Volvo A40F

[cosworth34677]

wow!!

[rc entreprenøren]

Beatyfull work like allways on your model. One more master piece..

[Snochaser]

This is my favorite of yours Ari if I had to pick. Love it. Great work as usual.

[Bo Wallen]

Ari. When Craftsmanship Shines Carry on Please.

[Hemi1966]

Hi guys
I threw the electronics to the still unfinished A40 and made this test drive video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jCNxzAkcQ

[egronvold]

Are you sure you just didn't shrink a 1:1 machine? It's just so scale looking.

[Hemi1966]

I took the A40 and the 374 excavator outside and thought that I make a little loading and unloading video, but that did not go as planned. First I blew the oil return hose on the 374 (again) and a little bit later the planetary gear unit on the A40 tear down it self The bogie axles are in a quite side stress when doing tight turns on heavy load. I was doing a tight turn on a concrete surface and I noticed that the bogie wheels tends to "fall under", if you guys know what I mean. And soon after that one wheel with the hub came off. Apparently the planetary gear outer hub is only press fitted
No real damages done, but I'm a bit worried will the hub stay in place after I push it in, maybe I use some retaining compound.

[Hemi1966]

What I did to fix the planetary gear problem was I tig welded few spots on the end of the drive shaft, so that the planetary gear hub can't move outwards.

I should have realized that when I was making the axles, but I didn't

[Hofabooz]

Hi Ari

Great work as usual loved the new video on you tube as well

[Cooper]

Understand, been using wax and that has lifted a couple times also. Went back to using double sided tape. It's a lot more clean up on table plate and part but haven't had any lifting .

Glad you brought up the turning forces, I would have never thought of sidewall forces under sharp turns. Really great work your doing!!

[rc entreprenøren]

Ok. Beatyfull work Innedid.
Ari do you now.
I havet baught the dozer that Unix on this forum ha made.
I planting to powdercoat the parts. But the brass is souldered together. Parts are from 1 mm to 3mm souldered together. Do you think It Will go ok.?? At 190 degrees. For 20 minutes.

[Hemi1966]

Originally Posted by rc entreprenøren

Ok. Beatyfull work Innedid.
Ari do you now.
I havet baught the dozer that Unix on this forum ha made.
I planting to powdercoat the parts. But the brass is souldered together. Parts are from 1 mm to 3mm souldered together. Do you think It Will go ok.?? At 190 degrees. For 20 minutes.

I think normal solder melting point is about the same, so you have a risk of melting joints.

[Hemi1966]

I got the first 3D print of the bonnet from my buddy Steve. It turn out nicely, all though it is actually a test print to see how it fits to the rest of the machine.
It needs some small adjustments and after that I think it's going to be perfect

[skeeter]

That's an AWESOME looking truck you're building!

[Hofabooz]

Hi Hemi

Looking great the 3D print complements the machine perfectly nice work.

Looking for forwards to seeing this work progress..

[TRUCKMAKER]

Looks real good Ari, the hood turned out nice and should finish off perfect!

[Snochaser]

Can’t wait to see this completed Ari.

[bigpipespete]

How much time did it take to get that hood so smooth ?

[Hemi1966]

Originally Posted by bigpipespete

How much time did it take to get that hood so smooth ?

This is the latest fixed size bonnet, it took 35 hours to print
Thank you for that Steve

[skeeter]

D@M! That's a marathon print job there. It looks nice.