Attika Posted June 2, 2019 Posted June 2, 2019 Hello good people of eurobricks, allow me to share my latest creation(s). Two small scale forklifts are the subjects. One of which has been designed to resemble to the epic Lego set 8416, the other one is a free take on a concept-like appearance. Nothing revolutionary to report on them, yet they came out to be very well playable. Thanks to @1963maniac free instructions are available, you'll find the liks below. These being fairly simple builds, nothing comes in my mind to highlight, so I just let you enjoy the video and some renders I've made. Of course I'll answer the questions by my best, but humble knowledge. Critics are also welcome, allthough be prepaired to be ripped appart if it doesn't hold water. Building Instructions: Mini8416: https://bricksafe.com/files/Attika77/min8416/Attika's forklift Mini8416.pdf Concept: https://bricksafe.com/files/Attika77/min8416/Attika's forklift_concept.pdf Quote
deraven Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 They look great and function well - can't ask for much more than that. Great build! Quote
Attika Posted June 3, 2019 Author Posted June 3, 2019 21 hours ago, Maaboo35 said: Great stuff! 21 hours ago, Thirdwigg said: Perfect little designs. Well done. 21 hours ago, mpj said: Brilliant! 11 hours ago, arijitdas said: Superb model. 9 hours ago, deraven said: They look great and function well - can't ask for much more than that. Great build! Thank you all for the kind words. Let me extend that brief description I made on the top. Due to the size of these forklifts, they have a limited lifting capacity. In other words, they are not capable to move the furniture around. As the main structure of the mast is based on two 16L axles, under heavy load they tend to bend and let the wormgear slip on the gear rack. In fairness the weight of the load that can cause this, is well over the "tipping point". Besides, many of the connections aren't interlocked, but depend on the friction of the parts. I held this before my eyes during the design and if the parts used are not totally worn out, it should not cause any problem. At least it did not do in the testing procedure. (when I say "testing procedure", I mean that few weeks I was playing around with them on my desk ) Quote
grego18f Posted June 3, 2019 Posted June 3, 2019 I love those forklifts, especially the red one! And it seems to fit the scale of the Mack Anthem set (it gives me ideas...). Quote
Attika Posted June 3, 2019 Author Posted June 3, 2019 Just now, grego18f said: I love those forklifts, especially the red one! And it seems to fit the scale of the Mack Anthem set (it gives me ideas...). Don't hold it back, it's not healthy. Picture would be appreciated if you go ahead. Quote
Attika Posted June 4, 2019 Author Posted June 4, 2019 23 hours ago, I_Igor said: Very original solution with worm gear Well, that is something I would not claim any credit as it seems a fairly common solution on many similar mechanism. Yet I'm glad TLG came out with this version. surely it made our life easier... Quote
MangaNOID Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 On 6/4/2019 at 12:07 AM, Attika said: In fairness the weight of the load that can cause this, is well over the "tipping point" so it's pretty accurate to real life forklifts lifting capacity (per weight of forklift) before the bending or slipping can occur?... Quote
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