Mmm--unless it is the new MicroScale stuff just mentioned on the list, not for the 802/803 draftgear, which is some engineering plastic such as delrin; solvent cement works fine for the draftgear on the Kadee HO (and some of the clones) which is styrene or something similar. Weld the edges with a hot soldering gun as suggested.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:36:37 -0700 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: Hardware to assist in applying Kadee couplers > > Hi James -- > > Liquid plastic glues will work with the draft gear boxes, but I find I cant > keep them from seeping into places they dont belong. I always felt the > Kadee 802/808 couplers were the easiest to work with of all the Kadee > products, and I rarely need to use anything other than a screwdriver for both > the spring and the screws. > > Bill Winans > Prescott Valley, AZ > > What I use is a cross-lock tweezer used in electrical and jewelry soldering > to hold the Kadee box and coupler shank together while I place the spring > with a needle & thread. Haven't lost a spring in quite a while. I also seal > the box with a soldering iron (hint on this list) as I think the box is made > of delrin and had no luck with glues holding; although the current discussion > about delrin glues may solve that problem. Really dumb question; other than > this being some kind of right of passage, why are these kits and not complete > couplers? > James Mc. > Long Beach, Ca [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: [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/
