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hey BennyRR I'm not hiding, Working on dummy on mothers day

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hey BennyRR I'm not hiding, Working on dummy on mothers day
Posted by enginear on Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:14 PM

Just got back from the relative's thing. A little time to catch up on a dummy I'm building. The trucks are homemade blocks of wood with san-val wheels

 

I must have time, painting hoses and getting ready to weather

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:29 PM

 HELLO Enginear

 it looks like your getting something done ??? it rained here so i got nothing done out side at the rail road . i took the wife out for Mothers day  so she didn't have to cook .  BEN

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 12, 2008 7:06 AM

How tight are those screws on them axels?

Toad

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Posted by enginear on Monday, May 12, 2008 9:09 AM
Although the blocks seem simply they actually took some refining. The outside two axles are mounted rigid (tight) and are ball bearing type so the axle itself does not spin. The middle axle just floats allowing side play and some up and down. This allows the truck to track around tight corners and up and down elevated track. Joe

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