[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jeff Dayman" <jeffdayman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 08:27:56 -0400
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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