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A working snowblower...
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:00:06 GMT
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As I promised earlier, here are pictures of the working snowblower. But I'm
sorry that I dont have real pictures of the thing since I still don't have a
digital camera. I should also liked to have a video of it when it was
working out in the snow :)
(deeplink:
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Phoenix/Snowblower/snowblower2.jpg )
Brickshelf Gallery http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=69423
I had to put two motors (9v motor part # 2838) and feed them with 12v to get
enough power. Even the new light snow was tough tho throw up in the air when
it got compressed. But it worked...
There is one error on the pictures; the orange part on the top is wrong part
compared to the real one. On the real one I've used part # 46413 "Hinge
Brick 8x4x2 Curved with 4 Fingers" from the #4404 set.
The upper part of the "snowcanon" can svivel round 360 degrees, the plan was
to mount a motor on this so it could be controlled. Thats why its mounted on
the Technic Turntable.
The fan that trows the snow out is a little hard to see, but on the picture
from below its getting a little more clear. (How can I zoom in when taking
snapshots in LDraw??)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/Phoenix/Snowblower/snowblower2-below.jpg
The next thing now is to deside if this is a small thing with only two
wheels that you steers with your hands, like most of us around here where I
live has. Or I should mount a truck behind it. They all look alike, its only
the size that differs. The two-wheeled ones is about 1m -1.2m wide. The
large one mounted on a truck or a tracktor can be up to 4m wide in real
life...
Please let me know what you think of this. Any comments and suggestions is
welcomed
Regards
Øyvind Steinnes
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Phoenix
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| Only someone that lives in a place where a snowthrower is used would have enough time to make one! I just had my driveway area done by a guy in a huge JD tractor and an 8 foot wide blower! It's cheaper than owning and maintaining your own. Very nice (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic)
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