The Mechanical Digger
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 24/08/2024 -- Mechanism
One idea was the bike chain , pedals and gears but that fell at the first hurdle with the shot just to jumbled to see what was going on clearly . However , a random trip down to the shops presented me with this scene in the middle of some 3 - Way traffic lights while big holes were being made in the road at a junction . I hope this will classify as a mechanism suitable for the challenge . It was last Sunday so all the equipment was stowed for the weekend and this was the only view available with the barriers all around the equipment . What we have here is a mini mechanical digger in the form of a Back Actor , ie. it draws the bucket towards itself as it digs . What we can see here for the challenge is the three hydraulic rams which will power and operate the arms and bucket to excavate the required area . Also visible but very obscured by the barriers is another mechanism which works in a totally different way , that is the caterpillar tracks for moving the digger about over uneven and muddy ground which most building sites and roadworks usually are . Therefore , we have two types of mechanisms in one capture for the challenge .
( description from Wikipedia and biased to US terms ) - A backhoe—also called rear actor or back actor—is a type of excavating equipment, or excavator, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a "backhoe loader" (a US term, but known as a "JCB" in Ireland and the UK). The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom, while the section that carries the bucket is known as the dipper (or dipper-stick), both terms derived from steam shovels. The boom, which is the long piece of the backhoe arm attached to the tractor through a pivot called the king-post, is located closest to the cab. It allows the arm to pivot left and right, typically through a range of 180 to 200 degrees, and also enables lifting and lowering movements. ( to me JCB is just a company that makes heavy duty equipment )
There can only be one track to choose for the theme this week of Machines and Mechanisms ------- Welcome To The Machine .
The Mechanical Digger
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 24/08/2024 -- Mechanism
One idea was the bike chain , pedals and gears but that fell at the first hurdle with the shot just to jumbled to see what was going on clearly . However , a random trip down to the shops presented me with this scene in the middle of some 3 - Way traffic lights while big holes were being made in the road at a junction . I hope this will classify as a mechanism suitable for the challenge . It was last Sunday so all the equipment was stowed for the weekend and this was the only view available with the barriers all around the equipment . What we have here is a mini mechanical digger in the form of a Back Actor , ie. it draws the bucket towards itself as it digs . What we can see here for the challenge is the three hydraulic rams which will power and operate the arms and bucket to excavate the required area . Also visible but very obscured by the barriers is another mechanism which works in a totally different way , that is the caterpillar tracks for moving the digger about over uneven and muddy ground which most building sites and roadworks usually are . Therefore , we have two types of mechanisms in one capture for the challenge .
( description from Wikipedia and biased to US terms ) - A backhoe—also called rear actor or back actor—is a type of excavating equipment, or excavator, consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm. It is typically mounted on the back of a tractor or front loader, the latter forming a "backhoe loader" (a US term, but known as a "JCB" in Ireland and the UK). The section of the arm closest to the vehicle is known as the boom, while the section that carries the bucket is known as the dipper (or dipper-stick), both terms derived from steam shovels. The boom, which is the long piece of the backhoe arm attached to the tractor through a pivot called the king-post, is located closest to the cab. It allows the arm to pivot left and right, typically through a range of 180 to 200 degrees, and also enables lifting and lowering movements. ( to me JCB is just a company that makes heavy duty equipment )
There can only be one track to choose for the theme this week of Machines and Mechanisms ------- Welcome To The Machine .