I love it Eric. Amazing watching how you built this and getting it towork so well. This will be a fun littletrain to run.
I took moose out for a spin today. hauled a flat car with some logs!
I had to do some modifications to improve the action…
the roller for the tread mill was loose on the shaft…I drilled a hole in the roller and through the shaft for a pin which locked them together well!
Then the motor didnt have the power to run the works, so I set it up with a pinion against the big “bull” gear on the left side. seems to work now though the treadmill still catches some times.
That is so cool Thanks Eric. I never get tired of your great stuff.(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
What do you feed the moose, to get him to do that?
Oh Moose likes Muffins. With blueberries! I hold one up on a stick to encourage him.
Willie the Wonder Horse likes carrots and they are certainly cheaper than muffins. Moose is spoiled.
Had a blueberry muffin for desert after dinner. I can see why moose works so hard. Looks really good, but better not use him for express shipments. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Don’t feed moose too many muffins or you will have to add more power to that car!
I love moose
I wrote a little article for Marc Horovitz’s New Venture, Automata Magazine about Moose’s Chariot. That gave me the inspiration to do a little modification. I made his head waggle as he charges down the rails.
I had previously replaced the itty-bitty motor with a repurposed R?C servo motor. I opened up the case, pulled out the electronics and wired the motor directly. I also carved off the “Stop” on the plastic main gear so it could rotate continuously. this seems a more robust solution to powering the chariot.
Marc’s magazine will be a PDF publication about mechanical moving figures like Moose. check it out: http://automatamagazine.com/
way off the deep end, thought the moose was great before but this just pushed him over the edge, great work as well as your railroad, Bill
Wow, really nice work, Love it!!!
You are a genius my friend
Very fun! Love it!
Too fun! Thanks for sharing your talent and your sense of humor!