Pieter, Glad you brought that up... because a while back, I actually held a nearly week-long talk with Frank Sergent about this very issue. The ultimate determination was that with the material he was using at that time to produce the S coupler, it was impossible, due to a strength issue) to make the shank any thinner and/or narrower that what the original Sergent S coupler had. I have never taken time to compare the shank on the Sergent to the shank on the Kadee (or similar) couplers, so someone else can take it from there. HOWEVER, the new material Sergent is using to make the revised HO (and the future S) is, I'm sure, stronger... so we'll see what happens with that.
John Degnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pieter Roos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} More coupler talk > It's interesting that the discussion has mostly centered on the coupler head size, less so on the the SHAPE and I didn't notice anyone at all mention that the shank size and configuration make the draft gear too wide (which sometimes makes postitioning of end sill details difficult on models. ------------------------------------ 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/
