[modeleng] Re: sprockets
- From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 07:09:33 +1000
What scale Ec?
> I built & displayed a canal lock last September at Ironbridge for a BBC
> program on industrial inventions with Adam Hart Davies. The program was
> shown over 6 weeks during the autumn.
>
> E.W.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alanjstepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 10:56 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: sprockets
>
>
> > That sounds like an interesting project.
> >
> > I reckon that the lock is one of those jobs that appears tricky at first
> > glance, but once you come to think about it, a real simple solution will
> > present itself.
> >
> > alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > www.alanstepney.info
> > Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 9:07 PM
> > Subject: [modeleng] Re: sprockets
> >
> >
> > Thanks Richard - yes, the diameter is a bit flexible & that would be big
> > enough. To make the problem a little clearer (?) this wheel is wanted
for
> > the drive system under a HO scale canal. One big sprocket at one end
under
> > the turning pool, two smaller ones at the other - ditto, & a couple of
> idler
> > wheels to hold everything in shape (coming down the narrow central canal
> > section) The chain carries a series of rare earth magnets that pull the
> > barges along thru' the water.
> >
> > We did have the whole system operating on cable drive with MDF pulleys
(on
> > spring arms for tensioning) but the customer wants to revert to his
> original
> > concept of chain drive.
> >
> > Once we get all this sorted it's back to getting the working lock to do
> just
> > that (work). And they wonder why men drink????
> >
> >
> > > Hi Terry,
> > >
> >
> > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
> >
> > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to,
> > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the
subject
> line.
> >
>
>
> MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to,
> modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject
line.
>
MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST.
To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to,
modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.
Other related posts:
