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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-MAZING!!!!! Can you build two? One to leave bare metal and one to paint?
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Small update on the Euc. I didn’t have much time lately for a variety of reasons, including a bad cold that kept on coming back. But I managed to get the drive shafts done. I installed 2 temporary gear motors and that gave me the opportunity to test the truck and worked out some problems in the drive axles.     Kerst
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Looks really,really good  Love them wheels!
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Kerst that looks fantastic
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Given that the rear axles are not driven off a common drive, how are you going to match the axle speeds?
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Wow very nice detail. Planning, and plans,I cant imagine!
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Mark Bridle wrote:Given that the rear axles are not driven off a common drive, how are you going to match the axle speeds? This is a temporary setup. It will have one motor with a 4-speed gearbox. Kerst
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I did some work on the Euc. I installed a Mabuchi 555 12V DC Motor, which seems to have sufficient power for this truck. And I built a temporary reduction box, so that I can drive it around and get a sense of the speeds. later I will build the final gearbox. I tested the Euc in the dirt and took some videos: https://youtu.be/V9AssoKzzBIhttps://youtu.be/zraLPbm_xeMKerst
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I would have given up the "left one" to be as talented as you. That is so fantastic. Keep up the pictures and content for us. CAW
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Kerst that is fantastic as the Q said very talented. Can not wait to see that monster finished and painted.
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I tried a simple mechanism for the tipping. It is basically a geared motor with a small winch pulling a lever, which does the tipping. This is the first try and I managed to lift it with a 11 lbs load. Not bad. Now I can work out the details. Here a video: https://youtu.be/CMy56WsefUkKerst
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Impressive work. Thanks for sharing.
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Very nice work.
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AWESOME work! Thanks for sharing.
Best Regards, Randy
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I had the chance to try it out at the Cabin Fever Expo in Lebanon, PA. Here a video of the Euc in action: https://youtu.be/0ddt3ukXhLIKerst
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That’s incredible, I can’t wait to see that that in Euclid green. Great action video of that monster.
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Not the dump mechanism I was expecting to see, but it's still brilliant engineering. Bravo Kerst!
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I have been working on the power-shift transmission. This is an experiment and needed some proper preparation, including calculating ratios, making accurate drawings, etc. Quite the challenge! The Clark series 6000 is the example.   I omitted the forward/reverse clutches. An electric switch can take care of that and it saves space.  I use leather as clutch material.   The middle shaft on the left is the input shaft and I still need to figure out how to connect that to the motor, an 540 CRAWLER BRUSHED MOTOR 80T. I am still making all the components and I am not sure if it all will work. Making the frame demanded a lot of accuracy. My Southbend was up to it! I did a lot of measuring at every stage to make sure things will fit OK.  So far so good. I plan to control the clutches with 2 servos. W'll see how that works out! Kerst
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