Ace-Garageguy Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 http://www.castleequipment.com/Museum/auto_crane_weaver_history.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Thanks for sharing Bill, I'll be using this info for sure. I need to finish my Lincoln I started years ago. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 On 3/5/2024 at 9:13 AM, Ace-Garageguy said: http://www.castleequipment.com/Museum/auto_crane_weaver_history.htm Thanks for the info Bill, I'm actually designing a Wagner crane to print someday. I'm using a Mini Art 1/35 kit for the measurements and basic structure, then I'll upscale it to 1/24 to print it. I'm designing it in sections like the kit. It won't be an exact replica but it will work for what I have in mind. The first two pics are my drawings in CAD and the last one is of printed prototypes scaled up. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Here are a few photos I snapped of a Weaver wrecker back in 2006. I'll toss 'em in here in case they are of use to anyone. Â 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchook Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 On 3/7/2024 at 10:45 AM, MeatMan said: Thanks for the info Bill, I'm actually designing a Wagner crane to print someday. I'm using a Mini Art 1/35 kit for the measurements and basic structure, then I'll upscale it to 1/24 to print it. I'm designing it in sections like the kit. It won't be an exact replica but it will work for what I have in mind. The first two pics are my drawings in CAD and the last one is of printed prototypes scaled up. Wow, I would definitely be interested in one. I was wondering when someone would do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 On 3/10/2024 at 6:19 PM, mchook said: Wow, I would definitely be interested in one. I was wondering when someone would do this. I didn't plan to make it for sale, I will however post it to my Cults3D page when I'm done and you can download the file and have someone print it. I'll make a thread when that happens, but it won't be soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Austin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 It's kinda odd that while Weaver hoists seem to have been fairly popular in the day, most models and toys seem to represent either Holmes style booms hoists or simple A-frame types. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatMan Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 11 hours ago, Brian Austin said: It's kinda odd that while Weaver hoists seem to have been fairly popular in the day, most models and toys seem to represent either Holmes style booms hoists or simple A-frame types. I think the others are just simpler. According to what I've read, Weaver was first putting out a wrecker boom, then Holmes came out with a twin boom wrecker (from the Holmes history site). Looking at subsequent booms they are just simpler designs than Wagner, and thus easier to replicate. This is only my guess, but I can tell you from trying to duplicate one its a lot of parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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