It's so BIG... (POWER LOADER: PART 13)

In this video we will see the culmination of all our work and see this standing for the first time. Two years... Wow, okay, what happened? The first time this project was announced and I heard about it was actually the first time I met James at the GTA expo in 2016. "We're even planning on making a

power

charger from the alien movie." "Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed the exhibition." I'm here with one of my fans who has been on the channel since the original Elysium uprising, this is Bogdan." Shortly after I ended up working at Hacksmith Industries.

It had been a few years before I mentioned the project to James and asked him if The alien

power

charger was still something he would be interested in making a reality. He said yes, so we started this project over the Christmas holidays of 2018. By that summer we had a fully functional arm, but I had to put the project on hold to train and compete for world mechatronics skills in Kazan, Russia While I was away, James found this incredible facility and the team had begun the tedious process of moving in. After settling in, we completed our first large-scale project here: the half-scale cyber truck. .And with this success we decided to bring back the power charger, but just as we started to speed things up again, the pandemic hit.

No equipment, no budget, no power charger Well, we survived the pandemic and decided to continue with this project last fall after James managed to secure a

part

nership with Caterpillar The official manufacturer of the electric charger in 2100 With the 239D skid steer as the base and unit of power for our project It seemed like we were finally within reach of completing this project and in this video we will see the culmination of all our work and see this thing standing upright for the first time. But first we're going to have to paint it. But wait, wasn't it yellow a year ago?

It was and we were so excited that we rushed to paint and did a pretty poor job, we didn't even use a consistent painting method. Some

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s were painted with shiny paint, but other parts were dull spray paint, it was a mess. It's a big project for our channel, so let's do it right. Caterpillar gave us buckets of official Caterpillar yellow, so let's go out and paint this at Engineered Lifting Systems. We're here at Engineered Lifting Systems and they have this giant paint booth and we're going to paint the electric

loader

. Now, this company makes all kinds of amazing products, from overhead cranes to material handling conveyors and everything in between.

In fact, the way we met them is because they are actually fans of the channel and they donated a crane to us called an easy arm, you'll see it later in the video. When I came to tour this facility, I noticed they had a giant paint booth and had to ask. Can we paint the electric charger here? Because we can't really do that in our shop because we don't have a paint booth and it's too big to paint. They said yes, so let's get started. Okay, full time for the first layer for the second round. Alright guys, the painting.

It's done and it looks phenomenal, Chris, you did an amazing job, very, very nice. Which means this week it's time to put it all together Chris and Dave, you're with me, we're going to try to put everything on the jack and get it done. all set up And Tyler, I'll have you work on the roll cage. Sound good? Alright, let's get started. We're going to install the legs first, so what we're going to do is bring the fork closer, thread some straps through the holes, and lift the legs up. Up and over the cat. I'll put it down slowly and put some bolts in to keep it in place.

Sounds good? Dave, do you want to take the forklift? Chris, do you want to get the lifting straps? continue continue... Okay, we're okay, that's there. So now we have 16 of these bolts to put in that will secure the legs to the jack and that should make it really very rigid and it should be able to support the full weight of the maximum load of the electric charger. Let's start screwing them together. We had some difficulty attaching the legs the first time because one of the hoses was getting in the way, so we readjusted the hydraulic hose and everything fits.

Now we have all the bolts, we just need to tighten them and we can move on to the hood. So I'm going to make the roll cage, this is what I'm going to use and I'm going to have to cut it, grind it and weld it all together. Let's get started. The next piece will be the chest, so what we will have to do is: We will have to place the bushings on the legs, grease them and prepare them. Then we're going to lift this up exactly the same way we did with the legs. We'll use the straps, lift it up with a forklift, bring it up slowly, lower it down and another person will need to take the ferrule tube and slide it through both legs and all the ferrules.

Hopefully, once this is done, the chest will be secured. We can put the bolts in and then the hood will be completely attached. Now we have the upper body fully assembled, but as you can tell, it can actually still swing back and forth, which will make it very difficult for us to position the arms. To solve that, what we are going to do is install the rear hydraulic system that will keep the upper part of the body straight while we position the arms. Go for it. Oh, how beautiful, perfect! So now the last step is just to make sure it's all the way back.

Okay, so the rear hydraulic cylinders are in position, which means this thing should no longer move back and forth. That means it's time to start doing the arms. First things first. back muscles Cut the deltoid plates, let's do them first This power charger is very close to completion It's a lot of work I need some time to relax And what better way than to participate in massive tank battles with a global community World of Tanks is Free to play and with over 550 tanks and 40 different battlefields to choose from, the action is different every time. If you're as picky about details as I am, you'll love World of Tanks.

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These are the next pieces that we will place and they are what I call deltoid plates. These are actually the back muscles that allow the entire arm to lift and they have to be very strong. because in reality they have a very big mechanical disadvantage. The cylinder is very close to the arm, so it needs to be able to withstand a lot of force. They are made of 400 air plate steel, very strong but very heavy, so I hope this goes well We've only done this once before and this thing was much lower to the ground, so we'll give it a try.

There you have it, you just want to add this. Fat makes it much easier for us. Insert the tubes and align everything, but also the grease will prevent the unpainted steel from rusting, so this will make it last much longer. Okay, so the deltoid plates are all on, we basically have to snap them together. the shoulder and then place the giant pin. We've got it bolted on, so now these things are completely secured and moving great, which means the next step is the arm. So I think what we're going to do next is hook up the electrical system again, drop it a few feet, that way we'll have the help of the crane to move the arms into place.

Let's do it now. Alright, next we're going to do the biceps and these holes here are actually going to Continue with the deltoid plates. We're basically going to pick them up, they're going to slide on those big bushing tubes and there's a cap on the end that screws on with a giant bolt to hold the whole arm together. But before doing that. First we have to attach the connecting plates and that is what will allow the deltoid cylinder to control and lift the entire arm. Alright, there's one over here. If we can both grab one. This is all set.

We'll lift it with a crane and hopefully be able to slide it over the shoulder. Well, we have it. Look at the casing. They are two arms or two biceps. Okay, now the biceps are fully attached. As you can see, you can swing freely and it has nowhere else to go, which we have the horizontal movement and the biceps. Now, the next step is the forearm. The forearm is next, but before we put that on to make our lives easier, we're actually going to attach it to the wrist first, so let's put the wrist on the forearm and then put the forearm on the bicep.

Now we have an arm. Now we have this arm fully assembled, but we're not going to start on the other one because we're actually waiting for a few more bushings, so while we're waiting for that, we're going to install some of the hydraulics because the arm is just swinging right now as we're trying to put it in. The pieces. Now this part will be locked, so when we do the front part or the hand it won't try to swing back and forth. We have to do the same with the biceps, as well as the deltoid and shoulder.

We have it, okay, next we can install the shoulder hydraulics that will go inside the body. We need to take those pins out, line them up nicely, and then hopefully drop the pins in and hold the shoulder still while we install the rest of the arms. That's how you use a hammer, right Chris? Last cylinder for this side Here we go, my goodness. We finished by lifting the arms into place with our hoist and placing the bushings, screwing them on so that the arms are completely attached to the upper body. We then install the hydraulics to make sure nothing moves while we install the arms.

So the next step will be the hands and to do that we will install the bearings and then the palms will go on the bearings. These bearings are actually called crossed roller bearings. Hey Google, shut up for about three minutes. No, don't make any more noise!! These are called crossed roller bearings and are used for industrial applications where a lot of strength and easy mounting are needed while having a very low profile. For example, the palm of our electric

loader

can support a lot of weight in all directions and is supposed to be super reliable and super robust.

Let's see if they hold up to our app, fingers crossed. We'll install the hydraulic motor attachment, get the entire palm in place and that will allow us to position the cylinders and fingers. And hopefully we'll have a fully operational hand. So, all the pieces have been cut and beveled, so let's start soldering. The finger attachment mechanism is actually very complicated, but it works, so let's stick with it basically, you have this connecting piece that first needs to be attached to the cylinder. , in the hand and then the finger will slide back just like that But first we will do the motor.

The tweezers are next, which is actually the hardest part. Okay, almost finger ready. So first let's put the hoses on. , then get in the clamp so that when we get to wiring all the hydraulics, the hoses are already there and we don't have to take the hydraulics out again Man, this is awesome Hi Bogdan, are you sure you're using the correct scale model? ? of me at solidworks? The roll cage seems a little small... Well, getting it upright was actually the easy part, but we may need to make some adjustments to the roll cage. In the next episode of the Aliens Power Loader series, we'll take a deep dive into the control system which is possibly the most difficult part of the entire build, so it may be a little while before the video comes out.

But in it, this sleeping giant will finally come to life...!