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Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
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Date: 
Sat, 8 Nov 2003 14:02:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jan-Albert van Ree wrote:
Steven Barile wrote:

Hi All,

I just hung up with Ben Fleskes and he OK'ed the news article that is now
on www.ILTCO.org! There is some more information about these drivers and
several pictures too!

Most of it looks great, however like Manfred mentions, why no opening for
the 1*1 round plate, and also it seems as if the hole for a driver rod is
actually recessed instead of standing out, which makes it a lot harder to
make a smooth running set of driver rods.

I think it's enough so that, with the addition of the width of half the ridge
around a pin, it'll stand clear.  Fitting a round plate on the hub, if it clears
the end of the axle, would just foul the connecting rod anyway.

I think these are excellent.  I'll certainly be after black and dark grey.  I
can see people would be after red too, but I'm curious what people would want
ordinary grey for.

I'm not sure I'd rebuild my current stock, but I have a few ideas for new Locos.


Jason Railton

P.S. Larry - the ILTCO link on the main page is broken.



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  Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
 
(...) True, those two detail ideas are closly connected with eachother. The wheel as proposed by Reinhard "Ben" Beneke needs the pinhole standing out to be able to clear the stud of an added 1x1 round plate, while the other wheel by Ben Fleskes (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
 
"Jason J Railton" <j.j.railton@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:Ho1Do8.1ypw@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) On the ILTCO site or on LUGNET? Thanks, Mike (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)
  Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
 
(...) We were playing with some of the first run of wheels at our GMLTC meeting Thursday night. The spacing on where the Technic pin sits is just right - it sets in just far enough to allow whatever you connect to it to clear the outter lip of the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Steam Drivers by Big Ben Bricks!!!
 
(...) Most of it looks great, however like Manfred mentions, why no opening for the 1*1 round plate, and also it seems as if the hole for a driver rod is actually recessed instead of standing out, which makes it a lot harder to make a smooth running (...) (21 years ago, 8-Nov-03, to lugnet.trains)

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