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Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:31:20 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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Very nice, but unless you’re doing some tricks I can’t see in your image,
your example locomotive won’t be able to handle corners.
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Forget abou running behaviour for the moment: I just wanted to have an
impression about the “feeling” of these wheels. How do they look like in a LEGO®
engine.
For a real model it would need blind drivers or a steering mechanism like here:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=12161
As one can easiely see: this CAD-draft is quite similar to the LGB/Playmobil
wheels. Since those have been tested be me and others this decreases the risk of
failure.
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You won’t be able to put three of these wheels next to each other and have
them go around Lego curves. If you move the middle wheels in a half stud, I
think it will work - but that adds another layer of complexity with attaching
the pushrods. Also, if you want to run three wheels together, it makes a
very tight threshold for the shape of the flange. You need the flange big
enough and angled enough that it won’t try to climb up the outside of a
curve, but it still needs to be small enough to fit through the switches.
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My suggestion would be to just mold the counterweight into it, and make just
one mold. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of a time I wouldn’t want to
use the counterweight...
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I think I have to agree here.
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So, when can I get a couple dozen in black? *grin*
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Brad said “no”. But there are other parties than TLC. Would you (and what about
the other train heads?) ignore this design, when it would be done by a third
party supplier?
Leg Godt!
Ben
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Like I said, when can I get a couple dozen in black? I don't see a problem with a third-party product if the quality is good. I can definitely forsee having to explain to *everyone* who looks at our train layout that these wheels are NOT a (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| (...) Well maybe not, let me change my vote then. (...) I would prefer that LEGO do this. But if LEGO won't do it, then yes I would go third party. As some of you know, there has been some amazing molding done by Jeff ("Little Armory") Byrd to fill (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
| | | Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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| (...) Ben - I may have missed something. What did Brad say 'no' to? Moulding this specific part, or big drivers in general? I really like the look of this part, and everyone knows we all want drivers, but I think the spokes seem a bit thin and may (...) (21 years ago, 29-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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| In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke wrote: (snipped the whole message) Very nice, but unless you're doing some tricks I can't see in your image, your example locomotive won't be able to handle corners. You won't be able to put three of these (...) (21 years ago, 28-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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