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AHM Krauss-Maffei's


Nathan Rich
 

Background:





I may have gone slightly insane in the quest to repower a couple of these things. I acquired a 3D printer back in May or so, and I have just finished designing gearboxes to accept Athearn gears and axles. This is a work in progress, but I wanted to show the Group.

This is the rough draft, mainly to test gear mesh and clearances. The good ol' Athearn gears slip nicely onto 1/8 OD brass tube, which is what I will use for gear bearings. Outside bearings will be made of (probably) etched sheet brass. The same number of gears that an SD40 has will set me up, which will also probably donate its motor. Thank goodness for the swap meets.

Whaddaya'll think?

Nathan Rich


 

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¡°Whaddaya'll think?¡±

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What I think is, once you¡¯re confident they work, I may well be ordering a pair.

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Brian Pickering


Nathan Rich
 

I am getting there. It is taking multiple design iterations to dial these in. When they get there, I will let you know.

Maybe even write an article or something...

Nathan Rich

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 2:00 PM, 'Brian Pickering' bpickeri@... [yardbirdtrains] <yardbirdtrains@...> wrote:



¡°Whaddaya'll think?¡±

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What I think is, once you¡¯re confident they work, I may well be ordering a pair.

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Brian Pickering