Now Pete, don't give up! My Chieftain is still a long way off, assuming it ever gets done.
As to tools, yes I do have a few, if you wern't so far away you'd be welcome to use them. My workshop lies idle 6 days a week as I have to work away from home and only get back at weekends. That invitation is open to any of you tankers too! I'm going to go with the plain PVC on steel shaft for the time being, see how it goes. Phil. On 13 June, 23:05, Peter Arundel <[email protected]> wrote: > I've given up any idea of ever building another tank - I shall never have the > money, tools or skill to come anywhere close to matching your Chieftain, > Phil! Anyway, with regard to bearings for your wheels, this > sitehttp://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Bearings-1005-chas a wide selection of > bearings and bushings which are reasonably cheap. > > Pete. > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [TANKS] Re: Chieftain - It begins. > > Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:01:41 +0100 > > To: [email protected] > > > Hi Mark, > > > It's my first time machineing PVC (or any plastics realy) but sharp tooling > > was fine, just to run it slow or it may melt! > > > I made the cap a push fit (it sits 5mm over the extended wheel hub) when > > everything's assembled I'll put a dab of silicone on it before tapping it > > on, they have to stay on and be removeable for maintenance. > > > I've currently got a 3/4" bore through my wheels, I have a stock of PTFE > > rod that I was going to make bushes between the fixed steel axle and the > > PVC wheel. Now I'm making my suspension arms and rods, I was wondering how > > the PVC would hold up running directly on the steel shaft? A dab of grease > > during assembly wouldn't hurt. > > My original plan was to use PTFE bushes, then if they are too soft to > > upgrade with bronze bushes, but if I increase my axle from 15mm to 3/4" and > > still get good life from the wheels I'll save time. > > > I hope the PVC will be strong enough, I haven't profiled the inside of the > > wheels, so the 'inside' wheel is a solid cylinder of PVC, so if the outer > > 'pretty' wheel flexes the inner shouldn't. > > > Phil. > > > -----Original Message----- > > > Looks nice Phyl. > > PVC is good stuff to machine. > > I used UHMW Polyetheline because its cheeper, but it is very "stringy" > > to cut on a lathe. > > Axle cap looks classey. > > How does the axle cap stay on? > > > Mark > > > -- > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > _________________________________________________________________http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/197222280/direct/01/ > Do you have a story that started on Hotmail? Tell us now- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
