Ed: With a knowledge base like yours, so vast nobody can define it or explain it, you could be President of the United States! If making others "cringe" is part of the criteria, you certainly qualify!
Bob Nicholson ___________________________________________ --- In [email protected], "ed_loizeaux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think in theory Ed and his friend might be right, however in a > > practical sense a 'weak link' is often engineered into a product. > <snip> It's made to be the weak link and > > break rather than damaging expensive stuff! > > Bob Werre > > Bob...That sounds like a neato' concept. And, it could easily be > applied to a model locomotive. Pick the part you wish to be the 'weak > link' and design it such that it breaks AFTER the wheels slip on the > rails. The end result is that SS wheels would not damage anything, the > loco can pull more cars, the plating does not flake off, better > appearance, near-identical cost, improved long term wear/durability, > etc. I just love being a 'sidewalk engineer' suggesting how to design > a loco when I have never done it before. I am sure the professionals > cringe at the ideas presented by amateurs like me. > > Cheers...Ed L. > ------------------------------------ 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/
