Thought I'd do another model

[sprucegum]

Cat is now making machines that are remote control. You can run them from the comfort of your office. They don't have cabs or operator stations; that would save you some time

 

[DLJeffs]

I think you need to add some zerks. Not really - I just like saying the word "zerk".

 

[Kenbo]

Well it doesn't look like I did the much today, but I spent well over 3 hours taking the wheels down a 16th of an inch and then fine tuning the tracks until they ran the way I wanted them too. I'm happy with them now so it was 3 hours + well spent. I made a few very small pieces which took a lot of setup and then cut the blanks for some major parts that I will be working on tomorrow. And that was 7 hours.

 

[Kenbo]

Some idiot set up his post yesterday and forgot to actually post it. So now that it's posted I can post today's progress as well. LOL.
Another day in the shop and I managed to get the pieces that I roughed out yesterday, shaped and finished up. I made up some small brackets and spent a crazy amount of time shaping the pieces for the back end of the build. Somewhere around 5pm, after being at it for 7 hours, I did a dry fit of the lower end of the build and called it a day. I'm please with the pieces so far.

 

[Kenbo]

Spent a lot of time today milling parts and figuring out how to get the details that I needed to get. Had to make several templates for routing but in the end, they turned out okay. Seems like a lot of work for a little outcome. Oh well, I know it will be worth it in the end.

 

[Kenbo]

 

[woodtickgreg]

I so enjoy watching these come together. Thanks for posting brother!

 

[Wildthings]

I so enjoy watching these come together. Thanks for posting brother!

 

[Kenbo]

Another day, another 7 hours on the build. I worked on the cab of the model today. I got the rear exhaust pipe made and the walls of the cab shaped and glued together. I also started making some of the interior details of the cab. That's about all. Doesn't really seem like much when I write out what I did. LOL.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Know whatcha mean, spent 6 hours yesterday and managed to get 3 lights, 2 outlets, and 3 sets of light switches in... the room was 8 ft x 9 ft... and2 guys stayed busy at it... Then you write it down, and heaven forbid I take pictures of it. That would make it feel like nothing got done!

At least yours is for relaxation, you can tell folks that you took your time and enjoyed the process.

 

[DLJeffs]

Looking really good though.

 

[Kenbo]

Spent another 6 hours on the build today. Got the cab seat and controls made as well as glued in. Also worked on a bending jig to make the hand rails. Again, it doesn't seem like much, but the chair took me 4 hours to make. More next week I guess.

 

[woodtickgreg]

Man that chair is too cool.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Spent another 6 hours on the build today. Got the cab seat and controls made as well as glued in. Also worked on a bending jig to make the hand rails. Again, it doesn't seem like much, but the chair took me 4 hours to make. More next week I guess.


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Nailed it on that seat!

 

[Eric Rorabaugh]

Can't wait to see this thing finished! It's looking awesome

 

[T. Ben]

Wow!!

 

[Bigg081]

BLOWING MY MIND!!!! Every time you make one of these I am in awe...and jealous of your skills.

 

[Kenbo]

Removed the dowel from the bending jig and while I was happy with the bending results, the clamps left flat spots in the dowel so I'm not happy about that. Scrapped it and bent another dowel using less aggressive ways of holding it in place this time. I'll see tomorrow if it worked or not. Cut the pieces for the cab light housings and lenses and glued them in place. Aside from the handrail dowel bending experiment, the cab is done. I started working on the main boom and part way through, I mess it up when I lost tension on the scroll saw blade, resulting in a cut that wasn't square to the body of the arm. So that ended up as designer firewood. Ended up spending the rest of the afternoon rethinking the process and getting a new upper arm made and dry fit into place. More to come tomorrow.

 

[2feathers Creative Making]

Removed the dowel from the bending jig and while I was happy with the bending results, the clamps left flat spots in the dowel so I'm not happy about that. Scrapped it and bent another dowel using less aggressive ways of holding it in place this time. I'll see tomorrow if it worked or not. Cut the pieces for the cab light housings and lenses and glued them in place. Aside from the handrail dowel bending experiment, the cab is done. I started working on the main boom and part way through, I mess it up when I lost tension on the scroll saw blade, resulting in a cut that wasn't square to the body of the arm. So that ended up as designer firewood. Ended up spending the rest of the afternoon rethinking the process and getting a new upper arm made and dry fit into place. More to come tomorrow.



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What! Your are not going with the articulating arm with double hydraulic cylinders? How many shortcuts are you allowing yourself?

 

[Kenbo]

What! Your are not going with the articulating arm with double hydraulic cylinders? How many shortcuts are you allowing yourself?

This is only the main arm. The hydraulic cylinders and articulating arm are coming Mr Impatient.