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Hello everyone, Here is my Menck Cable Bucket Excavator for the Mini contest. The part count is 198. Promo Image Parts Image <Original Post> Hello everyone, Here is my WIP Menck Cable Bucket Excavator for the Mini contest. So far part count is 202, but there are plenty of places I can save on like pins with axles in their place. I started this project yesterday by searching dock cranes, but spelt it d#ck cranes in Google by mistake, LOL.(dont do that) This eventually led me to HO scale cranes and I saw this beauty. I then researched Menck and discovered they were the first to make a shovel excavator with cables, and unfortunately went bankrupt when hydraulics became more popular in the 70's. A bit like Kodak then...... Anyways here is my version in Technic. It features a fully functional arm just like the real thing and rotating body with tracks for movement. I still need to do some minor improvements to the design, especially trying to work out a nice relationship between the extending and lifting of the arm utilizing the clutch gears to resist the urge of gravity. Of course you can still just slide the 8T red gears and have complete manual control of the arm, which proves to be very very fun and challenging! I was very surprised at the range of motion the arm has, and never thought it would be so good, I guess that's why these cable excavator design lasted 70 odd years! Tho I should note the bucket I used isn't the right shape for this excavator, but its as close as you can get in 1 piece. Any questions please ask. Cheers.
