[modeleng] Re: [modeleng] Re: [modeleng] 3½ versus 5
- From: "Jem Harrison" <Jem.Harrison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:03:36 +0100
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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