Hi all, unlucky AGAIN on Ebay...this time, a Proto 2000 0-8-0 with a cracked axle gear. I can't return the item, because when I bought it, the engine ran with a small cracked gear, and now the gear has split in half entirely.
Any way I can find a Proto 2000 plastic axle gear??? NWSL seems to not have one, neither does Ebay.
PS turns out, ALL 4 wheels have cracked axles. However, those seem to be somewhat fixable.
Charles
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Dr Wayne figured out a fix
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/226404.aspx
If you google Proto 2000 0-8-0 cracked gears, you will find other threads on this forum about taking it apart.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Hopefully a Shapeways file will exist soon to print out our own new gears for these locomotives.
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-Kevin
Living the dream.
SeeYou190Hopefully a Shapeways file will exist soon to print out our own new gears for these locomotives.
I thought, maybe incorrectly, that the gears were delrin, which is why glue doesn't work.
BigDaddyI thought, maybe incorrectly, that the gears were delrin, which is why glue doesn't work.
I missed something, too. Kevin mentioned using additive manufacturing to produce a whole new gear. No glue involved. Or did I misunderstand?
For instance, something like these:
https://tinyurl.com/y2jybje7
Perhaps Greenway Products may have something you could use?
http://greenway-products.com/greenway-products/wheel-sets-trucks-and-drivers/
Cheers, Ed
gmpullmanI missed something, too. Kevin mentioned using additive manufacturing to produce a whole new gear. No glue involved. Or did I misunderstand?
James gears look pretty smooth, which is not what I usually see in 3D printing for model railroaders. I don't know how a 3D gear would hold up. There is 3D and there is 3D. When I was in Durango, the railroad was talking about working with the University to design 3D replacement parts.
I also recall a youtube video from a small MR manufacturer that claimed that 3D rolling stock bodies, literally fell apart after time.