[modeleng] Re: Steel Wheels

  • From: Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:59:46 -0600

At 05:48 PM 11/17/05 -0000, you wrote:
>I have just acquired, at great expense, a piece of steel tube 8" I.D.

Barrie,
     A 1 thou' shrink doesn't seem to be enough to me.  I'd think something
on the order of .004"-.006" would be about right.  The only such shrink
I've done was on a set of 2.75"od wheels and IIRC I gave them around .002"=
=B1
and they haven't budged.

Regards,
Harry

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