I’m sorry, I was a bit busy, so I didn’t forget the project, just have no time to write… After the arm system welding I started to plan the chain elements. The planetary drive sprocket-wheel more or less finished… here…
First trial with the self designed and laser cut metal plates. At the weekend I worked on the boom and stick of the excavator. I got the laser cut parts on Wednesday. Two components were bad, that was my bad,…
The last two weeks was a little bit busy, so I couldn’t work on the RC project, but now… I redrew the sheet metal components of the arm. It was just a fine tuning. Yesterday I finished the bushings’ plan…
How to weld a beginner? At this weekend I tried welding 1,5mm thick iron plates with my new TIG welding machine. My tool shop was a big playing place for me and my father. I never did TIG welding before, so…
Yesterday I got my new welding machine. It is a very impressive, and robust welding machine. As I mentioned before, I know, this is not an industrial version. Machine came from China, but fortunately I given the warranty from the distributor,…
Here are some news about the hydraulic pipe system… György mentioned me that they use high pressure flexible pipes for greasing system. Based on this, I sent some technical requests for distributors, and they answered me. The offered pipe…
Chain links Last night I tried to plan a chain link for track. Firstly I decided, that I will mill the chain links from aluminum. Naturally I no have drawings, so I’m just planned the chain link based on pictures. I…
Last week I started to collect information about the popular welding machines which are at a good price level. As I saw, at Hungary the most hobbyist use AWI, TIG and MMA machines for thin plate welding between 145A –…
Weight of the arm system Thought about the weight, and I was not sure that the weight of the complete arm system is ok, or not… (too heavy or not?) Yesterday evening I drew the bucket 3D drawing, and calculated the theoretical weight.…
Component design for easy weld and structure compilation from sheet metal components. To build up the arm components I will use parallel and perpendicular plates. The cross holder parts will be welded between the parallel plates. To fix the sheet metal…