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" With the wood core, they say it resists the twisting better, and rebounds back to shape better than the all steel version"Interesting reporting from the manufacturer Chris......do they talk about a particular wood specie?..[we have soft woods to iron bark which range dramatically in density and mechanical properties]We see you have a bolted [one piece] Oak block of wood at the bucket end within the dipper boom boxed structure, will you be replacing this with longitudinal laminated sections which would be as per actual build?...or would a one piece section of wood have been used?This also brings the direction of the growth lines within the timber to best resist the rotational twisting moment imposed on the box section of the dipper boomDerek
Will you please slow down? I, for one, cannot keep up.Go make some cookies. Do some carving. Swim with your subs. Provide some quality play time with your elves.Try to reach my level of progress.
Not my fault that you are still in that silly universe with only 24 hours in a day! Retire already!!
Quote from: crueby on February 01, 2018, 11:50:33 PMNot my fault that you are still in that silly universe with only 24 hours in a day! Retire already!!Know of a worm hole nearby?The holes I've tried are filled.
They say they use white oak for all the wood parts. They used single blocks, not laminations, for the blocks. The main boom is constructed the same way as the dipper, just larger. On the smallest machines, the booms were wood only in some cases, where medium and large ones all had the wrapped wood. On the shovel here, the center spacer block at the base of the main boom has a lot of rot on the top surface, but its still a massive block. The center blocks appear to be solid chunks, this predates glue lam beams. Hard to say which way they oriented the grain inside the booms, if anything specific, since it is wrapped, and I'd get in a lot of trouble if I took it apart!!
With that handle scooping M&Ms will be easier.
Looking great Chris!Better hunt out some giant M&M's, just for trail purpose's, so you can check out different "bolder" sizes would be no challenge!Can you fit a cookie or two in the bucket......sure the elves will find out!Cheers Kerrin