New member. Building D8

[Fired up]

Good day to everyone. Just intruduced to rc construction. I have been involved in rc racing and airplanes for the past 25 years. Seen li giants you tube page and brought back thoughts and dreams of when I was a kid. Thought it would be very net to have working rc construction equipment. I think we all love construction equipment when we were kids.
I chose the user name fired up because I and very fired up to build a project and have decided to build a d8. Now gathering parts and pieces. Thanks to some of the threads here for info. I will post some pics as I build. Thanks for the inspiration and great builds
Patrick.

[bigTdozer]

Welcome aboard will your build be a high track or old style? can't wait to see some build pics and good.luck if you go to page 3 in the construction forum there is a terex and D 7

[Fired up]

Had a chance to get some parts started today 5 out of 18 giude wheels done

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Some parts in but weather bad here in New Brunswick so will have to wait to get them maybe first of next week. Going to try to get to shop today and turn more guide wheels. To answer your question on which type i am building its going to be a hight track one. this is the picture from the D8 brochure that i used to inlarge to work by. Hope it turns out. I am using alot of ideas that RCLogger used in his build. thanks for the great ideas.

[modelman]

What scale are you building?

[Fired up]

I am building it around 1/14. Hope to get my parts that I ordered tomorrow. Start turning the wheels for tracks.

[doodlebug]

Welcome Aboard!

[RCLogger]

Welcome Patrick
Looking forward to watch your progress..

Greg

[Fired up]

Thanks everyone for the welcome. I have picked up my parts. Won't get to shop till Friday now. This work thing gets in the way sometimes. Lol

[RCP57]

Originally Posted by Fired up

Thanks everyone for the welcome. I have picked up my parts. Won't get to shop till Friday now. This work thing gets in the way sometimes. Lol

Hey, It's Friday... Whatcha buildin?

Reg

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Fridays here and gone. Got tied up in local volunteer fire deptment business. Never got in the shop. I have lots of parts. Got motors from servo city attach ment chain ordered lots of round stock on hand just need to get at the lath. Has any one used grease to tighten the track. That's what my plan is right now using 5/8 round stock going into 1 3/4. With 2 1/2 wheels at each end. Would like feed back on the grease idea. Thanks.

[td9clyde]

Grease is messy I use springs and 1/4 inch bolts in a piece of pipe, I can show you a diagram.

[FabOne]

Glad to have you join us Patrick! Looking forward for all the updates on your build!

-Terry

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Had time in the shop last couple days. Finished the rollers for the under carriage. Started to turn the bigger wheels for each end of the tracks. Very slow with my small lath. The pieces that I'm using are 2 3/4 and all most to big for my lath. But fit. I am turning them down to 2 3/8 same size as the sprockets that I have. Hope to get more done this week.

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It's been awhile but I am back at this build. I using a 3/4 steel plate for my base to add a low center of gravity. I thought about using grease but chose to use a spring to tension the track. Here are a few picks of what I have done

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As u can see this build is taking ideas from many of the same builds on this forum.

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More pics.

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Here's how I am making the track adjuster.

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One spring might not be enough

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Shaft installed