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Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
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Thu, 6 Dec 2007 17:43:11 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
> I've been looking at how to do a properly done, realistic road grader for
> some time now, from Technic LEGO, and I've become stuck trying to properly
> emulate a realistic design for the front steering.
> 
> As anyone who's seen a road grader knows, they have a true three-dimensional
> seering system.
> 
> It can lean to one side or the other, turn, and handle driving over drilled
> runs with ease.  Larger graders, especially, are articulated using
> hydraulics at the cab-blade beam joint, making really tight 360 turns
> possible.
> 
> As I understand it, in order to properly build the front end I need to use
> some sort of universal joint assembly for the steering on the front wheels.
> Does anyone have an idea how to do this in Technic?

> 
> Has anyone attempted a road grader in Technic?  The few models I can recall
> LEGO themselves doing didn't address the steering aspects needed.
> 
> 
> Cheers ...
> 
> Geoffrey Hyde

I did a large technic road grader in 2006, and although the steering works, it
does not work exactly like the real thing. I tried to modify it to make the
blade rotate further, but it did not work and the design in the pictures is
finished.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=148840

Below are links to other great technic road grader designs.

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=149690

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=7980

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=235621

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=101542



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
 
(...) Clarification: the blade design in the pictures works but my modification did not work- therefore the overall blade range remains about 45 degrees. (19 years ago, 6-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)
  Re: Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
 
"Nathan Bell" <Radarbell@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Jsn2Jz.7nD@lugnet.com... (...) Another two pneumatic cylinders, and I think you would've had the steering like a real grader does. I've seen few other models with that degree of steering (...) (19 years ago, 7-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)

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  Building a realistic working road grader from Technic LEGO parts.
 
I've been looking at how to do a properly done, realistic road grader for some time now, from Technic LEGO, and I've become stuck trying to properly emulate a realistic design for the front steering. As anyone who's seen a road grader knows, they (...) (19 years ago, 1-Dec-07, to lugnet.technic)

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