Re: drill bits?
I buy HSS or Cobalt micro drills instead of carbide.? They cost money, not like a batch of carbide at an extremely low price.? You can search Ebay and find HSS for a little less.
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John Hutnick
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Re: the Flasher
Hi Ken,
Which issues of S Scale Resource did your article appear in?? ?I have at least two, if not more, engines to add on a Stratolite 8911 beacon. I just purchased the last available 8911's on
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SDL39FAN
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drill bits?
I was changing a few mis. items in a drawer just a few minutes ago.? I once bought a box of carbide drill bits from a train-show exhibitor.? I think Micro tool people also sell the same
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Bob Werre
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
While some might consider this off topic, I think that since most of us
have been married to a lady who has put up with our weird preoccupation
with "toy trains" will appreciate this. My gal has
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William Winans
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
My experience with the Stanton drives under my Oriental Ltd SW1 which
weighs about a pound is that they can easily pull close to 20 "free
rolling" cars on level track
(about as much level track as I
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William Winans
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
Tommy,
This is from the NWSL Stanton Drive, S Scale, Model 1615 instruction sheet:
...more weight means better traction and so another key design feature of the Stanton drive is that each unit can
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Matt Hogan
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2025 at 08:29 PM, Tom Lennon wrote:
I haven't seen comparable data on Stantons but it's aussie cousin Black Beetle states "The weight on the centre pivot should not exceed about 100g
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Matt Hogan
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
Tom.......Ya got me on that one.? I really do not know.? The appearance of the Stanton's axle bearings & box struck me as being quite robust and probably able to handle the weight.? Might be better
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Ed Loizeaux
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
I have two pair of the Stantons, one bought with Jim King's last run of 44-tonners, the other came with a Flatt steeplecab bought from the late Arden Goehring. They operated well enough on the test
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JGG KahnSr
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Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
I'm actually asking about the 3.5oz per Beerle weight restriction Ed.? Wouldn't this (7oz total) preclude using these devices under most diesel models?
Tommy
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Tom Lennon
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#176586
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Re: Conrail RS11
Hi Bill.
Nice work on the RS-11.
Curious: What tipped the scale in favor of using a brass model instead of using AM's RS-11?
Andre Ming
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Andre Ming
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Re: Conrail RS11
Subject: Re: [S-Scale] Conrail RS11
Nice work Bill
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alex binkley
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Conrail RS11
My Conrail RS11 is completed. Please give it a look. It will probably be in
a new YouTube in the next week or
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Bill Lane
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Logging Corner VI (right side & sales pitch)
Be sure to read the sales pitch below the photo.? Hope you enjoyed the logging show.? Time to check the balance in your train fund account.? Cheers.........Ed L.
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*Here is the last of the photos
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Ed Loizeaux
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Logging Corner V (right side)
Here is a wagon taking finished boards off to a local customer.? No need for a train for this order.? The horses are up to the task.
Every steamer needs water sooner or later.? Even ducks (baby
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Ed Loizeaux
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Logging Corner IV (right side)
Sawmill employees (on my layout) need to take the train to work each day.? Thus, a need for a small RR station shown here.? Don't ask me why it is made from stone (ground floor) -- I have not a
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Ed Loizeaux
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Logging Corner III (right side)
Here are some pix from the other side of the logging corner.? Cannot show both sides in one image unless I stand so far away that nothing can be seen close-up.??
Shown here is a freight station for
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Ed Loizeaux
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Logging Corner II (left side continued)
Here are some more pictures:
Shown here is a sort-of crane-like device which lifts logs off skels and rolls them over onto the ramp where they splash down into the water.? The cable is fitted beneath
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Ed Loizeaux
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Logging Corner I (left side)
Gents......
The logging corner is up for sale as a complete intact detailed industry.? It is not cheap, but it will save you a TON of time (is time measured by weight?).? Well over five years to
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Ed Loizeaux
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Back on the S scale Track........
Gents..........
Here are two images reflecting wise decisions by two or three people who figured that building kits for the next five or six years was not worth the time and effort when the structures
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Ed Loizeaux
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