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Re: Draft of a new driver wheel
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:36:40 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Tim David wrote:
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In lugnet.trains, Reinhard “Ben” Beneke wrote:
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3.) diameter bigger than set 7750 and smaller than set 396
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How did you reach this?
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Hi Tim!
??You are asking why I demand this (bigger than set 7750 and smaller than set
396)? Both sizes do exist. So I see no highly urgent need for those. The size
inbetween is not only a compromise, but in my eyes the golden center.
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Sorry, I wasn’t saying that I though that this was the wrong size, just
wondering how you arrived at it.
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8.) wheel thickness higher than 9V and less than 1 stud (avoid contact
between moving rods and wheel)
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so the thickest bit is the pin connector hole?
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Not really, since this hole is shorter than 1 stud. (look at any technik
brick and you will recognise that the hole is shorter than the width of 1
stud).
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Yes, I should have looked better at the images. The ring aroung the middle of
the pin (or where the middle of the pin would be if it was a full pin) moved the
coupling rod out away from the wheel.
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9.) counterweight as “click-on” extra part, (if 2 moulds were possible)
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Would be nice but by no means essential,
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I agree in the meantime. The majority seems to prefer included
counterweights.
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10.) shape not 100% after real prototypes but kind of “legoish”.
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a generic wheel is best
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What is your definition of a “generic” wheel?
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I just meant not to try to copy any one real wheel too much as then it wouldn’t
look so much like other wheels, Your wheel is what I mean by generic, you
haven’t tried to make it like the wheels on any one locomotive but rather a
‘generic’ mix of all locos. It also has the Lego look.
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11.) center stud with Legologo
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not at all essential (imho)
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But it would be really nice in case the wheel is from a third party: it gives
a more legoish feeling and increases the acceptance(imho).
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As I replied to Lar i didn’t realise that this was 1X1 round stud, a good idea
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12.) ((Extra wish -Additionally a wheel without flange (blind driver)
should be available.))
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perhap the wheel and the flange could be seperate mouldings.
e.g the wheel piece looks fairly similar to the existing large spoke wheel
that people use with the addition of axle and pin holes and no groove
arround the circuference and the flange piece be a pretty simple ring shaped
piece with a click fit onto the wheel
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Hard to realize this for 1 running diameter. And you need 2 moulds in both
cases anyway.
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I dont think I explained it very well, I’ll have to do some drawing to show it
better I think. However there would only be one complicated mould with the
spokes and axle hole etc and the other would be simple.
Tim
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Message is in Reply To:
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| (...) Hi Tim! ??You are asking why I demand this (bigger than set 7750 and smaller than set 396)? Both sizes do exist. So I see no highly urgent need for those. The size inbetween is not only a compromise, but in my eyes the golden center. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 3-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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