Paul B Technic

Modular truck attachment system (MTAS) is a standard I have designed and developed to allow various attachments and tools to be used on my LEGO Technic truck. This system provides for the flexibility to easily swap attachments on the truck, depending on the use of the truck at that time. The idea for this came about from my experience designing and building Unimog attachments which I have really enjoyed designing and building over the past few months. The truck features: - Hand of God steering - Opening cabin doors - Scissor Lift The first attachment for this is a modified Unimog attachment scissor lift. Over a period of time I will be converting more Unimog attachments to use with this and building new ones from scratch.

Here is my "depression story": http://goo.gl/pmhmgh

That is a good looking crane.

Sounds like a good idea. Website looks good. I have just shared your link on my blog.

It is always good to keep trying :)

I love what you have done with this...

I have this set but am using it for MOC fodder at the moment, I am tempted to buy another one to build.

I am reading your "big rigs" page at the moment to get some ideas for my latest MOC, it is amazing what TLG have come out with over the years...

I reckon most builders prefer to build what they want. If you want a MOC built, why not do it yourself?

I can relate to this and will be sharing a link on my blog to your post :) Personally, I had a magazine article written about me and this very topic: http://paulstechnic.blogspot.com.au/2015/07/article-in-manspace-magazine-about-me.html

Maybe of intrest to my fellow "Technic heads": http://goo.gl/HIEafL

That is crazy level good :)

I have given up on the whole thing as they never approve the ideas I would buy anyway, this post just enforces this...

Thank you, I really enjoyed building this...

Over the past couple of weeks I have been researching, designing and building another LEGO Technic Unimog attachment, this is a flail mower. A few years ago I watched my local council mowing along a creek using one of these and thought it would make a good attachment, it is only now that I have the right pieces to make it possible. For those who don't know what a flail mower is, below in red is some information from Wikipedia. "Flail mower - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A flail mower is a type of powered garden/agricultural equipment, which is used to deal with heavier grass/scrub which a normal lawn mower could not cope with. Some smaller models are self-powered, but many are PTO driven implements, which can attach to the three-point hitches found on the rear of most tractors. This type of mower is best used to provide a rough cut to taller grass where contact with loose debris may be possible such as roadsides. The flail mower gets its name from the use of "flails" attached to its rotating horizontal drum (also called tube, rotor, or axle). Many implement companies also refer to the flails as knives or blades. The rows of flails are usually staggered to provide a complete cut. The flails are attached to the drum using chain links or brackets, depending on the manufacturer. The rotating drum is perpendicular to the axis of the tractor. The PTO driveshaft along the tractor's axis must make a right angle through the use of a gearbox in order to transfer its rotational energy to the drum. As the drum rotates, centrifugal force pushes the flails outward.[1] Standard flails are shaped like an extruded "T" or "Y" and the chain attaches to the bottom. There are also proprietary flails with different shapes for shredding larger brush and others that leave a smooth, finish cut. If a flail strikes an immovable object, it simply bounces off. Other rotary type mowers have a tendency to grab and throw the object out of the mower deck if its small enough. This fact makes the flail mower best suited for areas where thrown objects would cause damage. Flail mowers may also be used in a more or less upright position for trimming the sides of hedges. They are often called hedge cutters (or sometimes also hedge trimmers) then. Especially in forestry (agroforestry) some very robust variants of flail mowers – called flail mulchers, flail shredders, or flail choppers – are used." Over the past couple of weeks I have been researching, designing and building this. I wanted this to have two features, the lifting of the how mowing attachment and the turning of the flails, to do this using just the single front PTO I have built a two way switch box, this allows both functions to work off a single PTO. Most of my time working on this has been on the mowing part, getting the gearing right and adjusting the height to ensure it is low enough to mow without hitting the ground too much. Overall I am very happy with how this has turned out, it works as I want it to and is something a bit different. It is also another "front" attachment which is something I have not built many of and brings with it a number of design and construction challenges which are different to those faced when building "rear" attachments. Video can be seen here: https://paulstechnic...lail-mower.html

Most AFOLs seem to fall in to two groups: - Those who had LEGO as a child, had a "dark age" and then got back in to it as some stage as an adult. - Those who had LEGO as a child and never stopped building with it. What I am interested in is a third group, those who didn't have LEGO as a child and got in to it only as an adult. What made you decide to pick it up? To do something at one stage of your life and then return to it later on is much easier than to start off with something brand new which you have had no experiance with before. What was it that made you decide to do this?

On the weekend, while working on my latest MOC I decided to throw together a mobile phone holder for my desk at work. I have seen a few of these in the past, taking the best of each of these I have built my own. It fits my phone perfectly and allows the charging cable to enter via the bottom. I built this in white as it is the colour I have the least amount of parts in.

Mental health issues here :(

That is crazy level awesome :)

Sounds like a great idea.

Love the new cabin design :)

Excellent work with this :)

Some of these are really good :)

LEGO produces sets which will sell, we have asked for larger and more complex sets and this is what we get, if you like it buy it, if you don't then don't buy it. I have little interest in this set myself but understand it is what some people want, if it sells at that price then that is great, if not LEGO will learn from it. I look at PPP (price per piece) myself when buying sets for MOC fodder, but what the parts are also matters....