imajor Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Hi all, I have the 8043 excavator for a while now, and I love it. I think the playability is great, but it was hard for me to find a good material which is not heavy, and leaves no dust (especially when I want to play with it inside the house on the carpet). So I was trying to replace the bucket at the end of the arm with a claw. I leaved the rest of the model untouched. I know it is a trivial mod, and not realistic, but I didn't see similar online yet, so I uploaded a short video. Imre Quote
DLuders Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 I like your claw modification! When I see it lifting the wheels, it seems that the 8043 Motorized Excavator's Power Functions arm is a lot easier to use than the (comparable) pneumatic arm on the new 8110 Unimog U400. Maybe you can use "The Claw" to grab a pile of these: Quote
Wiseman_2 Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Could you post a photo of the claw itself? I really like this attachment Quote
timslegos Posted July 30, 2011 Posted July 30, 2011 Yes please upload a photo, the claw looks awesome! tim Quote
Outer Rim Trading Co. Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 I've never really been into TECHNIC always thinking of it as LEGO with holes, but seeing your excavator in action really makes me want to have a play! Nice MOD work there with the claw! Quote
jojo60 Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 This looks like a good MOD of this 8043. I've got this set MISB since Christmas : You just make me want to open that box and build that excavator ;) Thank you ! Quote
Cookie0879 Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 This looks like a good MOD of this 8043. I've got this set MISB since Christmas : You just make me want to open that box and build that excavator ;) Thank you ! You've got this set MISB and haven't opened it yet? It's next on my list to acquire, I sure will not be able to wait that long to crack it open. imajor, Looks really nice, do you have any details on how you connected the claw to the boom so that it actually works? Perhaps a picture from the top will show me what I need. Thx! Quote
flyz Posted August 1, 2011 Posted August 1, 2011 I like your claw modification! When I see it lifting the wheels, it seems that the 8043 Motorized Excavator's Power Functions arm is a lot easier to use than the (comparable) pneumatic arm on the new 8110 Unimog U400. Maybe you can use "The Claw" to grab a pile of these: The arm on the 8110 is something left to be desired because it requires precision to operate and pneumatics don't offer that. I'm sure that pneumatics will be a lot better for the plow since it's either up/down or left/right :D I'm liking this claw and it looks more in place than the huge bucket imo. Quote
timslegos Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Thats a very nice claw! Why not keep the third actuator to tilt the claw? Did you use that drive to drive the claw closing? tim Quote
imajor Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 imajor, Looks really nice, do you have any details on how you connected the claw to the boom so that it actually works? Perhaps a picture from the top will show me what I need. Thx! Here are some photos without the panels on the sides, hope this helps: Thats a very nice claw! Why not keep the third actuator to tilt the claw? Did you use that drive to drive the claw closing? tim Yes, the third function which was used to tilt the bucket, opens/closes the claw. Quote
Cookie0879 Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Thank you for the additional pictures, they've cleared things up for me. Much appreciated. Quote
timslegos Posted August 3, 2011 Posted August 3, 2011 Thats a very simple and functional claw, it looks really good and functions very well to, thanks for the photos! tim Quote
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