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Re: MOC: DEMAG CC2800 Crawler Crane - Stage 1 complete
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam
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Date:
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Sat, 19 Jun 2004 01:43:53 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Avery wrote:
> 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.
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> I first used this method in my marine pedestal crane:
> http://www.texbrick.com/creations/marine_crane/winch.jpg
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> This winch was used for the 16-part main block.
> http://www.texbrick.com/creations/marine_crane/mc6.jpg
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> It was powerful enough to lift 48 pounds!
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> 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
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