Backhoe Contribution – adrian2301 – Chassis/Stabilizer/Fenders and the Engine. And the hydraulics for the swing frame.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Started running some hydraulic lines:

@blanchsb @pfbourassa Still need to add a line for the bucket and repeat on the other side and add the connections to the ends of the lines.

Not sure how the two brackets fix to the chassis, cant find an image to show this.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

I think I am almost ready to pass this to you @blanchsb 

Unless you want me to go a bit further.

[Kent Trammell]

Looks so good 👏

[Shawn Blanch]

Looks great @adrian2301 

No that should be plenty for me to work with I am glad I didn’t go down any farther or we would have been duplicating the effort.

Let me know when you are ready enough to give me a  copy and I will begin routing my hoses to their connections.

[Adrian Bellworthy]

I want to add a couple of bits to the control valve. So I should be done by tomorrow.

[Karen Trevino]

wow @adrian2301

[Adrian Bellworthy]

@blanchsb I decided not to add more detail to the control valve at the moment as it most likely won’t be seen. I only modelled it as a reference point where the lines start.

HERE IS THE FILE

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Done the stabilizer hydraulics. @jakeblended they just need to be plugged into the control valve behind the swing frame.

[Shawn Blanch]

Thanks. I had a late night trouble call and then I got distracted setting up my motion capture Kinect rig for my PC. Wow that was a doozy to set up but man it is pretty slick deal for only $130 and 4 hours of computer issues, lol

I’ll take a look at it hopefully tomorrow and work on it over the weekend

[Kent Trammell]

Looks great. I like how they overlap on the back side 👌

[Shawn Blanch]

@adrian2301 take a look at my post regarding the bezier radius versus diameter on our main thread. We made our stuff double the diameter on accident……

[Adrian Bellworthy]

A few images of my contribution to the DOG.

[Shawn Blanch]

I am loving the look of that chassis. Can’t wait for those braces to get to work! I am imagining Wayne animating them and slamming them into the ground and the earth shaking and a slow motion dust pile fly up. Oh the beauty!

[Kent Trammell]

I cannot wait to render this with exploded-view flare. Top-shelf work @adrian2301

[Adrian Bellworthy]

Comparison of hydraulic lines between the originally modelled and resized to “authentic” 1/2 inch diameter.

First the original:

and the resized:

Note: I have resized the lines, fittings and the holes in the brackets but not the overall size of the bracket.

Thus leaving a large gap between the lines.

If I resize the bracket I can close these gaps, I like the spacing of the original lines.

However this would mean moving your lines also @blanchsb to line up again.

I think your right in saying the smaller diameter will look better but only if I also resize the bracket and move them closer together.

What do you all think??? @theluthier @spikeyxxx @duerer @dostovel @ritag @ketre @blanchsb and I can’t remember everyone, but if your reading this, please let me know what you think.

@dogpound Can we get this, a group tag. 

I have the time to do this as I don’t have much else to work on this month, except for a small hump on my fenders.

I have made a start on the CD player:

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