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1:35 Bucket chain excavator Ertmer KB 1

Started by Bernhard, October 27, 2019, 03:54:51 AM

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finescalerr

#270
May 03, 2020, 01:51:57 PM
Bernhard, you must find a place in your home to display, or at least store, your model permanently. -- Russ

Bernhard

#271
May 21, 2020, 02:26:31 AM
Meanwhile the reordered rivets have arrived and the chain is finally assembled. It is easy to move along the whole length, and fits (very tightly) into the guides in the bucket ladder.

Bernhard

#272
May 21, 2020, 02:27:30 AM
While I was waiting for the missing rivets, I made the chain drive wheels, ...

Bernhard

#273
May 21, 2020, 02:28:03 AM
... and soldered them together in a soldering jig exactly fitting the width of the chain.

Bernhard

#274
May 21, 2020, 02:28:32 AM
The finished chain drive wheel, ...

Bernhard

#275
May 21, 2020, 02:31:20 AM
... and this is what the chain drive looks like when provisionally assembled.

For the next step I will disassemble the excavator completely, clean all parts in an ultrasonic bath and prepare them for painting.

Bernard

Hydrostat

#276
May 21, 2020, 02:46:36 AM
Flawless.
I'll make it. If I have to fly the five feet like a birdie.
I'll fly it. I'll make it.

The comprehensive book about my work: "Vollendete Baukunst"

finescalerr

#277
May 21, 2020, 12:15:25 PM
Satisfactory. -- Russ

Barney

#278
May 21, 2020, 02:33:41 PM
Excellent - +5 stars
Barney
Never Let someone who has done nothing tell you how to do anything
Stuart McPherson

Bernhard

#279
June 07, 2020, 09:09:28 AM
After dismantling the individual subassemblies once again in the overview:

The travel drive

Bernhard

#280
June 07, 2020, 09:09:58 AM
The cain drive

Bernhard

#281
June 07, 2020, 09:10:29 AM
The closing flap for the discharge hopper

Bernhard

#282
June 07, 2020, 09:10:58 AM
The upper section of the bucket ladder

Bernhard

#283
June 07, 2020, 09:11:29 AM
The middle section of the bucket ladder

Bernhard

#284
June 07, 2020, 09:11:58 AM
The levelling piece
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