Garden Railway Forum

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...

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.

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...

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...

10mm steel and 2mm alu (probably up to 3mm but I have only tried 2mm so far).

I seriously considered making a complete 32mm or 45mm railway set some years ago - laser cut from plywood. Very simple electric loco and a couple of simple goods vans. Dropped the idea as I considered the market to be tiny for something like that.

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Tempted but would probably go 7 1/4" if that were the case. I have close to 2.5 acre land to build on. Affording track would be an issue but I would probaly weld it up from rectangular lengths of steel. Then there is the lack of spare time.....

For a sec I thought you were using lager for lubrication.....

At £71.82 for 300mm the 4mm pitch chain is a bit on the expensive side. About 12 times more than 03C-1. Of course if you need it, you need it.

What pitch is the slo-mo chain?

3mm pitch in roller chain would be custom made to order and therefore very expensive.

I know of 3.73mm pitch chain but I have not yet gathere up the courage to ask for the price:
http://www.diamondchain.co.uk/micro-pit ... UhR_-gzaUk

The chain on the Regner locos is smaller than 03C-01 and I have yet to find out where it comes from. However I suspect it is hideously expensive as anything that isn't made in large quantities is.

Very nice! A taller chimney and a Hunslet style open cab would look good on it.

Many people have used them on their locos. They are also used to link the wheel pairs on diesels. More than strong enough at the scales we model in. The BAGRS project loco made use of ladder chain: http://www.panyo.com/project/index.htm "Denver" also uses ladder chain: http://sidestreet.in...

Bicycle chains are roller chains. Ladder chain is the brass chain on the left in the picture. AFAIK the only manufacturer of ladder chain is Hale Bros. in USA.

I went out on a limb and ordered 20 meters of 03C-1 roller chain from China along with a lot of joining links. 03C-1 at 4.7625mm pitch is the smallest commercially available (affordable) roller chain that I know of. It may look a little too big on 16mm scale locos but should be OK on 7/8ths scale lo...

I consider it it toys. Anything that I don't depend on to make a living is essentially a toy. What does annoy me is when people call a locomotive a "train" - I have to restrain myself not to educate them on the difference. I was once told off for calling myself "a cheap bar stool"...

I have my own CO2 laser for wood/plastic and fiber laser cutter for steel and metals

It's all easy as long as there are dimensions It's more a matter of how much time is involved as that always seem to be in short supply.

Simple or complex drawing? If it's a simple shape I can draw it in CAD for you as long as you have a dimensioned sketch.