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Quote:Do you guys think I should do the power boom or not? Go big or go home! Looks great though
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Great work jason! I saw the pic with the 5500 and I was thinking (okay, so it's big but not thaaaat big) but when your children were under it WOW
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Thanks guys I really like how it is turning out. Brandon I Like your thinking. I will probably go with power boom. I took crane out side the other day to get some pic and had a failure on some brackets. So I took the crane apart to repair. Since I was painting some other projects I painted so on the crane. Looks better with paint.     I am thinking about doing these for sale. Would be a small number made. Will be a base machine and there will be add ons available. Once the prototype is finished I have one big project to finish and I will start on these. Hope you enjoy Jason
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That looks awesome especially with the paint can't wait to see it done
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Great job! Sad it's not made from metal. I will surely buy one, if it.
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Rediculously good!! Im sure you will get alot more orders for what you had envisaged.looks extremely sharp and you don't have to worry about licencing so I say get casting and churn 'em out,how many people are waving fists full of money waiting on an LR1300 or CC8800 Twin to appear.
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The complex of Newgrange was originally built between c. 3100 and 2900 BC,[2] meaning that it's aproximately 5,000 years old. According to Carbon-14 dates,[3] it is more than 500 years older than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, and predates Stonehenge by about 1,000 years.
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Hey guys got some more done. I have designed a systems to run duel stacks of weights on main crane. Here are some pictures Single stack  double stack  Here is the frame  
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Added more paint as well  
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Finally for some serious lifting. ..   Now I need to mold and cast counter weights and build the super lift tray. Jason
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It's coming along really nice and good to see it's almost done
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Looks incredible Jason! Good job.
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 Awesom work, any plans to make it R/C? Icing on the cake I would say... I like the expanding CW idea, does that eliminate the need for a superlift tray?
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Ok have done a lot since last update. I have started painting the model. I am going with a darker gray undercarriage and a yellow upper and boom. Here is the undercarriage, you can see the catwalk still needs flooring and a set of stairs   Here is the power unit / cab and center section of upper attached    
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The counterweights have been redesigned. I did not like the bulky blocks so i designed them in 3d and had a few printed. I designed them so i could add 1/2 washers for weight. They will be on the bottom and will not be visible.   Here is the base plate the weights will sit on  
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wow.. great work, that is all
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Great job Jason, the crane looks awesome Jeff
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Incredible work. Well done!
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More pics. Have not updated in a while   Suspended tray  Long main boom 
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Latest th8ng is the addition of led lighting. I design a power control module  as you can see the mod fits into the engine compartment  Video of light test. The power harness for the boom is on a power harness strung on a reel to accommodate different boom configurations http://youtu.be/qc7oAn64Grc">vid
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