Can anyone identify these winch drums?

[cheeze]

Ok Quick question for you guys, im needing a make some winch drums for my crane, now the 3x3 discs are to small and the large 40 tooth gears to big, so can anyone else give me any ideas?

do you get any other sizes of discs that can be used?

Or know what ones these are?

[Alasdair Ryan]

They are train wheels....not drums,,,but they are round...

[nychase]

Are those Train drive wheels?

Also, would the 36t gear be small enough?

[cheeze]

Cheers Alasdair, now that youve said that ican see it, any idea on the size of them? bricklink doesnt say

The only thing with using the 36 tooth is i lose the width of the drum, its only 6 studs wide and i need a lot of string on it

[Alasdair Ryan]

Your best bet would be asking in the train forum....

I found this picture which may work as a reference.

http://www.holgermatthes.de/bricks/data/images/trainwheels/trainwheels_lego_new.jpg

[Hrafn]

Cheers Alasdair, now that youve said that ican see it, any idea on the size of them? bricklink doesnt say

The only thing with using the 36 tooth is i lose the width of the drum, its only 6 studs wide and i need a lot of string on it

There are a number of different sized train wheels as shown here. Diameters vary from 23 to 37 mm (~3 to ~5 studs).

[Alasdair Ryan]

There are a number of different sized train wheels as shown here. Diameters vary from 23 to 37 mm (~3 to ~5 studs).

That link is not very good....try this one....

http://www.bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=&catID=&itemYear=&searchName=Y&searchNo=Y&q=train+wheel&catLike=W

[paul_delahaye]

They also look a bit like the technic balloon tire hub, http://www.bricklink...D=5&itemID=1541

Edited September 10, 2013 by paul_delahaye

[Junpei]

Darn, paul_delahaye beat me to it. Those are definitely the small balloon tyre wheels.

[Lakop]

They look like wheel hubs to me. From what I remember, train wheel hubs were not much different but it's a long time since I saw train wheels.

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[Hrafn]

That link is not very good....try this one....

http://www.bricklink...wheel&catLike=W

Thanks for the correction, I copied and pasted from the wrong tab.

[weavil]

They also look a bit like the technic balloon tire hub, http://www.bricklink...D=5&itemID=1541

Looked at the original size of this and that's what they are. It looks like there is something black in the small side of the wheel hub as a spacer. There is a groove for a tire on it too. I remember seeing this one before when looking for Lego cranes.

[Lakop]

That's an amazing crane by the way. I would use a wheel hub myself as they are easier to get hold of (in my collection already) than an actual winch drum.

H

[jantjeuh]

Do you have a link to that crane? Looks amazing.

[cheeze]

Yeah here you are http://www.flickr.com/photos/rynning/sets/72157626708902819/detail/

Edited September 11, 2013 by cheeze

[jantjeuh]

Pretty cool, thanks for the link :) Interesting to see that the lattice boom is constructed entirely with studded Lego, I guess because it's stronger and stiffer than studless beams.

Edited September 11, 2013 by jantjeuh

[Lakop]

Stunning! A great model and shows the studded technic beams at their best. I still use a couple of studded beams to hang my various coats on for the past few years.

H

[skriblez]

This crane looks brilliant! Great work