I'm sorry John, but your reply makes no sense to me. If SHS makes their own
(in my opinion) excellent couplers, why would they include those of another
manufacturer? I can understand your P-64 oriented opinion about slightly out
of scale couplers, but why run down what the rest of us consider perfectly
acceptable. If you really want P-64 couplers, I suggest you forget the
existing manufacturers, learn a good basic 3D cad package, model up what you
want, and submit the design to a good investment casting house for quotes.
Tooling should be "relatively" inexpensive for what you will need, but they
will make short runs that will allow you to get some samples very quickly. You
can even make SLA (stereo lithography) patterns that eliminate any hard tooling
at all. Investment casting produces parts that are near net shape and will
require very little machining. You can have them cast in just about any
material you want, including aluminum,
stainless steel, brass, bronze, etc. Exact reproductions can be cast using
this process right down to the pin and knuckle, but I doubt if the operating
characteristics will scale.
Ed Kozlowsky
Sanford, Maine
--- On Sat, 9/13/08, John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: John Degnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Which couplers?
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 6:54 PM
Well, if that is all a coupler needs to be - "excellent" - then shouldn't
SHS include Kadee couplers, too?
John Degnan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Kozlowsky" <soldado7264@ yahoo.com>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .com>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Which couplers?
Well that's an easy one, since SHS makes an excellent scale coupler.
Ed Kozlowsky
Sanford, Maine
"Let's look at it this way: What type of coupler should SHS include with
their products?... .Ed L."
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