980]

This looks amazing! Just hope mine turns out as well as this.

[paul1980]

Also do you sell them rams? or know anyone that sells somthing along the same lines? they are the best looking screw rams ive seen by far.

[skinnydude]

I'm a plumber pipefitter by trade just wondering what type of soilder you use 50/50, 60/40 etc.

[Brian in PA]

Any updates on this?

Brian

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by skinnydude

I'm a plumber pipefitter by trade just wondering what type of soilder you use 50/50, 60/40 etc.

I use a 50/50 on this as I feel that it creates a lot stronger bond on the brass and I can get it to melt and flow much better than my 60/40 I have.

Originally Posted by Brian in PA

Any updates on this?

Brian

Hey Brian, I've been away and very busy most of the summer but I will be around more often now and be getting back to this build. No updates to speak of as there have been a few months of down time but I will be picking up where I left off in a few days so stay tuned.

~Tyler~

[skeeter]

Updates????????????