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knex crane this is my first instructable
 
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Step 1: What you need

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Rods:
Green 16
White 32
Blue 118
Yellow 72
red 36

Connector

Purple 157
blue 44
Yellow 6
white 11
dark grey 10
tan lock 7
black Y connector 2

Gears and spacers
red/yellow/silver gears 2
blue/ gold gears
blue spacers 11
silver spacers 8

Wheels (without tyres)
small 1
large 3
1 rubberband
string


You will be building the crane in parts starting from the bottom
bellow is a picture of the sections
tarantula123 says: Oct 24, 2010. 12:27 AM
nice
Music man says: Oct 18, 2010. 9:40 AM
i love it. i even made one at scool with my friend. so i built 2 they were both awsome :^)
numro_xi says: Oct 8, 2009. 9:34 AM
nice, i've improved it a bit  (in my opinion) , adding a bigger support system, and changing the arm to blue and purple mix instead of purplr purple ankes the arms a lot stronger!
deadie4 says: Jun 21, 2009. 9:27 AM
The pictures for the top are hard to read
gunner says: Jan 1, 2009. 11:41 AM
yay finaly something that aint a gun lol
theperson2 (author) says: Aug 23, 2008. 2:00 AM
therandomperson ive never knew that book existed this is comepletly my imagination
therandomperson says: Sep 1, 2008. 5:38 AM
oh
therandomperson says: Aug 22, 2008. 9:02 AM
You have the masters building book i can tell youve just took all the mechaincal parts out do a slideshow of all the pages how to make the mechanical 1 plz
matstermind says: Aug 18, 2008. 2:45 PM
use cyber knex and you have an RC crane.
The KNex Weasel says: Jul 27, 2008. 8:56 AM
Wow. I quite like this crane. Nice job.
theperson2 (author) says: Jul 27, 2008. 1:20 AM
I dont have the special crane motors
shadowninja31 says: Jul 26, 2008. 3:10 PM
Cool!
knexfan9182 says: Jul 26, 2008. 1:59 PM
nice the bace might need to be a little bigger.
bannana inventor says: Jul 26, 2008. 1:24 PM
Cool, but using the Power Tower Cane controler works best for these kind of knex models.
Storm950 says: Jul 26, 2008. 1:06 PM
Cool! Rather this then a bog standard gun.
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