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That is unreal, can't wait to see her finished.
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excellent work and photos,I'm so jealous of you and guys like you,mkaman is another,I can't wait for some time in the future to have my own minature lathe and milling machine,dust off my old toolmaking skill and dig out the old Zeus chart
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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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That is looking awesome.
Beautiful craftsmanship.
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man i never get tired of your posts! this machine is a work of art and its not even finished yet!. brian
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Keep us updated on your project please i enjoy watching it very much. Always nice to see some good craftmanship not many people seem to have that nowaydays. And not the most common subject either , i like that.  Eef
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I had some trouble attaching a bracket on the edges of the chords that would be strong enough so I made these angle pieces that bolt on rather than just be butt soldered on. The wall thickness is .020'' at the thin area. On the top view I don't have the 1/4'' tube milled yet,that's just one of the lattice pieces,also at that point there's two 5/32 angles back to back only one shown. Maybe by next week I'll have most of this area built I hope sooner. Milling the profile before drilling holes  End view of all 8pcs to be cut in half   Top view 
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That thing is bad ass!! No other way to say it, I love following your progress pics.
Good luck, Mark
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...Hmmmmm. Tapered boom building is fun isn't it?  Looking great though!!
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Manitowoc wrote:...Hmmmmm. Tapered boom building is fun isn't it? Looking great though!! If everything goes well with my drawings then the tapers SHOULD come out correctly. Anyhow... I had a little time this evening so I made some more tubes.   This is were the bottom section breaks apart. 
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How are you joining the parts together soldier ,Tig ,Gas ,Bolts ,Rvets.
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brian falcone wrote:man i never get tired of your posts! this machine is a work of art and its not even finished yet!. brian Ditto...
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ozcranedude wrote:How are you joining the parts together soldier ,Tig ,Gas ,Bolts ,Rvets. All of the above. I tig welded the ends of the steel beams where needed. Bolted with literally thousands of 0-80 bolts and up to 1/4-20 bolts on parts not seen. Riveted pieces together on the brass exterior with .040'' dia rivets. And I'll be soldering and bolting the brass boom sections.  Early stages of the ESCO bucket.  Bolting nightmare!  View of some of the fairlead structure rivets 
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The attention to detail is amazing! It is almost a shame to paint it! Kerst
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kerst wrote:The attention to detail is amazing! It is almost a shame to paint it!
Kerst I plan on just using tool black on the steel parts and black and green patina on the brass parts. I haven't experimented with the green yet. The machine I'm replicating that worked near me had a green house and black base with black "a" frame and boom. I may need Born to Lift to weather this thing when done   There's no way I'll use body putty and paint to hide what it ain't!!
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I finally got to solder one of the side pieces together. It was a little tricky till I got on to it. Here's the last mock up before soldering....   View showing lamination's on the base  Center break  Hot out of the fixture. I still need to do some soldering on this side where the solder didn't flow thru.  
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I spent some spare time this week between deer hunting and got this cross section brace between the first and second boom section splice complete less solder. It's pretty hard to put those tiny rivets in. Mashing them is easy once everything is lined up. I'll put the remainder in after I'm sure everything is squared up correctly.  Corner detail: 
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