Vance,
Thank you for your significant contributions to live steam and your
suggestions.
Why are your posts coming through twice for each post?
~Gary
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From: "VR Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Multiple recipients of sslivesteam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> where to get appropriate gears?
Someone suggested gears for the R/C racing hobby. That's where I'd start. (Actually,
I'd start in my own parts
box, but I have been hoarding stuff like that since I was about 8 -- it's genetic, I
understand.)
-vance-
I overcame the breakin problem with the following:
Ran on air in 20 - 45 minute runs for about 8 hours before I could get a 2
minute steam run with lots of leaks in the osimotor.
I loosened all the osimotor nut bolt assembly so I could get everything
aligned for smoother running.
Twice I opened
> It is hard to make this shay meander isn't it?
If you're having to fiddle with the trucks anyway, why not change the gearing?
regards,
-vance-
Vance Bass
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Small-scale live steam resources: http://www.nmia.com/~vrbass
Hi Gary.
Yes they are a bit messy .
The good news is that the control problem should get better.
The engiine unit on these things is one of Tom Coopers "Osmotors" These
are a very clever little device with all sorts of potential in both rod
locomotives and the likes of the Shay. They were r
It is hard to make this shay meander isn't it? I can keep it going semi
slow, but it uses more steam and can stall. Until I know it is far less
prone to leaving the rails, I will keep the valve working against steam
pressure so it slows down and pops along rather than doing the 90 mph
routine.
I g
Hi Gary.
The Steamlines Shay does NOT creep - by Shay standards it's a "Ton up and
nothing on the clock " job - it can and often does run several times
faster than a Shay should.
Jim Gregg.
At 11:08 AM 2/12/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Jim Gregg,
>Wow, I had no idea about a possible source of replac
At 02:38 PM 2/12/02 -0800, you wrote:
>Gary, Harry, Tag and Co,
>I agree with your comments and valid concerns regarding past,
>current and potential suppliers.
Tony, et al,
And by the same token those of use who have some experiences to share,
and in fact anyone who chooses to comment, hav
Gary, Harry, Tag and Co,
I agree with your comments and valid concerns regarding past,
current and potential suppliers. Which makes this website so valuable at
spreading the word and comparing good/bad experiences.
Obviously Harry was closer to being bitten by the New York Agent
t
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, "Don Plasterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> Ed Stinson of Northeast Narrow Gauge has announced three kits for the Ruby.
> One is a tender and the other two are Baldwin configurations. You can
> contact Ed at:[EMAIL PROTECTED] for details and drawings.
Anyone kn
On 12/2/02 at 10:16 pm, Mike Chaney said:
>Tag, are you sure this is what you mean?
>
>> John Hemmens is now not legally able to run
>> a business in the UK.
>
>..or is he barred from being a Company director?
>
>Mike
>
>
>
Sorry Mike sloppy writing. Doing 4 things at once.
--
Yours Aye
Ta
Tag, are you sure this is what you mean?
> John Hemmens is now not legally able to run
> a business in the UK.
..or is he barred from being a Company director?
Mike
On 11/2/02 at 3:39 am, Harry Wade said:
>At 04:56 PM 2/11/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi Harry and Tag,
>>In defence of the recent comments regarding the Maxwell Hemmens
>
>Tony,
> I have no need to hang John Hemmens "by a sour apple tree"
>necessarily, I have never met the man, and it may very
Jim Gregg,
Wow, I had no idea about a possible source of replacement gears. I fully
expected I would be best off if I replaced both entire trucks with a DJB
Engineering http://www.djbengineering.co.uk/. The original side frames are
amazingly soft metal. You might be right about the alloy, but I do
On 11/2/02 at 3:39 am, Harry Wade said:
>At 04:56 PM 2/11/02 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi Harry and Tag,
>>In defence of the recent comments regarding the Maxwell Hemmens
This may possibly be correct. Nevertheless I have known several people
who are very unhappy about their dealings with this organi
Amazing to me how the Gauge 1 shay can have the same problems as the
prototypes. Truly amazing. Our #6 has been out of service for several
years undergoing tire replacement and truck frame rebuild. Took a great
deal of time to order the Lima drawings for this engine from Sacramento RR
museum.
Hi Gary
You really surprise me with the comment below re spot welded gears! Mine
are "Muck Metal" - (Mazak or some sort of Aluminium based diecast alloy),
and the whole lot would melt if one tried the spot weld trick I think.
The gears a on mine (originals) are from the differential of a Ta
Thanks Jim!
I read your note after dissasembling both trucks. One axle did have a loose
crown/drive gear.
The side frames were out of alignment badly! The side frames were pretty
bent up, which caused binding.
I have straightened the frames, aligned the axles and squared up the wheels
so all rest
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