Just so there is no misunderstanding, All 2 rail wheels must be insulated on one side unless you are running outside 3rd rail or running off overhead.
Drivers can be turned on any of the samll hobby lathes such as Unimat, Sherline or the Harbor Freight offerings. Granted bigger machines make the job easier and go faster, but many a drivers have been done on these little machines. Besides the need for a lathe, there are several other items needed to do the job such as a press, fixturing, collets and mandrels to hold the wheel centers and tires. Additionally a little machining experience is required as well. You can learn by trial and error, but a little tutoring by an experienced machinist may save a fatal error in ruining a set of driver centers. Around here it is hard to find any industrial art classes in basic machine shop, but there are hobby machining clubs. We have one in the next town over. Good luck. Thats what makes Diesels so appealing. Ron Sebastian --- In [email protected], Pieter Roos <pieter_roos@...> wrote: > > Hi Jace; > > All Flyer is two rail, insulation is not an issue. > > Pieter E. Roos > > --- On Wed, 2/29/12, JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> wrote: > > From: JGG KahnSr <jacekahn@...> > Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Machining STEAM Drivers (Was Oh Happy Days) > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 7:16 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have no Lionel AF or Gilbert AF locomotives, but I wonder if steam > locomotive driverswould also not need to be insulated for two-rail DC as well > as needing the flangesreduced?That is a major problem converting O scale > locomotives to two-rail scale, and when Iconsider buying one for conversion, > I have to factor in that cost (Joe Foehrkolb in Marylanddoes an excellent > job, but the last I had done cost $50 per axle--although worth it). > > Jace Kahn > > General Manager > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > _,_._,___ > ------------------------------------ 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/
