In lugnet.technic, Ross Crawford wrote:
> I haven't had to glue anything yet. But I've only attempted a small boom so
> far! You can see in this picture
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/RoscoHead/construction/cc2800/winches1.jpg
> how I joined the 40 tooth gears on the winch, basically copied
> from Bob Kojima's ringer crane (http://news.lugnet.com/technic/?n=12046). The
> disadvantage of this technique is that the spool is not cylindrical, so it
> winds unevenly, but it's not too bad.
Linking the two 40-toothed gears together with axles works very well. It is a
bit uneven (i.e. square cross-section spool), but if you wrap up several layers
of line, the squareness tends to smooth out a bit.
(...) Ooops sorry TJ! I forgot you did that! In return I'll let you pinch my method using bushes and liftarms to "round off" the corners a bit ;) ROSCO (20 years ago, 19-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
(...) Thanks Dennis! It is big, but like the real crane it can be taken apart for transport, and no section is more than 36 studs wide or 130 studs long. And it's only about 15.5kg in that configuration. (...) Yes I had to buy quite a few pieces. (...) (20 years ago, 11-Jun-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam, FTX)
