Just a minor thought: Reference coupler height gages and coupler installation.
When I originaly invented, produced and sold the only (at the time) S-Scale coupler height Gage, Jack Troxell machined the Master pattern for me to my specs. The original "Loeb Investments" Coupler Height Gage was designed based on current scale wheel flange depth, and therefore could theoretically be used to check coupler heigth sitting flat on a work surface with car riding on flanges. However then as NOW, flange depths vary from one manufacturer to the other and from different "times" wheels were manufactured. So the "only" way the height gauge should be used, is to gauge and check with the NASG (formerly "Loeb Investments") S Scale Coupler Height Gage stradeling the rails and car sitting on the rails. This may seem to be obvious to some, maybe not to neophites to the installation of "magnetic" couplers. For those of you wanting to put simulated "scale" couplers (like Kadee/SHS etc.) on AF/Lionel/K-Lines and others cars still using Hi-Rail wheels this is especially important, as there is a much greater variation in flange sizes in Hi-Rail and the truck mounted coupler also changes coupler heights from one make to the other. By the way, it is not a major problem to convert typical AF cars to Kadee #5/802 or SHS couplers, does require some modification of coupler drfat gear box and or drilling/tapping a mounting hole. I have also converted an AF manual/electric uncoupler to work with AF and Kadee/SHS couplers and it works great. So for Scale buffs some help maybe and for highrail buffs some help maybe? I am in process of getting my own web site up and running and would welcome your comments, input etc. Thanks to those who have already responded...it is appreciated. http://www.trains-4-u.blogspot.com and comming soon (in a few days) my own domain name: http://www.trains-4-u.com S Gaugingly yours, Dr. K. Loeb (Peter) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
