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| | | I was just surfin' through Brickshelf and came across Chris Davis' Demag CC12600 model: (URL) rederings of CC12600) (URL) construction- turntable and part of crawler base) Anyone else seen this? Looks like a monster! My only advice would be to (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Steven Lane
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| | | | | (...) I saw it yesterday, it looks promising. (...) bracing's overlap forming a cross while on prototype cranes there's just one bracing forming a triangle. Steve (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Steven Arnold
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| | | | | | (...) the lateral bracing is really important, do as much as you can to brace it, it is one of the few problems with my boom, the mast will shift causing the boom to lean, then it falls, and youll probobly have to fix more than just the boom. and (...) (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | (...) ROSCO (21 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | | | (...) and liftarms to strengthen it, but I see you've used plates and liftarms instead. Worth a try. (...) I'm not worried about the ballast. The axles however, they worry me. The boom is too heavy (someone else mentioned to double cross. It will (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Dennis Bosman
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| | | | | | (...) The ballast rigg is supported by wheels so than can bear heavy weights. (URL) suppose you use 20 x 30 technic wheels? Would it be possible to raise the ballast rigg or may the crane be unbalanced then? Big challange!! Dennis Bosman (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | "TJ Avery" <tjavery@texbrick.com> wrote in message news:HCMLB3.1GFn@lugnet.com... (...) That is one MASSIVE slewing ring. Wow. Iain (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | | | (...) I can't take credit for the slew ring. I only modified it to strengthen it. Beat Felber[1] takes the credit for this. c [1] (URL) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Iain Hendry
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| | | | | | | "Chris 'Doozer' Davis" <davis@lrtw.org> wrote in message news:20030401012939....rks.com... (...) do to build the disc for a model of the Mondial Revolution "Psyclone" or HUSS Giant Frisbee "Delirium". Iain (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Beat Felber
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for mentioning it. I am always pleased to see that my ideas are of interest to other enthusiasts out there. I am optimistic that this turntable will handle the loads. What you have to know is that the tiles used for the slew ring will (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | | | (...) Yeah. I've had about 90lbs on the base/slew ring so far without problems, but i can see the possibility for difficulty. (...) The only thing I've seen that would be much lighter was an all axle boom (...) It'll be fun if nothing else c (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | | (...) The main problem with an all axle boom is that it can take almost no tension. This means for a long boom it bends under its own weight when horizontal. ROSCO (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | | | | | Hi Ross! (...) yes, all beams booms are interesting, but not necessarily useful. c (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | | | | | (...) Urkkk, all 'axle' booms i meant doh c (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Dennis Bosman
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| | | | | | (...) Here's a big LEGO crane with an axle boom: (URL) light, but you've less possibilities. With beams it's easier to build an extra drum in the boom for example. Dennis Bosman (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Paul Kleniewski
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| | | | | hi maybe it would be better to use in your turntable two or three of (URL) of (URL) would be harder to crush btw: impressive construction the most impresive is the comparison to lego-man :) good luck pixel "TJ Avery" <tjavery@texbrick.com> wrote in (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Dennis Bosman
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| | | | It really looks terrific! It's definately a competitor of Ron Jansen: (URL) hasn't built boom sections yet because of lack of time. It progresses very slowly. Is Chris' crane built on scale? What kind of information do you use (pics, diagrams etc.)? (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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| | | | | | Re: Demag cc12600 Crawler Crane —Chris Davis
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| | | | (...) For scaling: All the pictures I could find on the web, and the spec doc from Demag's website. The Demag doc has enough dimensions to make good 'estimates' I'm mostly on scale, but the scale varies slightly (approx 1:35, somethings up to 1:39) (...) (21 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.modelteam)
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