Knex Crane

by knexguy123 in Living > LEGO & K'NEX

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Knex Crane

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Not much to say about this. It's a pretty standard crane with a crank handle for maneouvring the hook up and down. It can lift a decent amount of stuff if you modify the hook but I mainly use it as a display piece like my eiffel tower. Hope the instructions are okay.

Happy building =)


Supplies

piece list coming soon

sorry about the delay

Base

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  1. get this
  2. build this
  3. add these rods
  4. add these rods
  5. build this
  6. add it on
  7. build this
  8. add this on



Crank Mech and Tower

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  1. get this
  2. build this
  3. add this on
  4. add on these rods
  5. get these pieces
  6. add this
  7. ad the wheel
  8. add this
  9. add this
  10. build this
  11. it should look like this
  12. put this on
  13. add these rods
  14. build this
  15. add it on
  16. how its used

please make sure you have attached the red rods below the crank as I forgot to take a photo of them. sorry.


The Jib (AKA the Bit at the Top)

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be warned this is quite avery long step

  1. get these pieces
  2. build this
  3. add the rods
  4. build this
  5. add the rods
  6. arrange like this
  7. connect them together
  8. get the same pieces for the second part
  9. build the same thing but without the rods
  10. get both parts
  11. get these pieces (I know there's a lot of spacers)
  12. add this
  13. add this
  14. clip it together like this
  15. get these pieces
  16. build this
  17. attach it on
  18. add this
  19. done

YAHOOOOOO!!!! WE'RE GETTING CLOSE

Connecting Together

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  1. get this
  2. get this
  3. get this
  4. all the bits together
  5. connect these bits like this
  6. connect the last bit like this


Final Pieces/string and Hook

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  1. cut string
  2. get these pieces
  3. build this
  4. add this
  5. put it together
  6. add string
  7. tie it on
  8. it should go over like this
  9. make sure it goes through these pieces


One Last Thing

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hover over the box on the picture