[modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 05:58:52 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the info, Jem. My 10 x 24 Logan may face a
10" wheel, but to do the rims and tread on some 5-1/2"
dia. wheels, I had to make up a "special" boring bar
type tool as the crossfeed does not retract the cross
slide far enough to use a normal lathe tool bit. If
you do decide to go with the larger scale, I would
suggest that you find a friendly club member who has a
lathe with a larger swing, but I think that your lathe
is large enough to do all the rest of the work.
Al Messer
--- Jem Harrison <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Allen,
>
> The Myford ML10 has a swing (I hope I have chosen
> the corect term) of 3¼
> inches, therefore the maximum size of wheel casting
> it could cope with would
> be a tadge under 6½ inches.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:44 PM
> Subject: [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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