Tom (and all),
I will be putting my new 'closer-to-scale' draft gear box into production as soon as the new Sergent Engineering couplers come out. This new box is intended primarily for the new Sergent couplers, but I went way out of my way to find a way to get Kadee couplers to work in it as well. I think this method sould work fairly well, but there will be a small amount of limitation to the amount of side-to-side trav el of them due to the length of the shank on the Kadee coupler. John Degnan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Baker" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 8:39:20 AM Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} #808 vs. SHS couplers (with a Sergent Twist) John, You have a good idea there. Will your device be available soon? Tom ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of John Degnan [[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 7:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} #808 vs. SHS couplers (with a Sergent Twist) If I understand Bob right, what he has done with his "snubber" piece is the same things as will be required as part of the process of fitting Kadee 802/808 couplers in my forthcoming draft gear boxes. Step 1 of that process is shown below : www.trainweb.org/seaboard/GearboxV3cWithKadeeCouplerShank.bmp Step two is shown below and includes a "snubber" block : www.trainweb.org/seaboard/GearBoxV3dKadeeCenteringMethod.bmp John Degnan [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Robert Frascella To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 06:49 AM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} #808 vs. SHS couplers I like the 802's but really don't like the slack action especially with a long train. I started eliminating the centering spring and instead filling the space where the spring goes with a small "snubber" cut from a piece of soft white rubber eraser. It keeps the coupler centered and provides some shock absorption but eliminates the slack. Give it a try. Bob Frascella [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links [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/
