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…
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…
Now I try to explain how I think the arm component construction. All arm parts or items will be made from metal plates. This is an easy way to create strong and not too heavy items. The metal plate is an…