Western Star 4900 SB - Bridge Inspection Truck

[BK9300]

22 hours ago, Scott Eriksen said:

I've seen Cat-track  material somewhere ...I think R/C stuff ,,,might be worth an innerweb search

I did have a look around at what's available for cable carriers that might work.  The searches quickly led to several kinds of carriers, or drag chains, for CNC routers and 3D printers, but the smallest turned out to be too big.  I may be leaning towards 4 mm, Wave springs as a possible solution.  An unsolved problem at the moment!

Paint booth still down for a day or two, so, until I'm back at the plow truck, more puttering with ideas about how to start in some of the Snooper's fabrication.  Like for the plow truck sander, I did an 'exploded' view of the main tower's upper section. 

 

Exploded view - counter weight assembly, tower support frame, slew drive motor, Boom 1, parallel levelling arms for tower 2 and the upper portion of tower 2, at the end of Boom 1 -

 

Can't say enough about how much help the 3D model will be to me, for figuring out a path forward.  Itching to get started! 

Edited yesterday at 11:06 PM by BK9300
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[Randy D]

WOW!!  this is going to be an epic build Brian.  So many  cool parts to create!

 

Randy

[BK9300]

16 hours ago, Randy D said:

WOW!!  this is going to be an epic build Brian.  So many  cool parts to create!

 

Randy

Thanks, Randy - no shortage of fabricating required here!