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- Sat Feb 22, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Radio control and compatibility
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9240
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: 9966
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: 11061
- 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: 9966
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: 9966
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.
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 12:47 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: IC Engines on Wish.Com for Live Diesel?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9966
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 10:02 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Building with laser cut steel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6300
Re: Building with laser cut steel
No, that would require casting or 5-axis CNC machining.
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:51 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
- Replies: 90
- Views: 35781
Re: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
Forums are my life-line as there is very little interest in this hobby where I live. There is no one around to discuss ideas with face to face. We don't have model engineering societies like you do in UK. This makes it very hard to fulfill my ambition to manufacture locos. Therefore I'm greatful for...
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Battery charging advice please
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14401
Re: Battery charging advice please
Perhaps worth mentioning the above advice is for NiMH og NiCd cells. Lithium Polymer cells need to be treated differently.
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 4:45 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Blackening Stainless Steel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2629
Re: Blackening Stainless Steel
Heating it will color it.
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:19 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
- Replies: 90
- Views: 35781
Re: Internet "forums" are a thing of the past
I run a couple of FB groups and on the more busy ones I have a couple of co-admins that can also approve members. Always good to have several people to share the task.
- Sun Jan 05, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Building with laser cut steel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6300
Re: Building with laser cut steel
The cut width (kerf) varies with nozzle size, gas pressure/type, stand-off etc. but generally tolerances are within +/- 0.1mm. If I want to ream a hole to 3mm I cut it 2.7mm. Bend allowance is more tricky - there are formulas for that. Nothing to do with the laser really. However when I cut slots to...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: Projects
- Topic: Building with laser cut steel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6300
Building with laser cut steel
I cut a lot of decorative items from 2mm mild steel for one of my customers. Some of the items are irregular shapes and even when nested there is a fair amount of leftover material. I thought I might as well put that to good use so at long last I've started playing around with designs that utilise t...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 12:15 pm
- Forum: Garden Railway Technical Help & Advice
- Topic: Battery charging advice please
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14401
Re: Battery charging advice please
300mA will OK with a 2300mAh cell.
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 4:26 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Roundhouse's new engine for 2020 and beyond
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11028
Re: Roundhouse's new engine for 2020 and beyond
I was not familiar with the loco but can't say it appeals to me much. Not that it matters as I'm not a potential customer anyway. I can't afford to buy locos anymore.
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 11:45 am
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Nameplates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4362
Re: Nameplates
Just to prevent disappointment to anyone, I should make it clear that this is not a commercial venture at this point and may not become one. AFAIK there are already several UK suppliers offering nameplates at very modest prices. I recall someone saying they got a pair for under £10. It would honestl...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Nameplates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4362
Re: Nameplates
I'm not familiar with how big a nameplate would be in 00 scale, but a fiber laser is capable of very fine detail. If you give me some dimensions I can make a test.
- Sun Dec 29, 2019 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Garden Railways
- Topic: Nameplates
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4362
Nameplates
I've just bought a 50W fiber laser engraver and have spent the day playing around with deep engraving brass. Results are promising so I will now be able to make nameplates etc. without the hassle of etching. Since I also have a fiber laser cutter, I can cut engraving blanks inhouse. 0.8mm depth, bra...
- Tue Dec 24, 2019 1:17 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Happy Christmas & New Year 2019
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5962
Re: Happy Christmas & New Year 2019
Seasons greetings from Denmark. As per tradition we celebrate Christmas on the 24th so I'm off to the kitchen to put the ducks in the oven. I'm self-employed now but closed between Xmas and NY. However I have a fiber laser engraver arriving on the 27th so will be spending time in the workshop tinker...
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 7:36 pm
- Forum: Locomotives - Live Steam
- Topic: Becoming a loco manufacturer
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4934
Re: Becoming a loco manufacturer
10mm steel and 2mm alu (probably up to 3mm but I have only tried 2mm so far).