WIP: crawler build

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:22 am

okay.. after sitting on the sidelines and trying out a buddy's crawler a few times, I've caught the bug. Will I buy an axial? hell no. Coldzilla? LOL you're kidding right? Anything?

well...

just some TLT axles, the R2 silver tranny, portal axles and possibly punisher shafts.

The chassis.. I'm gonna fab that bad boy using brake line. I also picked up a caliper for measuring the lengths of the line.

Those two pulleys are going to be used for a miniature pipe bender.

This is the terrain I'm going to be testing the truck on.

guerd87 · Post by **guerd87** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:16 am

awsome! this crawler bug has bitten deep and im loving it

im working on a scale car atm

just bent some thin rhs into chassis shape and ve sliced it down the guts to produce 2 equal chassis rails

ordering some leaf springs for it this week and then just see how it goes from then on

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:40 am

I love home made stuff, especialy tools, but trust me on this one, it will go a lot easier and you'll get more accurate bends if you just spend $7.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... umber=3755

The bend angle is marked on the side. Of course ths assumes your useing 3/8 brake line. I'm sure you can build a bender but these work pretty well. Just a thought.

crazydave · Post by **crazydave** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:42 am

Holy crap, you got some cool rocks to play on!

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:47 am

You want a handheld bender like he posted. If you plan on doing any comps at all spend the extra little bit and get the R2 with dig.

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:22 pm

I considered a bender like that when I was getting my bits, 'winder... Thing is, the bends that tool makes is going to be too large.

That's why I picked up a set of rope pulleys, because I know I can make tighter bends with them.

sg219 · Post by **sg219** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:51 pm

Where are those rocks? I wanna crawl them!!

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 1:53 pm

Sechelt, BC. Sunshine coast.

dude it would be awesome if ya came up and hit em. we got tons of space for RC stuff. tennis courts for drifting, those and a lot more other rocks for crawling, huge open fields for planes and helis.. and a protected inlet for boats.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:52 pm

Murdoch wrote:I considered a bender like that when I was getting my bits, 'winder... Thing is, the bends that tool makes is going to be too large.

That's why I picked up a set of rope pulleys, because I know I can make tighter bends with them.

That makes sense, when you get it worked out post some pics, like I said, I love home made stuff.

sg219 · Post by **sg219** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:51 am

You mean allllllllll the way out here!!

The long road ahead!

Damn that a long way to go crawl some rocks. One of these days I WILL make it out west!!

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:37 am

haha yea.. man that's a distance. Personally, i'd just jump on the train. Pittsburgh to Detroit, jump to Windsor and you're done.

BilboBaggins · Post by **BilboBaggins** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:36 am

Heck. I have to add another 300+ miles to that trip for me.

Extremely long road trip

I guess I'll have to hit the lottery and build a course behind he hobby shop I want to open with the money.

Murdoch · Post by **Murdoch** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:07 pm

woo more content!

I got the line bender built. I chopped off a length of brake line that's about six inches or so, give or take. threw it in the bender and made four bends. If I had to do those by hand, they would be nothing short of impossible.

SHAUN · Post by **SHAUN** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:45 pm

That is awesome.

sidewinder · Post by **sidewinder** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 11:22 pm

It looks like it makes great bends, How about a pic or video of it in action? I'm having trouble picturing it work with the "rollers' that far apart...obviously it does real nice bends...I'm just trying to figgure out why it doesnt kink. Anyway, nice job.