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| | | Well I got my set a few days ago and have been playing with them to see how well they fit in. First of all, quality is very good! Color matches almost perfectly, the Technic axle fits perfect, the hole for the Technic pin is also perfect size, all (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Big Ben's trainwheels —John Gerlach
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| | | | | (...) Have you seen these wheels after they've been "de-flanged"? For a 2-10-0, you could use four wheels 'as is', and 6 that had been their flanges removed. This would allow you to shorten the frame considerably. I know Ben is working on a way to (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | Re: Big Ben's trainwheels —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | | | (...) Hmmm that might work... Guess I need to take 2 to work tomorrow and put them up on the lathe for some rearranging :D One thing : did you just cut something to make the diameter smaller or did you also make the wheels "thinner" to keep the (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Big Ben's trainwheels —John Gerlach
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| | | | | | (...) This is the image I posted to the "Big Ben Brick's Beta" mailing list: (URL) diameter of the wheel remains the same, by removing the flange using the blue line as a guide allows the flange of the wheels on either side to actually go *behind* (...) (20 years ago, 5-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: Big Ben's trainwheels —Ben Fleskes
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| | | | (...) Thank you. (...) Thank you for the kind words and feedback. The Big Ben Bricks 30.4 (mm) Flanged Driver has never been intended as a end-it-all solution for trains. When I started desiging these I quickly determined that a range of wheels is (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: Big Ben's trainwheels —Jan-Albert van Ree
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| | | | (...) I thought about this for a while too... the best way is probably to sacrifice an old Technic axle, make a little aluminium bushing that slides right over the Technic axcle, put that into the chuck. Now put the wheels on the Technic axle and (...) (20 years ago, 6-Feb-04, to lugnet.trains)
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