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Re: Another Technic Creation
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Nov 2000 13:02:28 GMT
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"Klaas H. Meijaard" wrote:

You know I am a big pneumatics fan/user, but I have never been
able to build such a compact model as yours.

Thanks Klaas - getting the pneumatics compact was actually a lot harder than it looks, and did involve a few
trade offs such as having to use two cylinders for the main boom instead of one to allow a good range of
movement.

The movement of the arm is
similar to the Backhoe Grader 8862, but better. Very well done.

Yes, I suppose in reality a Backhoe Grader is really just a small excavator with a digger bucket on the front
:-) The arm on my excavator is a lot narrower than the one on the 8862, which presented the major challenges,
both structural and pneumatic.

Thanks for the offer of a loan of the tracks BTW :-)

Jennifer Clark



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  Re: Another Technic Creation
 
Hi Jennifer! I am too late.. :-(( Every praise is allready made, and with all I agree. Beautifull! You know I am a big pneumatics fan/user, but I have never been able to build such a compact model as yours. The movement of the arm is similar to the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.technic)

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