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MMC-Feb-da vinci's exavator About Truespace Archives These pages are a copy of the official truespace forums prior to their removal somewhere around 2011. They are retained here for archive purposes only. MMC-Feb-da vinci's exavator // Work in Progress 1  |   Order by default Post by theuns // Feb 16, 2009, 10:26am theuns Total Posts: 519 Like all the cool inventions Leonardo came up with a few centuries ahead of the time so I thought I'd create a similar type machine, modern with middle ages technology... might make it pretty with some Victorian steam-punk elements :) Starting with the inside... wooden floor and driver chair, coal/fuel suite leading down to the steam boiler to the side that will turn a steam fan and turn the main drive axle near the ceiling to move the various arms and pulleys to make the machine work... Post by Mr. 3d // Feb 16, 2009, 1:20pm Mr. 3d Total Posts: 747 Interesting !!! Post by Breech Block // Feb 17, 2009, 4:52am Breech Block Total Posts: 844 Cool. Nice start. Post by Nez // Feb 17, 2009, 5:12am Nez Total Posts: 1102 Looks (and sounds) like it has potential - looking forward to seeing what you cook up this time... Post by theuns // Feb 17, 2009, 8:47pm theuns Total Posts: 519 tnx, guys... now just to find some time in RL to do this properly ;) Post by theuns // Feb 27, 2009, 10:00am theuns Total Posts: 519 not much to see i'm afraid, just a schematic of what i had in mind... ...didn't get to work much on it, and then my PC crashed so i started from scratch and just fiddled around on my laptop... same idea as the initial image, a boiler at the back, turning a gear in the steam pipe which drives various pulleys and ropes to lift and move the excavator arm to dig... wanted to do all the ropes and gears and levers and such... oh well... http://forums1.caligari.com/truespace/attachment.php?attachmentid=18628&stc=1&d=1235764658 Post by Breech Block // Feb 27, 2009, 11:32am Breech Block Total Posts: 844 Sorry to hear you were having difficulties theuns, this had some great potential.

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