3D Printed RC Crane - DIY

[@professorboots]

Drop a comment down below with whatever build you want to see next! Could be a dozer, forklift, semi truck e.t.c. Whatever has the most comments will be the next project. Thank you all so much for watching!

[@Official_Skypaper]

Semi truck!

[@teranon3211]

Forklift and a Semi Truck with different trailers would be awesome!

[@Unthawed_Pie]

a tractor with a pto for so many attachments

[@bibeksah4953]

JCB 3DX backhoe loader

[@The_everything_channle]

Forklift

[@Unthawed_Pie]

I vote for a tractor with a pto for the most attachments possible

[@heidi5942]

I love the idea of a tractor with attachments. There is so much it could do.

[@redna_menimoh]

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[@anton4video]

A tractor with PTO is a very good idea, it is also possible to create several accessories.

[@AnderssonChr]

That's a very good idea!

[@sampetruso851]

Yes!

[@3DprintedLife]

Dude this is insane. I can only imagine how many hundreds of hours this must have taken. And that outrigger design is beautiful I must say!

[@professorboots]

Hey thank you I really appreciate that! Your projects are awesome btw, love the channel!

[@bibeksah4953]

The level of engineering design, CAD, and fabrication knowledge you used in this project is absolutely insane. Your attention to detail is perfect. Your work is definitely an inspiration!

[@professorboots]

Thank you so much, the scope of the project definitely exceeded my initial outline but glad it worked out in the end!

[@inadad8878]

@@professorboots Very impressive! new sub

[@jonny555ive]

I 1,000,000% agree with you. the level of detail is out of this world. very VERY impressive.

[@Polymath2B]

This is one of, if not the most impressive thing I’ve seen in 3d printing. The amount of CAD, testing, and troubleshooting this project took is insane. Hope this video blows up and gets the attention it deserves.

[@CenReaper.]

I saw a couple of people make a working compressed air engine with 3D printing

[@IvanJoel]

I vote for forklift. I can see a speed challenge with the forklift being a thing 😂.

[@professorboots]

Little tabletop forklift loading wars anybody?

[@Joshplv]

YESS Forklift is a must

[@Noah-vi9xu9zn4t]

​@pno can we get a telehandler bc you can change out the attachments rofessorboots

[@Pikawall]

Agreed

[@JacobScherer]

Forklift gets my vote!

[@Studio23Media]

You should make a semi truck with a low boy trailer to haul all the other equipment!

[@theemperorofmankind3739]

Now that would be awesome to see.

[@burchbunch8159]

Yeah

[@Pandasquad-t1u]

Yeah now that would be so cool to see a semi with a low boy haling the excavator, skidsteer and the dumptruck now that would be awesome to see pls do it.

[@somedude-sp8pc]

A bulldozer would be pretty cool with both the front blade and the back ripper. great video! can't wait to see what the next vehicle is!

[@x_star1847]

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[@duganc2581]

D11

[@reesetullis7429]

@@duganc2581 agreed

[@ezejude-uc5ps]

yeah I choose ur own

[@jasonrichards7748]

Yeah a D11

[@nutter85]

I'm crane certified, I'm impressed but your build. Look into the NCCCO crane certifying test. Build the test and see if you can pass

[@abdullahazfar9062]

I noticed in your steering design you use a solid link that connects both front wheels together, mixed with independent suspension, as a result you’ll have a bump steer effect, simply meaning that when the suspension goes up, your wheel will turn a little, it doesn’t seem like a huge deal but you might want to replace it with a set of “t”steering links found most commonly in off road rc cars. Not super important but maybe a thought the next iteration, other than that a super impressive model!

[@uygar2580]

I remember that my LEGO crane building developed me very much when i'm 8 years old, now as an industrial designer, i can model parts and print them too but you way further than me that electronic things, pcbs, coding wiring and engineer level part designing, bad prints, i almost feel your pains right at whole project, that's INSANE for all effords not only for work, it's hobby :) Amazing.

[@galaxytrucker9816]

A Large Wheel Loader from CAT like the 995 or 988 XE would be awesome, great video and I hope to see more!

[@DavidRincol]

This is how I think I sound when working in electronics and cad design.... 😂... You are an inspiration man! I would love to build one of your models.

[@qubert3671]

A telehandler would be an awesome little tractor for playing with my mini crawlers

[@Noah-vi9xu9zn4t]

Yes

[@RahmSchnitzel-q8t]

with outriggers

[@nWestie]

The outriggers design is amazing, it's wild how cracked you are at mechanical design/solidworks

[@kasparwinter6990]

Wow! You did it again! Well first of all thank you for putting this much effort into your projects! They are truly insane. My Vote would be for a semi truck like the Tesla Semi or any other model with a large trailer and electrically operated access ramp. That way, we can easily transport all this heavy machinery around. Great work! Love to see what’s coming next 😉

[@Andre_M_3D]

Amazing work. I am blown away by the amount of engineering and thought put into the crane.

[@danon-theautisticmaker8112]

OMG!! U keep toping urself one project to the next. I can't begin to imagine what u'll design next. Nor do I have any idea what to vote for.

[@raphetsonatelier]

The amount of engineering is insane! Well done! So glad to live in a time where projects like that can be done at home by everyone, this is truly game changing.

[@fattony1218]

I'm big into RC construction in 1/14 scale, but I'm definitely gonna start printing up your models now too. They'll be great to play with my nephew who really loves construction stuff.

[@JSmith19858]

You aren't limited to the 235x235 bed. You can place items diagonally across the corners to make longer pieces

[@danilaalpatov1374]

Amount of work you are putting in these is insane! I vote for you to have a nice vacation lol.

[@CarlosEduardo-sd8md]

as someone who has an infinite smaller knowledge than you, and yet suffers with 3d printing, I can only imagine what you have been though to pull this off respect

[@MidMadn]

These are AWESOME. My vote for your next model would be an OshKosh Series S front discharge concrete mixer. It would have foldable chutes that raise, lower and swing left and right as well as a drum that rotates in both directions at variable speeds so it could actually load and disharge material. As you may have guessed - this is my real job. But it would be an awesome model and would be the one that I would build. I've actually delivered crushed stone to a job with my mixer at work. We were short on dump trucks and needed to deliver some stone to a job.

[@mrmadi035]

i love to see a agriculture tractor with its attachments more specific any johndear model

[@AJB2K3]

No, JD dont deserve any respect in that form and they would probably send the lawyers after him.

[@JTCF]

I just got a new printer. I guess it's time to recreate this. Thank you for all your design work!

[@MrDarkhammer]

Awesome construction and build! If your Notebook loses computing power it's usually either thermal compound degradation or you collected too much adware - you already removed the dust. Thermal compound tends to disintegrate after 2-5 years. The more you use it, the faster it gets crumbly. Might want to check on that, could increase your processing power significantly (back to new)

[@piotrku_]

He really pulled it off 😮

[@professorboots]

I certainly put at least 233 coffee fueled sessions into it!

[@REX233]

233 my favourite number

[@andrewmo49]

This is amazing. Can’t wait until my grandson is old enough to appreciate this so I can have the excuse to build all your models.

[@CenReaper.]

You need an excuse to enjoy life? What?

[@Always-Joey]

I've been watching your videos for months now and I really hope that you try to make a dozer inspired by a CAT D11

[@Always-Joey]

please reply

[@professorboots]

Thanks for sticking around! I’d love to do a dozer, I’ll add your comment to the tally!

[@TiagoDdA]

YESSS I'm asking for a D11 for ages, hope he does it some day

[@elonmoishkrl8981]

That would be so cool!

[@raktoda707]

You are really gifted.This was magnificent! No problem to steep for your "solution library" of a mind.Great problem solvingThanks ! Project #4: Forklift that can lift heavy loads up for (underneath)bridge work.Calibrated and angled delivery,so large heavy can be conterweighted for no risk to operating engineer.( Inless its an AI Bot) Perhaps cab can be on a swivel to achieve this,but that is a tremendous strain on the hydraulics.

[@Roobotics]

8:10 for non-continuous operation it's fine to operate a brushed motor at a slightly higher voltage than it's nominal rating to deliver more oomph, in this case you want to get a lower voltage rated motor than 12v. Running a 12v motor at 7v is going to be VERY anemic. 5v type would be much better suited for something like outriggers, drivetrain is another matter, BUT you also can simply PWM the 7v @~71% into a 5v motor for continuous operation that should have similar thermal performance as running it at 5v nominal. But now you have the ability to tune it and so things like momentary overdrive, because you aren't hitting the ceiling already.

[@stormy286]

This project is absolutely amazing, I loved to see the great problem-solving skills you displayed in the creation of this beautiful machine. Good on ya.

[@yes4208]

You should make a concrete mixer truck.

[@VoidOperator]

Crane operator here. I've run all of these cranes. Please please build an LR1600 or similar crawler crane in the future. You did awesome on the car body of the crane and can definitely let slide the center axles not steering, I guess, lol. Crab walk for the record, is very very useful and while crab and round steer are great, those are only used at low speed to position the crane for setup. It would be cool to have a front steer mode as well for "highway" driving. Here's a few more tweaks that would be fairly easy to do to make it a bit more accurate. You put the dead end of the hoist cable running up to the top of the boom. It should be on the bottom and to the other side of the sheaves so that you can run the cable through them if you made an bigger hook block, which would also be very cool to have. Also you eluded to changes to the counterweights. The top counterweight should have notches on the side so that lugs on triangle-ish shaped wing counterweights can drop into on each side. And then also have top notches so that when you pull the counterweights up, they align themselves square with the frame up the upper. I can think of a few other minor tweak but really, bravo. This is so good

[@zrobotics]

@ 22:37 You may want to consider modifying the code so that when extending/retracting the boom it also reels the main winch in/out. Or does that pull too many amps?

[@professorboots]

That’s a great idea, should be okay power wise

[@tankthebiker]

Great work on this. As someone that works on crane design, it was nice to see how you got the outriggers and boom to function.

[@TechCreatorsOfficial]

U are a genius brother 💪

[@CodteK-t8w]

i would love to see a fully functional Massey Ferguson baler, I'm currently working on my own baler, not a Massey tho, just to see if i can make one, but its defiantly doable

[@841577]

Incredible. Best 3D fabrication channel on KZbin.

[@Evilslayer73]

Log skidder can be a cool project:) nice work on this one!

[@steealy5530]

As a mobile crane mechanic i have to say good job mate!

[@devin18321]

I can't wait to print this out! I vote for a Dozer Komatsu D355A , or a CAT D11

[@fluminox13]

Thank you for engineering this master piece. I can’t think of how many hours you must have spent. Really nice design and solutions for the encountered problems.

[@Phreakrider]

This is insane! TAKE MY MONEY, I WANT TO BUILD THIS!

[@carexe51]

The time spent designing this is to me, immeasurable.

[@justusramberg]

I think that a petersbuilt semi truck would be a really cool addition so that you can carry little storage containers of parts EDIT: most amount of likes I've had on a comment before is right now, 10!

[@dh00mk3tu]

I made it 13 hehe 🤗

[@justusramberg]

@@dh00mk3tu that's crazy, all my comments usually just end up at the end of the comment section

[@CenReaper.]

Peterbilt truck would be cool. Some of the Peterbilt trucks is chosen for Optimus Prime actually.

[@andreaegli4492]

You really outdid yourself with this video! I think the best video in the rc, electronics and 3d printing community ;-) A snowcat could be a nice future project, like pistenbully 600, prinoth leitwolf (the old one) or a bombardier yeti

[@ZaneRider1]

A dozer would be DOPE!!!!! then u can make a crawler loader with the dozer chasis

[@assemblyrequired5393]

First off, excellent work on the model, mobile cranes are a personal favorite of mine and you absolutely killed it (especially with that driveline) I cannot wait to see what comes next for this machine. And second off, Now that you have a mobile crane, a tower cane would be a really neat model to complement the crane. I’d be really interested to see how you would handle the challenges of the climbing frame so the crane could build itself without too much human assistance.

[@hughjanis6318]

These RC projects are progressing pretty quickly! 😂

[@TheSkjegg]

Just amazing!! The design and creativity is impressive, the outriggers solution is just brilliant. At the same time you bring us along with a joyful video.. thanks! I'll vote for a tractor with front loader and pto!

[@TateAnderson-wr3lj]

I know this might not fall under the same category but a combine inspired by the John Deer one

[@professorboots]

I it counts! Some farming equipment would be super cool!

[@heatherlee7616]

If you do please make it 180mm for a1 mini and I would love farming equipment!

[@Benjamin_Reese]

Dude this is sweet! I'm so glad I found (or KZbin recommended) your channel! Everything I love, 3D printing and RC vehicles!

[@sherk948]

00:43 i dont think this crane is only 1.5m long

[@Msteiner_51]

15 meters... not 1.5

[@its_arvinsingh]

@@Msteiner_51😂

[@Tech4geeks21st]

This channel deserve millions of views. Keep coming up with great projects brother!

[@Yourcarrot-xc5ru]

I vote for a dozer specifically the Komatsu D355A

[@FUBuddy]

yes.

[@I.no.ah.guy57]

Dude.... You are a freaking genius... That's an insane amount of work. Those outriggers are simply ingenius. Its such a joy watching your vids and seeing the crazy stuff you come up with. I can't wait to see what else you create! And id love to eventually make my own little construction vehicles 😍🙏🏼😁

[@MaddoxHubert]

Cat D11 would be awesome!

[@elliothickle3247]

This was a next level build! So happy to see a crane similar to the one I voted for, the Liebherr cranes are so epic!

[@kelvinrowan821]

I would really like the idea of a log skidder!

[@loganbesecker1345]

and have the option for 4 wheel or 6 wheel

[@JCCTrucking406]

This is amazing! I do believe you could build any machine you wanted. Your creativity is endless bro. Being a log hauler working in the woods, by far my favorite part of the job is the equipment; skidders, log loaders, lowboys, and dozers. If I could vote for a project it would be a semi truck with a 16 wheel RGN trailer big enough to haul the crane....

[@professorboots]

👁️👄👁️ the man, the myth, the legend. To think it all started playing trucks together as kids.

[@Pepsking_zero]

Tractor and trailer

[@elonmoishkrl8981]

AMAZING!! This thing is insane man

[@obadiahgrotts5084]

I vote Forklift! With pallets full of crates and barrels! And proportional shelves to stack them on like a real warehouse! I'm so glad I found your channel. I've been wanting to build something like this since I was a kid and saw a complete Rokenbok set in a store when I was a kid. Miniature function RC construction equipment like this inspired me to get my EE degree and build a 3D printing lab at my job! You beat me to this stuff though!

[@eternalprogression]

Holly crap dude! Just so cool that’s all I can say. This brought a genuine childhood vibe back to me watching this. I need to make one🤩

[@POINTPRINTIER]

Increíble proyecto. Me encantó!!! Muy interesante la manera en que resolviste los estabilizadores laterales. La verdad un proyecto de gran dificultad y muy completo. Fabuloso. Felicitaciones 👏

[@StevenWilliams-lb9tf]

you went way above and beyond with this design. i love it, and over the moon that you went with the design i asked for 😍😍

[@TheDistur]

At this point you must be the worlds foremost expert in N20 motors lol. This is such a wild build! Cool use of the different printable mechanisms. Thanks for sharing!

[@randito70030]

Wow impressive. I will definitely want to try some of these builds out.

[@grimlockfoc117]

You could use a setup similar to a telehandler for the boom extension, using one actuator and some string. Also your solution for the counterweights is brilliant.

[@osmanpasha_diy]

First of all, this is insanely cool! I admire your enthusiasm in designing these. Secondly, I don't think any axle should be parallel to any other when steering. They should turn more the further they are from center of the vehicle. Ackermann steering and everything, for such a long vehicle that should improve maneuverability a lot. Could be the reason it was difficult for small servos to steer. Lego usually achieves this by simply varying the length of steering knuckle rod. I've seen 1/87 model with about 8 axles, all ackermann-steered with only 2 servos (and crab steering also possible), it was mind-blowing. As for new projects, here are some ideas: * Farming tractor with attachments (cool to watch, but not very interactive) * Ro-Ro kinematics truck * Swing arm kinematics truck * A truck with foldable crane and (dump) bed, basically any truck that can load cargo into itself and drive around * Garbage truck (yes, doesn't sound cool, but very playable) * Reach stacker / forklift * Custom remote to control them all (e.g. featuring a ESP32 with display), actually I plan to design my own when I have time as at the moment I have to make do with an android app))

[@connorwesley8757]

This is amazing, I’d like to see you tackle a grader , maybe not as many moving parts but I’ve always loved the design of them

[@lilypower]

i am speechless! this thing way too cool! Rarerly has the WANT been so close 🤩

[@calebpage5608]

I vote for Telehandler. How do you only have 32.9k subscribers? Top notch! Keep it up!

[@SupertankCreations]

Truly amazing project! The best one yet! You definitely should have drawn more inspiration from the LEGO Technic Crane 42009 MKII. That crane featured the craziest gearbox and operated with just ONE motor. Fantastic project!

[@davidpaul8500]

I think a Oshkosh M1070 with trailer and a RT-240 (shipping container crane) would be awesome! You could make shipping container style catchall.

[@raymondelder5004]

Look into tripod CV joints instead of the other joints. They are WAY easier to print and they don't bind!

[@LetsRally-j5g]

At 5:34 is that crane footage filmed in farming sim (I have the crane mod installed on FS22)?

[@AlexanderEresov]

These outriggers are the best piece I've seen this year :) and I voted for a forklift!

[@robc5673]

For solidworks, you can turn lightweight mode on for large assemblies. It saves a bit of memory.

[@scottlp2323]

Well, that's my quota of astonishment used up for a year. My gobsmacked -o- meter burnt out in the first five minutes too. 😁 Absolutely superb work, my friend. 👏👏👏👍👍👍

[@cagdasdmr]

Awesome build! Thank you for all of your efforts to bring this to us.

[@AnonymousAviator]

I vote you should do a snowcat to plow things with a winch system (if possible) to pull it up any steep slopes

[@AdventurePrinting]

Discovered your channel right now and is pure gold! Subscribed!

[@0PcHeLkaa]

Insane!! I love it!! You are the first American who tried to pronounce my (Polish) nickname :)

[@chrisestill8825]

A telehandler would be neat. They are on almost every commercial construction site. I counted 14 going the a portion of my site the other day. It would use a lot of similar techniques with the telescoping boom, but incorporate some excavator like controls. Larger ones can tilt the chassis side to side, have out riggers, and have auxiliary circuits for different attachments.

[@Sportsvee]

Just found your channel. Very impressive work and outstanding presentation. Thank you for sharing.

[@blhplays5107]

You should make a rotator tow truck. Then we could pretend the crane truck broke down and tow it with the tow truck! I would really like to see that. Some examples of rotator tow trucks are the Century 1150 and the Century M100.

[@YounesMoukrini]

you really deserve a new & free threadreaper pc build !

[@professorboots]

Haha that would be awesome, tell em to hit me up!

[@YounesMoukrini]

@@professorboots i trully belive in your power in robotics. so you can pin my comment maby.. maby somone will do it Lol

[@magomat6756]

Great channel. You deserve much more subscribers. What a ton of work .

[@crazykkid2000]

The amount of work is insane. Good job man! Keep them coming!

[@Studio23Media]

How do you only have 28k subs?? 🤯

[@finaltheory588]

A gantry crane (those cranes that are used at cargo ports to load/unload containers) would be an excellent addition, it would also work in tandem with a container ship with room for containers

[@TrunkSkunk]

I vote for a wheel loader or an articulating dump truck for your next build, something with articulated steering. Also, would be really cool to put an fpv camera in the crane cab. Awesome video man!

[@2handsomeforlaw]

Awesome!! Kid me would have gone ballistic over this :)

[@natecus4926]

Going along with the crane, a telehandler would be pretty awesome!

[@g45h96]

Using multiplexors or shift registers would allow you to keep a large amount of sequenced motors and servos in a much smaller amount of pins. For example, since the boom sections don't operate simultaneously, a 1 to 8 multiplexer would let you control up to 8 motors/servos with 4 outputs. A shift register for the addressing would allow you to allow you to cut it down to two. Or you could just use a serial-in-parallel out shift register to control a number of devices with a single output and a clock signal. This method could also control them "simultaneously", with delay being number of register positions * clock frequency

[@uniaddict]

You have out done yourself sir! Fantastic job!

[@nikasio1990]

Crazy seeing all this 😀As I have been driving and working the 1300 LTM myself, I can tell you the crab walk is very important for moving the crane on site. Even the smaller cranes like the 1055 with three axis have a total of six driving/steering modes ;-)