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Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:51:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi wrote:
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> I bought two sets of drive wheels from Ben. Four red ones for my
> American 4-4-0, which I just finished (less one black macaroni... grrr),
> and 6 black wheels for eventually making a 4-6-2.
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> I haven't even started planning my 4-6-2, but I have been thinking about
> how I will do the drivers. Currently, I am thinking that I will loosely
> connect the middle wheels to the drive rods using a techinic peg/axel
> (part #3747), so the middle wheels connection can move in an out of the
> drive rods (or in and out of the wheel). I am also hoping that I can
> come up with a design that will allow the inside middle wheel (inside on
> a curve) to move inward in a turn an spring back out on a straight
> without changing the position of the outside wheel.
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> Chris
I think some sort of flexibility is also required in the drive rods themselves.
Teunis Davey uses flex rods and he says this works - so this might be worth a
try.
Geoff
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 | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) My thinking on the techinic peg/axle (part #3747) is that the drive rod will remain rigid, and, since one side of the peg/axle connecter can move in and out freely, the space between the drive rod and the wheel will change. Unfortunately, I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) I bought two sets of drive wheels from Ben. Four red ones for my American 4-4-0, which I just finished (less one black macaroni... grrr), and 6 black wheels for eventually making a 4-6-2. I haven't even started planning my 4-6-2, but I have (...) (21 years ago, 23-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains)
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