 | | Crane —Erik Bush
| | | | Does anyone have any suggestions for a minifig scale crawler crane? I plan to build one and wouldn't mind getting some info from someone who has tried to build one or has built one. Does anyone know any websites with one? (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) Hi Erik, welcome to crane building! First thing to decide is how long you want the boom, and whether you want it to be able to actually lift things. A lot of short cuts can be taken if you only want a model that "looks good". The biggest (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) Ooops! Lets try those links again!!! (2 URLs) Mobile crane> (2 URLs) Crawler crane> (2 URLs) City crane> <mobilecrane Mobile crane> <crawlercrane Crawler crane> <citycrane City crane> Regards ROSCO (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Erik Bush
| | | | | Thanks! Here is a boom idea that I have been thinking about for a while... <link (URL) What do you Think? (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Luis Hernández
| | | | | (...) Mmmm... i'm not exactly the expert in cranes (in fact, I've never built one), but I think you can use 2x4 plates instead of the 1x4 plates (this way you can get a solid boom instead of a parallelogram).. like this: (URL) (...) Luis (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Erik Bush
| | | | | (...) I have tried it and that is a good idea, but it adds some extra weight> (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Crane —Ross Crawford
| | | | | (...) Yes it does, but without the 2x4s, your boom will be able to shear - ie the parallelogram created by the beams & 1x4 plates only has friction holding it square, and a long boom built that way may fail. If the 1x4s are on the top/bottom it (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.technic, FTX)
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