Gustav's LST - RC-Monster Forums

Gustav · 04.04.2006, 09:47 AM

Cheers dude,i built a workshop over the winter and this conversion is the first thing off the production line.Restored an old boxford lathe,it's from 1962,but it's ideal for me to learn on,it's a nice solid machine.A mill is my next prority,it took hours to do that motor mount with handtools.

nitrostarter · 04.04.2006, 10:42 AM

Looks nice!! And you're right, those are some ginormous pinions. :dft008:

I have a ginormous metal lathe, and 2 types of drill press style mills at my disposal. Thing is, I really don't know how to use them. But my grandfather and father do. Just getting them to do what I want is the big issue. LOL.

On the mechanical brake issue, I see you still use it. How did you wire it in? a simple Y-harness tied into the ESc going to the reciever? I'm looking into getting one for my maxx as of right now. The only thing I don't like is no reverse, however, it's perfect for racing because of no reverse.

Gustav · 04.04.2006, 11:02 AM

I'm a beginner at the machining too,a friend has been teachng me,Only cost me £180 with lots of bits and pieces for it aswell.it basically just needed a good scrub up and a new paint job,there's virtually no wear on the bed or any of the slides and everything is good and tight on it,and it runs dead true,it's the same size as a Myford ML7,that's what i'd like to get when i've fnished abusing this one while learning.It's actually a training lathe so probably came from a college,no power feed but it's ideal for learning the basics.

You can just use a y-harness but on mine the brake servo is on the 3rd channel,if you've got a JR radio or any 3 channel radio with channel mixing (DX3 has this too) you just mix the brake side of the throttle servo with the 3rd channel,then you can adjust the epa and exponental of the brake servo seperately and also it only moves in the brake direction so doesn't move the other way when you give it throttle.If i want reverse i can just unhook the brakes and reprogramm the controller.i added the mechanical brakes out of sympathy for the controller when i felt the weight of it,13lbs.