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Thanks Will, that is very helpful. Regarding the fixed fulcrums, I will use a stiff wire with everything assembled before soldering the fixed fulcrums so that everything is in line and it's easy to thread the proper wire in. I am using some rather nice looking fulcrum fixings supplied by Lanarkshire...

What vertical clearance is required for CSB wires without impeding the suspension? I am trying to arrange frame spacers in a diminutive 0-6-0 prototype that uses High Level hornblocks. Am I right in assuming that the lowest position on the High Level CSB jig ('A') would automatically require trimmin...

Thanks for the responses everyone. I have bought and made MERG DCC equipment, but nothing else. As I said, I haven't any track and the only experience I have at operating is on others' models. I do like sound and particularly like the 'realism' of inertia achievable with DCC control. If I was able, ...

As I haven't started building track yet, a battery supplied RC option is of interest. One thing discouraging me is the functionality of the transmitter/chip. I may be totally wrong as I have only done minimal research, but why can't DCC commands be sent over RC, it is, after all, just a packet of da...

Richard,

If you find anything you consider useful additions, please send me the details and they can be added to the bibliography.

regards,

Richard,

Apologies if you have seen this, but the bibliography of the Cumbrian Railways Association may have some useful references for you.

http://www.cumbrianrailways.org.uk/bibliography.html

Can I look at it with a Mac? Sean, I run Templot on a late 2011 Macbook Pro using wine. The OS is Mavericks 10.9.5 If you install wine in your users directory, you can run it with the command below - note you have to substitute <your username>. If you put the command in a script called templot.sh, ...

IwSLtSMr_8k SebVNXgNp9k Select the youtube button above the editor window which will insert the youtube tags [youtube][/youtube] and place the cursor between them. Copy the parameter for your video between the tags, for the quick view it is IwSLtSMr_8k. The minor error you made was to include the f...

Hello,

Are the microswitches available in the stores - LFMSW, suitable for the new lever frame?

regards

Hello Allan, I too would encourage you to continue posting as it has all been interesting and informative. You are clearly too modest by far and as a novice, I need people like you with experience to guide me. I am sure many others are in a similar position. I have found all your input to this forum...

Hello Tim, I have been lurking in this thread and finding it very useful and inspiring. With regards to the tender movement in your video, how much weight does it carry as it seems to be moving around quite a bit along all of the track (that or my eyes haven't recovered from celebratory excesses!). ...

According to Wikipeda, there was "an important export market" as early as the 18th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_Wood_Gunpowder_Works

grovenor-2685 wrote:Indeed the MERG kit for that runs to £10.50 and a pretty simple build.

Hi Keith,

Out of interest, which MERG kit is it?

thanks

Also works with Chrome on Mac OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks

Ben,

Digest 62 has oodles of info that may be of help.
https://www.scalefour.org/members/diges ... -0v1-2.pdf

regards

Tom,

You may find this discussion useful, although it is for bullhead rail, it shows how to fashion a vee crossing using the jigs.

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1914&p=21893#p21893

regards

Tim,

http://lathes.co.uk is one source of second hand machines, it also has some reviews of popular models.

regards

But I am interested in my v question because I'd like to know, for a given amount of sideplay (say0.5mm) how much longer the wheelbase can be of an 8-coupled than a 6-coupled to cope with a given radius curve - while keeping the sideplay to the intermediate axles. You could either draw it, or use T...

The chord is the wheelbase, or is a little added to account for the wheel flanges?

V = 40x40 / 8x529 = 0.38

So 0.3 is insufficient.

Regards

Tim V wrote:I found them an improvement on the BB ones, they have little fingers which contact the axle better.

As do the Brassmasters ones. Ref A403 in http://www.brassmasters.co.uk/accessories.htm

Ian, This is how Tim Venton fits shorting strips (from his workbench thread) https://www.scalefour.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=105&t=913&start=25#p5722. There was some recent discussion on Paul Willis' workbench regarding the problem he had getting satisfactory back to back gauge when he did n...

The spec on the sellers pages states the pins are rated at 1 amp. Isn't that, as Howard suspected, on the low side?

regards

Gavin, Have you considered using compensation beams rather than CSB or sprung hornblocks? It seems to me to be simpler than retrofitting sliding horn blocks into your plastic frames and is a valid alternative. See here for an example where two beams are used either side of the frame (or a single cen...

Hello Paul, Thanks for your thorough reply - I hadn't considered the back to back. The measurement should be taken on the tyre regardless and I have been reading Tim Venton's workbench and he files the tyre to recess the shorting strip (which he tins beforehand) and I assume he files the joint to le...

Flymo748 wrote:It's not conclusive proof that split chassis work for me, as I still see a number of problems with them that need to be solved, but it certainly surprised me that it worked first time.

Hi Paul,

Would you care to elaborate as I am about to start one?

thanks