Instructions for my Excavator

[jantjeuh]

Or you could always buy four studded cylinders for the boom, and have rounded ones for the rest :-)

Hm, that could work as well ofcourse. Let's see how expensive those studded cylinders are...

[Jennifer Clark]

I think the most cost effective way for you would be the following:

Boom: 4 round end cylinders + 2 brackets

Dipper: 2 round end cylinder + 2 brackets

Bucket: 2 square end cylinders

If my assumptions are correct, then you only need to buy two square ended cylinders to build it this way.

Jennifer

[GoldVillage]

Finally got to say this to you Jennifer, absolutely stunning model! i especially remember this very model together with a huge mining excavator since many years back. now when theres instructions available i regret i sold all my old school technic lego (20+ lbs) some years ago

[Jennifer Clark]

Thanks! I've just put up some instructions for the skid steer loader as well, a much smaller model, so you may have enough bricks left to build it :-)

Cheers,

Jennifer

[Junpei]

You know, the square bottomed cylinder are actually cheaper than the ones with the rounded bottoms.

The square ones are on average $4.50 apiece, and rounded bottom cylinders are about $6-7...

[Jennifer Clark]

The fluctuations of the market :-)

Jennifer

[ritztoys]

Hello Jennifer,

I went to storage and got out my 'reverse engineering' of this fantastic MOC of yours. When you first released your creations, there was nothing like it on the Internet, so I set to studying your pictures on your website, because I had to try my hands at building this. I can't tell you how many times I would build a section, only to find it interfered with some function or ( later ) getting around the hoses or it wasn't the correct proportion in the upper body of the excavator.

The next hurdle was building the hand-held remote. The first one I used the old style of 9v motor, it was OK, but the air pressure was a little weak and the movements were kind of slow. I rebuilt the compressor using the 'buggy motor' and now the pressure was almost too much, but the movements were better.

Needless to say this MOC has always been my favorite, here is my excavator...................check out my Bricksafe pages for more photos........................http://bricksafe.com/pages/ritztoys

Edited December 21, 2013 by ritztoys

[Jennifer Clark]

That's an incredible job of reverse engineering! It took many, many attempts to get all the sections correct in the first place, so I understand where you are coming from :-)

It reminds me of the old days where I tried to reverse engineer models from the Lego "Idea Books". There was always a bit you couldn't quite figure out, and you wished for another photo at a slightly different angle so you could see how it was actually done!

Jennifer

[ritztoys]

That's an incredible job of reverse engineering! It took many, many attempts to get all the sections correct in the first place, so I understand where you are coming from :-)

It reminds me of the old days where I tried to reverse engineer models from the Lego "Idea Books". There was always a bit you couldn't quite figure out, and you wished for another photo at a slightly different angle so you could see how it was actually done!

Jennifer

Thanks Jennifer, like I said, this is one of my favorites.................If you recall I was pestering you about how the support wheels were built into the deck of your Demag Crane to support the cranes' superstructure. I figured this issue out with your help, when you sent me close-up photos of the decks' surface. I gained enough clues as to how these wheel assemblies where put together as well as how these mounted to the deck structure. ( The Demag Crane MOC is in storage )

Edited December 21, 2013 by ritztoys

[clarkiiLEGO]

I have a file for the stickers if you are interested. I never got around to posting it with the instructions.

I bought the instructions from MOCplans and just finished building this great excavator. I am interested for the stickers. Would you be able to share it with me? Thanks!

[Jennifer Clark]

Just a quick update to announce that instructions for this excavator model are now available on MOCplans at a reduced price - if you want to build it, now's the time :-)

Get them here :-)

Jennifer