0-80 ia a fine thread screw, designated 0-80 UNF. Ed Kozlowsky Sanford, Maine
>________________________________ > From: JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:31 PM >Subject: {S-Scale List} Ace Conversions > > > > > > >I generally use the 0-80 coarse thread screws that come with Kadee #802's (the >longer ones) to mountthe housecar floors; the holes in the corners need to be >drilled a bit deeper. Although I rarely believein "self-tapping" screws (if >God had not intended us to be more precise, he would not have given ustaps), I >do let the coarser threads do their work in the plastic. On the truck kingpin >and coupler holesin the floor, however, I tap 2-56. >I just discovered something interesting just the other day: I finally looked >closely at a Rex flatcar I boughtat S Fest from the Chuck Porter collection >being sold by Jeff Madden. Although it is in a gondola box, Ihad figured out >it was a flat (and a nice 42' one, too). What I hadn't caught, however, was >that it wasa tinplate/AF version where Chuck or someone had gooed Ace bolsters >and coupler pads. I suspect thatwill put it a bit high-riding, but we shall >see. >A year or so ago I was able to buy a couple conversion floors and both a scale >gondola (long since finishedand lettered with a spare set of Jim King's SRR >decals) and the tinplate version, so I was aware what eachlooked like. >Somehow I just hadn't noticed what was going on with the flatcar... > >Jace Kahn > >General Manager >Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [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/
