WANTED - information on cable excavator - Menck M 90

[edwalsh18]

my design for a track system for the Hitachi 3600-6 to look similar but not exact. yeah they are 3 1/18" wide! the 1:1 has 38 on each side... i was thinking of using a dead treadmills belt. the 2 smaller bolts attach the 1 1/2" tube (sliced down the middle w/corners rounded using grinder) to the belt. the third one also does this but is longer for grabbing the drive wheel.

* not all measurements are exact, still need to find belt so those are off, as well as the length of bolts. those there are 4mm x 11m and 4mm x 25mm

let me know what you all think of THIS idea. dont forget about post #1 though

[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.