0.15mm which is available but I would like to be able to see my handiwork............. (I bet @mickoo goes for this on his builds..............
Dave
Dave
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
So 3/8" OD is 0.22mm diameter in 7mm scale.
P A D
Western Thunderer
Yes, 0.22mm is the correct diameter. I used 0.4mm until recently when I switched to 0.3mm, which as I said, is nearer to scale. I think 0.22mm would be very flimsy to work with and to me 0.3 is an acceptable compromise between ease of use and appearance. Each to his own though.
Dave Holt
Western Thunderer
I have mainly used 5 amp fuse wire, which is 0.2 mm plated copper. However, I recently acquired some 0.2 mm brass wire which is much stiffer and better suited to longer, mainly straight applications.
For feeds from mechanical lubricators, I now use 0.15 mm soft brass wire.
All for 4 mm scale, of course.
Dave.
For feeds from mechanical lubricators, I now use 0.15 mm soft brass wire.
All for 4 mm scale, of course.
Dave.
Lawrence Boul
Western Thunderer
You can remove broken drills/taps etc with Alum. I've done it, but cannot recall exact details offhand. It's easy, but not that quick.
Well, I never knew that! Only works in non-ferrous parts of course, but I put "remove broken drills/taps etc with Alum" into chat GPT and it gave chapter and verse along with a lot of Youtube examples (usual caveats of course ...)
The alum worked. I put the cylinder assembly in an alum solution in a plastic bowl and put that in a saucepan of boiling water for an hour or so (after the assembly had been overnight in the cold solution). Was able to redrill the hole.
Meanwhile I assembled the pony truck. Beware! There are two sets of etched parts for the frame on the fret. One must be for S7. Guess which one I used before realising there was a second…….
Not yet cleaned up.
Meanwhile I assembled the pony truck. Beware! There are two sets of etched parts for the frame on the fret. One must be for S7. Guess which one I used before realising there was a second…….
Not yet cleaned up.
michael080
Western Thunderer
Does this work with carbide drills?
David, sorry for kidnapping your thread.
Michael
Should work with any non stainless ferrous material.
With the cylinders available again I have moved onto the slide bars. After much head scratching and a phone call to Dave Sharp, I realised that the problem I had was that the slide bars weren’t the correct ones for the kit! This was confirmed by checking my personal kit which had the correct parts. So I have borrowed those so I could proceed.
With the correct parts the sidebar assemblies are rather nice.
With the correct parts the sidebar assemblies are rather nice.
