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It's looking great Chris, I look in daily to see what's new.Are you going to mount the support bails on the upper end of the boom with a large pin like the real one?
Wow. That's all I can say, is, Wow.
Hi Chris, The HCEA has masses of detailed information in their archive. Which includes the 'Marion PowerShovel Company Archive'. Being a few thousand miles away I'm not in a position to visit their Museum for myself but from whatI hear you may be able to find the detail you need. There might even be a member who has the information. A recent article in 'Equipment Echoes' magazine by Don Franz the editor, whose father had been a craneman on the Marion 91 Panama shovel in the France quarry in Waterville Ohio.The HCEA phone is(419)352-5616. Perhaps a call might be worthwhile?Jerry
Looking good Chris, how’s the elve party going? You better find there planning board, or put out cookie piles to keep there minds off mischief!Oh Sunday, at my mates place playing White steam cars! Friday it had been going great, Sunday, well no! So back to the drawing board to see what we can figure out what’s changed. Trouble shooting hot steam cars is fun, lots of coffee while you wait for them to cool down enuff so you can try plan b, or c or d.......Cheers Kerrin
Dog, dog you are the man! I missed some days here but geeez man your moving like a freight train through this thing. A well planned model and some of the best damn craftmanship yet. Great fabrication work just jaw dropping. Love how you planned the gears Chris well though out bud. Don
Hi Chris,Thanks for the information on the HCEA and other archives. Seems as though our immediate forefathers were keener on tidiness than on history, no matter which country or continent is involved. Amazingly the only thing for which there seems to be any adequate record is the period from 1939 to 1945. Perhaps by 1950 they were wanting to put the past behind themMaginificent work on the Marion 91; as others have said youir rate of progress is amazing. Cookies seem to help but your progress can't only be down to their consumption.I'm still working on the drawings for the 19-RB, the development in shovels between 1910 and 1945 seems to have added to the complexity of the engineering.Jerry
Chris--Amazing work as usual. A quick question about your gear cutting picture. Do you lower the cutter until it is completely thru the part before you start milling the curved slots, or do you do it in a number of small depth cuts over and over until you are thru?---Brian