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Re: Big Ben's trainwheels
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lugnet.trains
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Thu, 5 Feb 2004 21:52:37 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
> 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.
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 flanges sharp?
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Jan-Albert van Ree
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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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| (...) 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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