WANTED - information on cable excavator - Menck M 90

[Markus]

Hi,

Here a link to a video of a working real Menck:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1713660/..._mit_Menck_M40

and here another video of a working scale model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpRKN...eature=related

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Markus

[edwalsh18]

Originally Posted by Markus

Hi,

Here a link to a video of a working real Menck:
http://www.myvideo.de/watch/1713660/..._mit_Menck_M40

and here another video of a working scale model:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpRKN...eature=related

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Markus

hey thanks! the first video helped alot. i have not seen that one yet. the second was a different style, i dont think i will build that one. i dont really like the way it dumps(personal preference) i dont like the "click" and then it dumps. the style in the first video interests me because i think its clever how the boom, stick, and bucket can be controlled all by cable.

would like to know some more info on the cable setups. how they work, what pulleys do what, how the operator controls it, etc. as well as some more pics/videos

[edwalsh18]

heres a pic of where i am so far, not much progress. this is somewhat of what the tracks will look like. i need to space the shoes out 1/4" and i am thinking of using 1" x 3 1/8" shoes as opposed to 1 1/2" x 3 1/8" to get the look but only if the spacing is enough for the drive wheel and wont create binding.