>Steve, I have 4 good quality unmachined steel spoked drivers, no voids - unfortunately I suspect they are for 0 scale "Little engine" kits. They are 1-1/4' dia and the bore is just under 3/16". If you can use them for any of your leaps into the unknown let me know off list and I'll send them to you. I have had them hanging around for years and don't know where I got them- I do know they cost me nothing according to my extensive ledgers, (backs of magazines and pieces of unused toilet paper!!)
Happy Holidays one and all. Geoff. >Hello List, > >Finally got around this week to reworking a pair of Bowser-made zinc alloy >replacement driving wheels for Lionel standard gauge locomotives. I used my >Taig lathe to turn the drivers to a G1MRA-specified profile. > >So far so good. I will post some pix over weekend, I hope, so that you can >see before and after views. > >Only potential problem is that the castings have voids. One of the wheels >has quite a few voids in the hub and rim/flange area, but fortunately these >opened up only on the back of the wheel. They make the wheel look like it's >been worm-eaten. The face of the wheel and tire surface are clean. I will >fill the voids with JB Weld epoxy. The voids aren't extensive enough to >weaken the wheel much. Might be other voids still under the surface, though. > >The other wheel has several pinhole voids only, mainly on the back. A couple >on the face of the rim. I will ignore these voids. > >I got the wheels from Toy Train Parts in Kentucky that supplies Lionel >replacement parts. Cost was $25 for a set of 4 drivers, which I thought was >pretty good. However for an amateur machinist working with a small lathe, a >lot of machining steps were required. That plus the potential for losing a >partially-completed wheel to unrepairable casting voids, makes the wheels >look like less than a bargain. Additionally the wheels are definitely not >scale models. > >No complaints. I was looking for an inexpensive possibility for a basic >gauge one locomotive driver for a simple project I have in the works, and >not a scale model. Getting two of these drivers to finish up with the same >dimensions was a good learning exercise. However if you want to build a loco >with 6 or 8 or more coupled wheels, then other sources of wheels should be >investigated. > >Steve, Duke of Spam >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: >http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061222/dc9c1c65/attachment.html >_______________________________________________ >SSLiveSteam mailing list >Send messages: [email protected] >Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam >Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
