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Re: Crawler Crane MOC
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lugnet.modelteam
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:42:31 GMT
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In lugnet.modelteam, Thomas Avery writes:
> In lugnet.modelteam, Beat Felber writes:
> > The plates are the main member. You're right, it is a really strong
> > construction. There are several crossmembers between the two parts of the
> > track frame. One of them is the motor itself, and the other ones are also
> > the housing of the geartrain. The whole trackframe can be divided into two
> > halfes to make transport easier. You can see the two bolts for this function
> > in the middle of the frame.
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> This is a good subject for a building discussion. I really like using plates
> now and have several successful applications. I did it on the body of my
> crawler crane:
> http://www.texbrick.com/creations/crawler_crane/body/body4.html
> and then built several "sample" bridges to display this concept:
> http://www.texbrick.com/ideas/beam/
I've also pinched this idea for my bridge - the deck support beams are dual
rows of 2x plates sandwiching bricks at the joints. Unfortunately the scale is
too small to allow decent box girders or trusses along the decks themselves 8?(
> > I made a plate-on-tile sliding turntable. For a roller construction, the
> > whole thing is a bit too small. You have to know that it (the turntable)
> > measures only 14 studs in diameter.
> > You will see more pics as soon as I disassemble the crane into the different
> > modules.
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> I'm looking forward to that. But first, did you use a large Technic
> turntable inside? Did you restrain it axially with a threaded axle?
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> > It's the same for me. Cranes are always fascinating.
> > So this is not my last crane model.
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> I guess we really need to start a crane group, or have our own newsgroup on
> Lugnet ;-)
Yep, I feel the urge growing again...
ROSCO
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