[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:29:14 +0100
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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