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Will01Capri wrote:

Tiger6 wrote:Hopefully I'll be able to spare some time this weekend to advance this I do worry that it won't have the capacity to lift and deploy the pontoons, but we'll have to see...

Yes it will, remember those motors i showed you, they are a decent size and massive torque. Just need to get you jib and crane base solid and your on a winner

Honestly I worry less about the motors, and more about the boom snapping

I'm sure Frank will back me up on this

Tiger6 wrote:

Will01Capri wrote:

Tiger6 wrote:Hopefully I'll be able to spare some time this weekend to advance this I do worry that it won't have the capacity to lift and deploy the pontoons, but we'll have to see...

Yes it will, remember those motors i showed you, they are a decent size and massive torque. Just need to get you jib and crane base solid and your on a winner

Honestly I worry less about the motors, and more about the boom snapping

I'm sure Frank will back me up on this

Can you print the boom with hollow and slide welding rod inside or make fine metal boom and just 3d print a fascia

Honestly I'm veering towards disposable crane arms right now, not figured out a way to re-enforce it

The Stabokrane stalled for the same reason

If I were building this I would probably reinforce the jib with aluminium angle, and design in a slot in the jib to slide it into. Great design - keep up the great work

Alwyn

Spent the whole afternoon working on the front winch, and it still ain't done...

Did a bit more, lots of small detail tweaks but not much visible progress to show for it

Very impressive. Perhaps mount a black painted metal rod up through the middle of the boom as has been suggested. Like I tell some of my elderly patients, “No heavy lifting.”
Some 3D printing materials seem to have Osteoporosis.

I was hoping to do the boom in ABS, but I'm not having any luck with printing in that material (and PETG isn't working out a whole lot better).

So, nearly been at this for 18 months on and off... Chassis is printed and running, time get the rest of it modelled while its too cold to print stuff:

Tiger6 wrote:So, nearly been at this for 18 months on and off... Chassis is printed and running, time get the rest of it modelled while its too cold to print stuff:

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Looking good.
Yeah we have slowed pur printers down as its cold and they work hard when it's this cold.
Struggling to keep 12°C.
Anyways glad to see you getting on with the projects and that crane is going to be amazing.