John, do you expect the pricing to be close to kd 802? If your coupler gets made i need a bunch
Sent from my iPhone On Sep 13, 2012, at 6:25 PM, "John Degnan" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Bob, > > Have you ever actually seen the drawings I have done showing my design? One > quick look should tell you all you need to know about how my design promises > to be a VAST improvement over the Kadee design for centering. > > Go to http://www.trainweb.org/seaboard/SScaleGearBox.htm and look at the > images under the "PROTOTYPE PHOTOS AND VIDEO" boxes and the "FINALIZED > DESIGN" boxes. > > When Kadee couplers swing to either side, they also slide forward in the gear > box. Also, when you're pulling a train, the coupler pulls out of the gear > box and the spring in the shank tries to pull it back in causing the cars in > the train to go react like a slinky (looking like the train is held together > by a rubber band). My design COMPLETELY eliminates the shank spring and it's > slinky effect. > > An added bonus of my design is that you don't have to deal with installing > the shank spring... all you have to do is drop in a small, plastic block into > the shank. The flat spring that replaces the coiled shank spring just drops > in place and is sandwiched between the rear of the coupler and the gearbox's > inner feature, making it MUCH easier to assemble. > > > John Degnan > [email protected] > [email protected] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bob Werre > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 05:58 PM > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: "Annoying slack action" > > If John's centering is dependent on a bronze leaf spring, is it that much > different than the #5? > Bob Werre >
