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So this started off as a bit of an experiment and quickly developed.
Using 3m ply and laser cutter to make a flat bed wagon.
Sub Frame Version 1
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Flat Bed Body Version 1
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Goes together.
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Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:55 pm
by stevenfitch
Version 2 now has body and frame clip together with slots and tabs. Also 3D printed buffers and couplings.
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Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:59 pm
by stevenfitch
Finished prototypes out on first run.
Just need to work on a coupling to attach to standard LGB couplers.
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2023 3:56 pm
by ge_rik
They look good - simple and effective!
Rik
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2023 3:40 pm
by DafyddElvy
stevenfitch wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:59 pm
Finished prototypes out on first run.
Just need to work on a coupling to attach to standard LGB couplers.
All my stock is being converted not to make use of LGB couplings the rollingstock was originally fitted with, you can have some LGB couplings for the cost of p&p.
stevenfitch wrote: ↑Thu Aug 17, 2023 2:59 pm
Finished prototypes out on first run.
Just need to work on a coupling to attach to standard LGB couplers.
All my stock is being converted not to make use of LGB couplings the rollingstock was originally fitted with, you can have some LGB couplings for the cost of p&p.
Ive managed to sort coupling the front of the rake to an LGB coupling.
Probably could be refined a bit but 3D printed this.
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Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 7:21 pm
by stevenfitch
Running nicely here, one derailment caused by some dodgy points.
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 4:46 am
by Old Man Aaron
Looking good! Steps over the line is a nice touch, too.
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:23 pm
by stevenfitch
Also tried some Container Flats with Jacobs Bogies shared between the beds which have come out pretty well.
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Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:15 pm
by Phil.P
Oh my!
Those container flats...
Phil.P
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:01 pm
by stevenfitch
Some of the finished items running here:
Edited to fix video links.
Second edit to manually edit the URL's
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:00 pm
by philipy
Steven,
Not sure what, but something wrong with your Youtube code/syntax embedding.
See the "How to ..." section for detailed instructions, but for YouTube, simply copy/paste the link of the video you want to share (make sure you use the 'Share' option URL in YouTube and not the entire video's URL's)
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:28 pm
by Peter Butler
No problem here, I can link to both videos.
Re: Laser Cut 3mm Ply Flat Wagons
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:48 pm
by stevenfitch
Edited the video post to check i'd used correct links from youtube, appears to be correct links but same results.
Second edit.
After looking at a previous post with working video it would appear the links YouTube is generating now have some meta data on the end. I had to remove everything after the basic URL, the portion to remove begins "?si="
