[modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5

Jem, I may have missed it, but what is the capacity of
your lathe?

Al Messer

--- Jem Harrison <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Jeff,
> 
> Your scenario is one that I can see that I would
> have to follow.  My ML10 
> would be hard pushed to fit a 6ft driver in 5-inch
> gauge!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jem
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 1:27 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
> 
> 
> > Hi Jem,
> >
> > Unless you like watchmaking, bigger models are
> easier to build. Smaller
> > parts are generally harder to hold while putting
> on the high cutting 
> > forces
> > needed in metal work. If you have a few parts
> beyond the size of your
> > equipment, chances are local industries or other
> club members will have
> > larger ones. I've found that if you show up to the
> back door of a machine
> > shop at lunch time with a tray of coffees, and
> tell the guys what you're 
> > up
> > to, they're generally glad to help, as long as
> you're not in a rush. When 
> > I
> > was in the toolroom, training, we loved jobs like
> that for Friday
> > afternoons.
> >
> > Good luck, Jeff Dayman Waterloo Ontario Canada
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jem Harrison"
> <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 6:16 AM
> > Subject: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
> >
> >
> >> Here is another 'new' topic, on which I would
> appreciate your opinions.
> >> I am a relative newcomer to model engineering.  I
> have no engineering
> > background.  In the distant past I have
> scratchbuilt models in 0 gauge
> > (2-rail electric) and some wagons in Gauge 1.  I
> have a Myford ML10 in
> > reasonable condition and a small bench pillar
> drill (rough!).  For the 
> > best
> > part of the last three years I have been doing
> some restoration work on a
> > Dore Westbury Mk.1: surgery on the motor, fitting
> new lead screws and 
> > nuts,
> > devising different ways to attach the handles top
> the lead screws, making 
> > a
> > drawbar, making a machine vice kit.  It has been a
> long learning exercise!
> > I now have some digital read-out bars that I have
> not succeeded yet in
> > fitting....I do wonder if these are really worth
> the hassle.
> >>
> >> I want to get started on a locomotive.  Until
> recently I reckoned that I
> > would tackle something in 3½-inch gauge, but the
> vast majority of the
> > received wisdom has advised against this size. 
> So, what I would be
> > interested to read on this discussion group is
> your views for and against
> > 3½-inch and 5-inch gauge, oh and while we are
> about it, we could add 
> > 2½-inch
> > gauge.
> >>
> >> Best wishes,
> >>
> >> Jem Harrison
> >> Basildon
> >>
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