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Re: Fun with two 4559s and two 5542s
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 6 May 1999 21:42:07 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> Frank Filz wrote:
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> > I found that one of the drop center train plates wouldn't work for the
> > engine, so I built the engine without using a train plate (a pair of 2x4
> > Technic plates works well as a bogie socket).
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> Long term this is not the correct design, though. You should find that
> the bogie turns more freely if you use a plate in the lower layer and a
> hollow space in the upper layer instead of two plates stacked together.
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> With stacked plates you have friction from the pin rib against the
> plate. This wears the plate and rib.
I had gone this way originally, but was finding that it wasn't sturdy
enough when I tried to remove the bogie/power unit. Of course now that
the engine is constructed, maybe that isn't an issue (during
construction, I kept putting the power unit on to check how the engine
looked).
I think I'll go back and fix that.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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 | | Re: Fun with two 4559s and two 5542s
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| Frank said: (...) Yes. Use a longer plate, or get used to the 2x4 plate coming out. But long term (and I build all my cars this way, I have very few of the wagon plates in actual use) this is the way to do it. Trust me. (27 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Long term this is not the correct design, though. You should find that the bogie turns more freely if you use a plate in the lower layer and a hollow space in the upper layer instead of two plates stacked together. With stacked plates you (...) (27 years ago, 6-May-99, to lugnet.trains)
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