If you are like me then you will have bags of ‘N’ gauge wheelsets. I’ve used my DB/SL to reprofile some of these to finescale. I’m guessing you are a member of the 2mm Association so check out the article by Mick Simpson in the Feb 2014 2mm Magazine (available as a PDF via the web site).

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Start with coach or wagon wheels – something that you can afford to throw away if it doesn’t work out.

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You will need a collet holder to hold the wheels concentrically and without marking them so if you don’t have one then that would be top of my shopping list. Mine is ER16 which is fine for anything up to 10mm diameter. I don’t have a way to hold larger wheels just now.

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If you like steam locos there is the option to make your own boiler fittings. Nick Mitchell has done an excellent video showing how to make a dome using hand gravers on a watchmaker’s lathe. The same can be done on the Unimat if you arrange a suitable graver rest. Again a collet holder is needed, in this case more for safety since there are less sticky out bits to catch your fingers and tools on.

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If you want to do graver work then obviously you will need a graver but perhaps less obviously a lot of extra stuff to keep it honed at the correct angle. A graver honing jig can be bought but could also be another potential project. I made one similar to this…

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Regards, Andy

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