There are 368, 1/8 inch, stainless steel pins. Each has a tiny groove in the end that accepts a 1/8 inch spring clip - thats 736 grooves and spring clips. If you look close at the picture, the end of the pin is tapered to allow installation of the spring clip. The clips are soo small that they are very hard to install - just picking one up is hard to do. I ground a special carbide tool to cut the grooves. The tool and the grooves are .015 inch wide. The clips are .010 thick. http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/a37f1dc5-5aad-4ecd-b166-2c8fdd332968.jpg Mark
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [TANKS] Machined Aluminum Track WOW! they look great! what's holding the pins in place? In a message dated 11/8/2013 8:15:03 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hello All, > >I have T074 and have not been active on this site for about 4 years or so, > >Check out the all machined track. >The segments are aluminum with a rubber tread. >The segments are connected with 1/8 inch diameter stainless steel pins. >There are about 1400 individual, machined parts. >I started this several years ago, and am just getting around to finishing it. >I got about 9 feet assembled so far, and need about 16 feet to rterofit T074 >with this track. > >http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/20131106_172126_resized.jpg >http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/20131106_172655_resized.jpg >http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z65/mm123521/20131106_172817_resized.jpg > >Chicago 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > >--- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. >To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "R/C Tank Combat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
