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Re: 1/16 Bucyrus-Monighan Walking Dragline
Here's a link to some new small one's.
http://www.coldjet.com/en/products/d...FQsGbAodnBc1bA The one we used the ice came in 4ft square tote and was dumped into a hopper on the machine. I see this small one will use blocks and it even shaves the ice for use. It did a great job of cleaning up the old car body and leaves no rust behind. Two years ago we used a truck mounted one to take the painted runway numbers up at the airbase here. we had a limited time to do it and it worked well. No damage to the concrete. Rob |
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Yes That's what we did and to be honest with you I can't remember the cost, although it was reasonable compared to sand. Sand on old car bodies can be very aggressive depending on the grit. I would guess in your area a look in the yellow pages might work under cleaning and blasting. Someone may have a setup and you could take the boom to them.
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Steve , look into walnut shells . I heard of that being used also
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I thought of walnut too. I used corn cob media to blast my Caterpillar Sixty engine because I didn't want to tear it apart.
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Wow Steve
This is gone be one of the most detailed and beautiful booms i have seen. I see you are searching for blasting methods i think you will be a extremely happy when that is done. When the whole boom is done and blasted you need to sit down around it with a few good friends and simply look at it and enjoy it for hours and a have few beer. Eef |
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Steve-very nice as always! How did you drill accurately thru both pcs. of metal with the A-frame mounted at an angle. Or is this secret stuff?
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All the diagonal bracing in the "A" frame is going to be real fun to figure out. Currently I'm going over my designs from 3yrs ago making sure where to place all the holes for them. I'm also looking into the wire rope needed. I need a total of 240' of 7x19 3/64'' for the boom. One of the 4 pieces is 167' and that's a small problem. I found I guy on ebay with 100' coils,none longer cheap. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and order from McMaster Carr now and it'll be around $215 instead of the $30 I checked at a local cable and sling co. near me and they couldn't get any either. They did have coated galvanized they use in race car parachutes I could have for next to nothing but too stiff and the OD slightly larger and won't fit in my sheaves. |
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Spot drill both layers
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nice work on the point sounds like your having cable problems like me i can't find anything that isn't stiff like the 7 twist galvanized in 1/16th and thats kinda what i need just not so stiff..........keep up the awsome work
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Use the .038'' 7x19 . 1/16 sounds out of scale for the Terex. It probably had 1/2 or 5/8'' originally. I have some and it's very flexible. Check McMaster Carr $1.69/ft.
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lol i would but i don't really know the size yea the real cable is 5/8 i need to look at some in person i guess is what i am tryin to say lol
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Hi Steve
Did you try sailing boat shops , i was lucky there. They use all sort of sizes , and small ones too for on those small 1 person sail boats. Over here they even sell 1 mm ( i think thats something like 5/128 ) stainless steel. And from there the sizes go up. And it's very flexible as well because it has many small wires. Give google a try for your area here is an example http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs...classNum=10244 Eef Last edited by eef7260; 04-06-2011 at 03:04 PM. |
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Pugs just sent me this outfit.http://www.savacable.com/pages/prod_01_00.html I'm waiting for a call back. I see a 3/64'' 7x49 That would be really flexible. |
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Be sure and call Mcmaster and make sure its a continous roll you're buying. Seems like everytime I buy stuff from them its from a diff company and slightly diff stuff.
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You know I was thinking that too. If I could buy from a manufacturer I could be assured. The sling outfit tried 3 places for me and resulted the dreaded minimum qty. well I'd buy more if the price per foot would be lower.
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Yeah and they have a 250' min on stock sizes and a $150. min order, which is less than the mcmaster. Plus they have fittings and thimbles too.
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Steve-thanks for the explanation. I guess there is a way to do anything if you have the correct tools. I sometimes forget how big your model is and that makes a difference. On my little truck a 4-40 screw hole is a big hole.
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if you will check with your local beading store they have what you need
it will come in 7 ,21 or 28,49 strand beading wire was called foxtail a long time ago or check fire mountain gems on the net one roll is 60 yards and around $20 they have it in colours and stainless and silver or gold if you have the money even have it in nylon or rio grande or any jewelry supply store if you need i will post web address's tomorrow for it |
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