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Re: Shay Chassis (Uni Joint Mods for Trains)
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains
Date: 
Wed, 12 May 2004 01:42:10 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Mark Bellis wrote:

Another problem is traction though.  The 9V train motor has rubber tyres and BBB
wheels don't.  You could apply a rubber coating of some kind as long as you can
do it evenly (whilst rotating the wheel?) and without damaging the plastic.  I
wonder if bicycle puncture repair rubber solution would work?  Does anyone know
if it would damage the plastic?

One idea for rubber tires is slices of bike tyre inner tube. Dunno how well it
would hold though, and it would raise the height slightly. But it doesn't
require a mod ;)

ROSCO (Is a mod to a non-LEGO part such a bad thing anyway????)



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  Re: Shay Chassis (Uni Joint Mods for Trains)
 
(...) I experimented with using paper fasteners as pickups with the 12V railway a few years ago. I wrapped each one round a toggle joint and rested it on the conductor rails. This would probably be a bad idea for 9V track as scratching it would wear (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)

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