I have posted some photos of the Lionel stabdard gauge wheels on the myLargescale site. Please see topic http://www.mylargescale.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=43626
Steve, Duke of Spam On 12/22/06, Geoff Spenceley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >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 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://postfix.45mm.com/pipermail/sslivesteam/attachments/20061227/e9396b62/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
