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- Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:11 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Does anyone here have a 'Plotter'
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4849
Re: Does anyone here have a 'Plotter'
A heck of a lot of housewives have a Cricut or Silhouette vinyl cutter and run hobby business, making all sorts of decorative items. It's had quite an impact on the signage industry. If you are on Facebook, search for "Silhouette UK" or "Cricut UK" and you will find several group...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Best mini electric drill?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4443
Re: Best mini electric drill?
You can get a chuck to fit the Proxxon mini drills. I have several Proxxon drills and they have all served me well. A couple of years ago I made the mistake of buying the Dremel battery powered drill - turned out to be really cheap and nasty quality.
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: 16mmngmassoc
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6707
Re: 16mmngmassoc
Totally agree , it’s not cosy anymore , too professional and glossy particularly the mag , it’s all about bling and spending power. There is always a level of commercialisation in a hobby when it grows above a certain size. That is not a bad thing IMHO as not everyone has the time or ability to mak...
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 10:19 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
It will for sure. I just don't know when. I was about to order parts this week, but a sharp decline in orders means I have to put it on hold. I won't be able to pay myself any salary this month. Luckily my wife is in public employment and as such is guaranteed pay.
- Fri Mar 13, 2020 10:05 am
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
Covid-19 has a big effect on two of my largest customers as they sell a lot of their products at craft fairs. Consequently this affects my business and money is likely to be in very short supply for the foreseeable future. This means I can't order wheels and other parts that are needed in order to p...
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Changing IP Engineering wheels
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5324
Re: Changing IP Engineering wheels
Heating the wheels with a gas torch might help.
I don't understand why they supply wheels fitted to axles that then have to be taken off and fitted to other axles. Seems silly.
I don't understand why they supply wheels fitted to axles that then have to be taken off and fitted to other axles. Seems silly.
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:54 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
Well, it's cheap and I have a lot of it
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 9:19 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
It might be hard to tell from the picture but the chain used is steel roller chain, not Delrin chain. Sprockets are also steel.
Wheels will be 35mm over the tread.
Wheels will be 35mm over the tread.
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 11:48 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
No plans for bodywork at the moment but some sort of tram or logging loco look would be the obvious choice. I can easily cut different types of bodywork on my lasers or people can make their own. This is mainly about designing a platform for a low budget steam loco and give people the opportunity to...
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:33 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Re: Edith locomotive
First test cut of chassis parts. Mainly just to see if the bend slots are in the right location. Wheels will be bigger - these were just what I had in stock. More tabs and holes to sketch in. Might be able to make it a few mm narrower. The frame stretchers conveniently fold by hand and it's all asse...
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Edith locomotive
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10403
Edith locomotive
Progress will be posted elsewhere.
- Sun Mar 01, 2020 10:05 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Cog Railway for the garden
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6213
Re: Cog Railway for the garden
The simple solution would be to use roller chain as the rack and mount a sprocket on one of the axles.
Alternatively I could laser cut some rack in steel.
Alternatively I could laser cut some rack in steel.
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Drilling holes in metal angle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 36320
Re: Drilling holes in metal angle
That was before I got the laser - now I draw the holes in CAD and let the laser cut themBusted Bricks wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:17 pm Print it, stick it on with a glue stick, centerpunch, drill. That's how I do it.
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Radio control and compatibility
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9476
Re: Radio control and compatibility
Those are Flysky so you need a Flysky transmitter: https://uk.banggood.com/buy/flysky-tx-i6.html
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Radio control and compatibility
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9476
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Radio control and compatibility
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9476
Re: Radio control and compatibility
Can you provide a link to the receivers you have bought? Then I can tell you which transmitter they will work with.
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 10:09 am
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10230
Re: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
You could also use a hydraulic drive. It would not be that hard to make. Simply use a syringe operated by a modified servo to push or pull oil into the hydraulic coupling.
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:15 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Electric
- Topic: My First Loco Recommendations Please
- Replies: 22
- Views: 11413
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:18 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10230
Re: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
More about revs I reckon. A 4-stroke sounds better than a 2-stroke and you wouldn't need to run it at full throttle to power a loco.tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 1:12 pm Getting these to not sound like a hedge trimmer is all in the exhaust muffler I guess?
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:53 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10230
Re: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
I would go for the spark ignition version there is a lot less oil used when running on petrol. Add a bigger flywheel and it should be able to go really slow.