--- In O-14@..., "jclutterbuck2001"
<jclutterbuck2001@y...> wrote:
Further to the recent issues regarding 14mm axles I am finding that
some kits do not allow the distance between the frames to be
adjusted
to match the gauge and maintain the correct relationship between
cranks, motion and cylinders etc. For example with my Backwoods K1
Garratt it means that the flycranks etc, are too close to the frames
by 1.25 mm each side (16.5 - 14) / 2.
John,
That should not have happened as the McParlins have axle extensions
of two lengths, one for 16.5mm gauge axles and another for 14mm gauge.
Did you buy your K1 as a 14mm set up or have you adapted it?
Either way, give Pete a ring and check you have extensions of the
correct length.
I would check mine but my kit has been carefully packed away by my
wife so that I deliver on my promise to complete before Christmas
some DIY jobs that have languished, 99% done, for far too long.
When I made the promise I didn't think she would take it to be THIS
Christmas!!
:-)
In 4mm many kit manufacturers supply different frame spacers to suit
OO, EM and P4. With the rise in 14mm gauge perhaps the kit
manufacturers should be encouraged to do the same.
Many already do, when appropriate - Agenoria, Mercian and Wrightlines
to name three.
Adrian
