--- In [email protected], "Fred Rouse" <s-scaleloco@...> wrote:
>
> About ten years+ ago I bought one of these rolls to roll the boilers on our
> CN Moguls. I have a couple of slip rolls but the 1" roll was too large for
> these little boilers.
>
> I ran into the fixed axle problem the first time I used it. I made a new
> roller from 1/2 aluminum rod and bored a through hole. A piece of drill rod
> was used for the axle but I didn't go fancy like Bill with his new toy. I
> heated the rod and bent a 90 degree bend for a handle.
>
> I also didn't want to damage our etched rivets and details Simon worked so
> hard to get right. I added heat shrink tubing to all rolls and the problem
> was solved.
>
> I mounted the machine on a piece of 1/2" plywood with a piece of
> 2x4 screwed to the bottom. Drop the 2X4 into a bench mounted vice, clamp and
> it's ready to go.
>
> I have rolled literally hundreds of boiler courses with this little machine
> and am very happy with it.
>
> Fred Rouse
> S Scale Loco.& Supply
> www.sscaleloco.com
>
I followed Fred's advice and put the heat shrink tubing on a few years back.
After rolling 125 S scale boilers and 150 HO scale boilers, the thing just
keeps on cranking. Well worth the money for small stuff.
Longer stuff would require something else.
cheers,
Andy Malette
M.L.W. Services
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