The tooling and wire material for converting the #5 Kadees with a longer trip pin are in my possession. I purchased them from John Bortz many years ago when John was going to trash the tooling if he could not sell it. I purchased the tooling only so it would not disappear. I have no intention of going into the business of producing the #5 Kadees with a longer trip pin. I someone is serious about doing this conversion as a business, contact me at [email protected] .
Lee Johnson -----Original Message----- >From: Ed <[email protected]> >Sent: Jul 29, 2010 2:43 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Ace Parts/Kadees > >>I seem to remember that a common fix back then was to use #5's with longer >>trip pins, but whether that was a semi-commercial offering or whether >>individual S scale modelers replaced them themselves, I am no longer clear. >> Jace Kahn > >The so-called "modified HO" couplers were made by John Bortz, an accomplished >machinist, who made tooling to press out the original Kadee glad hand and >replace it with a longer trip pin. He offered these modified couplers as a >commercial venture for many years, but ceased production a long time ago. >Most all of the olde tymers used them with varying degrees of success. My >personal experience is that the "tightness of fit" with the new trip pin was >not as good as with the original glad hand. After meeting with magnetic force >fields many times, the longer trip pin frequently worked loose from its press >fit into the knuckle. At the time, however, nothing better was available in >the way of a fully working and automatic coupler. They are no longer being >made and I have no idea who owns the tooling or if there even is a new owner. >If you only need a few pair, I can provide some for you if you want to pay for >the postage. No charge for the couplers. If you are planning to seriously >operate using magnetic force fields as delivered by Dr. Spock, I would suggest >something else. Good luck...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: [email protected] [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/
