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Re: a trick to make NEW trainwheels work - PICTURE SERIE
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:11:40 GMT
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Oh yeah the "before" - "after" cross section graphic was exaggerated. I
imagine that removing only a small amount of the inside corner will do the
trick.
SteveB
In lugnet.trains, Steve Barile writes:
> Taking the low road...
> I was thinking how to shave off some plastic from the wheel flange. And it's
> not that big of a deal the roundness of the flange isn't as critical as the
> the roundness of the wheel tread.
>
> But then it hit me, using a small jewelers file remove some materal from the
> wheel block where the wheels are hitting. see photo at:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/SEBarile/Misc/wheelsset-mod.jpg
>
> BTW I used the "step one" image from Klaas, I hope that's alright.
>
> SteveB
>
> In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree writes:
> > In lugnet.trains, Klaas H. Meijaard writes:
> >
> > > PS, IMPORTANT...
> > > Yoy CAN finish the modification after inserting (snapping) the first
> > > bush-cutoff.
> > > The wheels run fine than, but when you run your train at high speed the
> > > wagons tilt a bit too much.
> >
> > While this might not work so well if done on ALL wheels, doing it on only one
> > wheelset/wagon or one/bogie it might actually improve running qualities. You'd
> > get the compensated suspention model railroaders always try to build into their
> > rolling stock. Will need to test this, most of my rolling stock is still in my
> > car since I've been doing hardly anything but sleeping since LEGOWorld ;)
> > --
> > Jan-Albert van Ree
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