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Old 11-09-2010, 09:42 PM
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Great looking work!
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Old 11-10-2010, 10:54 AM
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Looking better with every picture! I hope you have a big shop to work in. This thing is getting big
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Old 11-10-2010, 12:38 PM
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WOW!!! And I thought trying to work out the angle cuts on my rocket rack was a bear! Nothing in comparison to this. Going to try and make the Cabin Fever show in Jan. Really want to see this in person.
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Old 11-10-2010, 01:09 PM
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WOW!!! And I thought trying to work out the angle cuts on my rocket rack was a bear! Nothing in comparison to this. Going to try and make the Cabin Fever show in Jan. Really want to see this in person.
it be great to see you lynn hope you can make it . Steve you got to work more sleep less looks great
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Old 11-10-2010, 10:58 PM
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Wow steve your brass work looks awsome ,thing is looking huge too..I could just imagine being close to the 1 to 1 machine after seeing the size of a 1/16 thumbs up ...it gets better every day
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Old 11-11-2010, 11:20 AM
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I had a question from another site on how I'm joining my parts.............

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How are you joining the parts together soldier ,Tig ,Gas ,Bolts ,Rvets.
All of the above. I tig welded the ends of the steel beams where needed. Bolted with literally thousands of 0-80 bolts and up to 1/4-20 bolts on parts not seen. Riveted pieces together on the brass exterior with .040'' dia rivets. And I'll be soldering and bolting the brass boom sections.



Early stages of the ESCO bucket.


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View of some of the fairlead structure rivets
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Old 11-12-2010, 01:19 PM
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I finally got to solder one of the side pieces together. It was a little tricky till I got on to it.
Here's the last mock up before soldering....



View showing lamination's on the base


Center break


Hot out of the fixture. I still need to do some soldering on this side where the solder didn't flow thru.

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Old 11-12-2010, 03:06 PM
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NICE WORK!! Are you doing the resistance soldering?
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Old 11-12-2010, 03:52 PM
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NICE WORK!! Are you doing the resistance soldering?
Not yet, I tried but the big aluminum fixture sucks all the heat too fast for the medium size tweezers and 250W power unit. I don't have the proper conductor pliers for my bigger power units. I used my jewelers torch instead.
I set the finished truss between two counters and pushed down and there's no deflection with a reasonable downward force. This strength sure beats my temporary boom
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Old 11-12-2010, 04:33 PM
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Nice!! Hope to see it in Jan!! Only thing that is going to stop me, would be the weather! I am getting cabin fever NOW!!! Let alone by Jan.
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Old 11-12-2010, 04:52 PM
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Looking impressive, amazing what strenght you get from those brass tubes/profiles. Have had a drag line in mind for next project but thought I had to go with steel profiles on boom. Looking forward seeing it in real next time in us!
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Old 11-12-2010, 11:56 PM
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Beautiful work, really like the detail, it will be a museam piece when complete. Fred
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Old 11-16-2010, 09:58 AM
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Thanks you guys, Right now I've been designing the diagonal bracing at the splice through the cross section.Tiny work here and I may have to use some of the .040'' rivets instead of bolts,there's just no room in the 5/32 angles to clear both bolt heads. Once that's figured out I can solder the braces on the top and bottom of this section.
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Old 11-16-2010, 11:14 AM
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wow thats amazing!!!
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Old 11-16-2010, 11:35 AM
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You never seize to amaze me with your craftsmanship Steve.
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Old 11-18-2010, 09:39 PM
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Here's a little work done but I have a paying job I need to get shipped by Thanksgiving.


Here's the tiny rivet I spoke of before.
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Old 11-19-2010, 07:23 AM
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geeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz and i been complainin about 3/32 and 4/40 stuff lol you do amaizing work this is a cool thread to watch as you built very detailed and percision work very nicely done keep up the great work
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Old 11-19-2010, 10:33 AM
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That's getting really small steve-could you solder this or do you need the rivets for the scale appearance?
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Old 11-19-2010, 11:42 AM
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Henry, I remember sweating blind tapping the #3-48 bolts on the bearing caps for the drums and parts on the walking cams. #0-80 is a whole new world that I've learned on the structure.

Tom, I need rivets because the heads of the bolts will hit on the two axises of the angle. I'll rivet these and solder. I don't think just solder will hold well here and rivets look so nice. It will be clearer when I get it installed.
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Old 11-19-2010, 03:52 PM
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Wow. It keeps getting better and better. Truly a masterpiece in the making.

I've been working with a lot of 2mm srews on my model and I've come to the point where I'm going to need to tap some 2mm threads into some blind holes as well, in aluminum, so I know what you mean about sweating that job! 2mm screws are pretty small as well. Maybe not as bad a #0-80s though. Looks like you've got a lot more to worry about then I do! About all a guy can do is use some good thread cutting oil, go slow, and keep backing the tap out every turn or so. Maybe even stop, back it out, flush the chips out, or blow them out with air, and continue. At least the bolts and nuts will be easier! Are you going to loc-tite everything as you go?
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