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Subject: 
Re: BBB wheels + availability?
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 20 Dec 2003 16:36:03 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Teunis Davey wrote:
<snip>
To Ben, could you please make some push rods for these wheels ,like the 12v ones
? What changes were the new wheels going to have ? I don't want to turn any of
these Beta wheels into blind drivers ,just yet. And I don't have a lathe, to do
it any way.

Thanks, Teunis.

Push rods and connecting rods are both on my list of possible parts to make.
First things first, I'm busy working the flanged train driver wheel.

Regarding the blind drivers, I'm working on that too.  I use a LEGO RC car motor
and build a small LEGO fixture to turn the wheel while I work the flange away
with a file and metal cutting tool.

Ben Fleskes
Big Ben Bricks LLC



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  Re: BBB wheels + availability?
 
(...) Has anyone worked out how to get the push rods to work perfectly ?? On these combo's ,4 4 0 , 4 6 2 , etc ?? I've had a look ,at a real steam train, at a local park. And I found that the push rods are in the same position, on both sides. But (...) (21 years ago, 20-Dec-03, to lugnet.trains)

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