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After some down time sorting out a crashed hard drive and getting a newer Cad program that is compatible with Windows 7. I managed to get some done this weekend on some of the suspension rope sheaves. I still need to make some brackets that'll get attached to the boom chords that will hold the small shackles I made up. I also got all the 240 feet of 3/64'' wire rope needed to reeve the boom. Steps for making a shackle: Turn a 3/8'' sq.  Mill inside flat   Bend  Mill ends round  Finished parts  
9W Walking Dragline Build Links:http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=117Scale 4x4 RC Buildhttp://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9?feature=mhee#p/u/9/59FR27c9BwEhttp://imageshack.us/user/caffco
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Mate,
That is some serious mill and lathe work if i only had an eighth of the skills you show in your post i would be in heaven and hell. Heaven because it comes out so well and hell because i know it could be better.
Thanks for your posts and keep them coming.
Wayne
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I personally can't wait to see it in action. Excellent craftsmen ship !!!!
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Thanks for the kind words you guys. FiatAllisHD41 wrote:
I personally can't wait to see it in action. Excellent craftsmen ship !!!!
If everything goes together as planned; I'll be taking the dragline out to Lakeside Sand and Gravel (Mantua,OH.) on May 8th. for their annual open house. Then weather permitting; I'll be taking it to our steam show;National Pike Steam Horse and Gas Asoc. (Brownsville,PA.) May 20-22 there will be another guy there with his RC Doepke Unit crane converted to a dragline, a Bruder Cat skid steer operating also he has a 60's vintage Tonka dump and a Mack Granite tandem trucks to load and haul dirt. This stuff is all 1/16th scale. 
9W Walking Dragline Build Links:http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=117Scale 4x4 RC Buildhttp://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9?feature=mhee#p/u/9/59FR27c9BwEhttp://imageshack.us/user/caffco
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Sure is a cool model. Outstanding job and the craftsman ship / machining to match. I don't get to travel much but if I did .That would be on my list.
“A tiger doesn't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep.” ― Shahir Zag
" An educated mind learns from his mistakes and corrects them. A dolt, on the other hand, lashes out and continues showing his ignorance."
-Unknown
“Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.”― Arthur C. Clarke
"Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists" - Nikola Tesla
" If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur ". Paul Neal "Red" Adair {Wild Well Firefighter for those who live under rocks}
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Beautiful machine work as always! Thanks for sharing, I always look foward to your posts.
Mark
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Looking great Steve. Hope this weather straightens out one of these days so that the weather is good for Brownsville.
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Backhoe wrote:Looking great Steve. Hope this weather straightens out one of these days so that the weather is good for Brownsville. I hope it stops raining because I want to work the 9W there! I've been working on the boom alot lately and finally I got the safety rope brackets made and fastened to the boom. I hope to raise the boom this week with the $180 worth of wire rope I bought. It's going to take about 230 feet of wire to reeve.    Those Lego tires seem to be the correct scale so I'll wire them on the top. 
9W Walking Dragline Build Links:http://www.rctruckandconstruction.com/showthread.php?t=117Scale 4x4 RC Buildhttp://www.youtube.com/user/Scentlessapprentice9?feature=mhee#p/u/9/59FR27c9BwEhttp://imageshack.us/user/caffco
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