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Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
I built something similar but ?smaller?and used?spring loaded hinges?from the local hardware or big box store. ?Put that in your favorite search engine?There are MANY options, for example;
By Ted Larson · #171126 ·
just a goof
I was briefly bored once in 2011 and did this as a goof. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See my finished models at:
By Bill Lane · #171125 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Jeff, You could try a cheap ATV winch from Harbor freight that would allow you to lift and reset your hatch with the push of a button. Probably won¡¯t even deeded the gas struts. Regards, Bob
By robert stelmach · #171124 ·
W&LE going N&W
I have updated my page. Work has started. http://www.lanestrains.com/S_Scale_Norfolk_ <http://www.lanestrains.com/S_Scale_Norfolk_&_Western_GP35_206.htm> &_Western_GP35_206.htm Thank You, Bill Lane
By Bill Lane · #171123 ·
Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
Trying both suffixes found ¡°.CA¡± to be correct. Dave McBrayer Auburn, CA ¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª¡ª
By David McBrayer · #171122 ·
Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
Oh, I get it, duh! Thank you Brooks. But I have to say, it¡¯s a mystery to me why someone in business would want to hide their email address. So my next dumb question is: is the last part of
By Roger Nulton · #171121 ·
Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
I have no first-hand knowledge, but I have received a few e-mails from people indicating that John either hasn't been responding to e-mails, or his e-mail address is no longer valid. - Peter. -- Peter
By Peter Vanvliet · #171120 ·
Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
CC made my Meremac Valley Lines and my GP 7-9 Eagle sets that I gave permission to sell to the public. Matt is great to work with. Mike Swederska
By Mike Swederska · #171119 ·
Re: hypothetical question with a real answer
Love your version of Thomas. I know several people who have made their own. What I still don¡¯t understand is why one of the company¡¯s making S equipment didn¡¯t see this as an opportunity to
By Ted Zanders · #171118 ·
Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
I simply cannot say enough good things about Circus City Decals. He is beyond excellent in every way. Thank You, Bill Lane Modeling the Mighty Pennsy, PRSL & Reading in 1957 in S Scale since 1987 See
By Bill Lane · #171117 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
This has been a good creative excercise and I thank you for the ideas.? All make sense in some way but there are only so many ways this can be accomplished in the critically narrow space I have--here
By Bob Werre · #171116 ·
Re: Custom Decal Recommendation
Roger, The owner's name is Billy Brillinger.? Email is "billy at pdc dot CA".? The email is also in Ed's post above. I can also highly recommend him...quality, price, service are all top notch!
By Brooks Stover · #171115 ·
Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
That address does not want to work for me... <scaler164@...> wrote:
By Richard Haley · #171114 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Harbor Freight sells a small 12v. cable winch with a remote, which should easily lift your door.
By John Hutnick · #171113 ·
Re: Looking for the assembler of 'S' scale switches. I thought I had
John Wickham is my go -to guy for all of my custom made turnouts. John D
By John Degnan · #171112 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
My first suggestion would be to simply add more weight to the counterweight so that the door actually has just barely over the amount of counter weight needed to OPEN it. Going this route, you would
By John Degnan · #171111 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Perhaps contact a garage door repair place.? To help lift, they might be able to rig up one of the of those spring arrangements like are used on sectional rollup doors.? But the bulk of the long
By Charles Kinzer · #171110 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Bob, Consider a small electric winch with a detectable cable to and from the lift panel. You could drill a hole through the lift up panel and install a small steel plate with a thread hole. Then
By Michael Lytle · #171109 ·
Re: seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Pulleys and a cable attached to the door so you can pull from base of stairs to open the door easily with your existing counter weights. I had to come up with a door up to my railroad room as well
By JJundt · #171108 ·
seeking advice from mechanical/engineering types!
Over the past 20-30 years that I've "been work'in on the railroad--all the live long day" and basically having a blast in creating the monster.?? I'm starting to have regrets over 2 things other
By Bob Werre · #171107 ·