Trade Wheel services

[Eastsidepilot]

I have a price list for wheel services available via email request.
colin@eastsidepilot.com

ATB, Col.

 

[Steph Dale]

A typically understated post this..!

I just thought I'd add a few words of appreciation for Col's wheel services and also his pantograph milling, which has come together quite nicely in this:


The front and back discs were produced a while ago now in nickel-silver from a pattern I sent to Col and have recently been augmented by a set of machined steel cranks. These Col produced from a dimensioned sketch I sent and I guess would now be a standard part of his range; they're suitable for many outside-crank diesel electric shunters from the English-Electric/Hawthorn Leslie prototype through the LMS standard shunter and 08 to this Bulleid Class 12 and are a direct fit on the current Slater's outside-crank axle. Very impressive stuff!

Thanks Col

Steph

 

[alcazar]

Looks the biz!

 

[Eastsidepilot]

..............Thanks Col

Steph

Your welcome mate

Col.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Something else I have been working on, a 4'-0" 15 spoke GER wheel for the "Buckjumper " tanks. Hopefully I'll have them sorted later this year.
I turned up a steel tyre and pressed in a pre-production centre casting then fitted an axle, I have since re-worked the master and is the hands of my caster at present.


Col.

 

[Steph Dale]

Col,
That looks good - love the spokes with a proper oval section.
What material is the centre cast in?
Steph

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Col,
That looks good - love the spokes with a proper oval section.
What material is the centre cast in?

Steph

Steph,
The centre is cast in white metal, the master was machined from CZ120 brass, using a 0.8mm ball cutter, on the profile miller with the blank clamped to a rotary table. I had some cleaning up to do by hand with fine emery and needle files.


Col.

 

[Steph Dale]

Is your mill a 3d or 2d machine?
Either way it's a very neat piece of work.
Steph

 

[john lewsey]

Beautiful work Colin

 

[7mmMick]

Lovely Col, really lovely

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Is your mill a 3d or 2d machine?
Either way it's a very neat piece of work.
Steph

2d Steph, it's a Taylor Hobson model K, there was more to it than just a straight milling job mainly to do with producing the sectional shape of the spokes, I could only cut the profile of the spokes , the face profile being cut by tilting the rotary table. The oval shape was achieved by hand, a lot of work
If this wheel eventualy works out well there are more wheels that I'd like to produce for myself initialy but may become available for sale.

Beautiful work Colin

Lovely Col, really lovely

Thanks Guy's

Col.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

I feel I should have given some more detail in my opening post on this thread.
I can cover wheel re-profiling/re- wheeling on any of the 7mm RTR loco's and stock ( Heljan, Bachmann, Ixion, etc.)
Conversion to S7 and refinement for the F/S Guy's.
Plastic centred wheels re-profiled.
Slater's wheels and axles converted to insulated split axle current collection.
Cast wheels turned.
Crank axles.

Col.

 

[Rob Pulham]

I can certainly recommend Col's wheel turning

These are the wheels that Col turned for my F3 - one of your photo's too Col

 

[Eastsidepilot]

My current wheel services price list
I can supply and fit any kind of crank pin to your sec.