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Re: Scale Modelers Aren't the Only Ones . . .
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:53:18 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Curtis wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Daniel Aubin wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Elroy Davis wrote:
If you really want knuckle couplers for your LEGO trains, you could try
these;
They’re made by Kadee (famous to all model railroad fans for their
couplers). On their site,
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Using a standard #1 knuckle coupler is an interesting idea. But instead of
using the raw shank version, why not go with one that is mounted in a draft
gear box? A little epoxy or MEK could probably mount the draft gear box on a
hacked brick.
For that matter, up at the TechShop they have a 3D
printer that will print in ABS. It probably wouldn’t be too hard to make a
standard #1 draft gear box with technic-style mounting holes. The machine is
a bit too “pixelated” to do good Lego studs, I guessing. But 5mm holes on
8mm centers is no problem.
Still, I’d like to do something better than magnetic uncoupling. I keep
noodling about designs involving shape-memory wire that would allow remote
controlled uncoupling. Haven’t worked that out quite yet...
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Jeff Christner used Kadees on his layout many years ago. His site is gone but
the Wayback machine has the
text but unfortunatly only one pic. He also talks about it
here Ondrew Hartigan has also done
some experimenting.
Tim
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| (...) Jeff emailed me directly as he is having problems posting While my Kadee site has been down for awhile, I did give permission to another site to use my images and text which you can find (URL) here> I have never given anyone else permission to (...) (16 years ago, 1-Feb-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Using a standard #1 knuckle coupler is an interesting idea. But instead of using the raw shank version, why not go with one that is mounted in a draft gear box? A little epoxy or MEK could probably mount the draft gear box on a hacked brick. (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jan-08, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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