Feldbahnmodule with ship

[mad gerald]

Moin Frithjof,

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For comparison, the picture below shows the sizes of the old and the new shell.
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... now that's quite a difference ...  

I'll see that I'm gonna take some additional shots of the upper mechanisms at the first convenient opportunity ...

Cheers

[Wesleybeks]

Stunning work. I'm so envious.

[fspg2]

@Hauk
What can help? Tell me, I know a small medicine

@ Gerald
There is no hurry, I still have a lot of small sites

@Wesley
I'm glad you like it!

Today the milled shovel parts were soldered together. I was curious if all the parts would fit.
What CAD did suggest has been confirmed: the shovel work without wobble.

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[finescalerr]

Not bad. -- Russ

[artizen]

Beautiful work.

[1-32]

but is it art?
regards kim

[artizen]

I think it is!

[lab-dad]

AMAZING!
I would wear it out just playing with it; opening & closing.
Hell, knowing me I'd be eating my rice crispies with it!

"art" is not an adequate description.
-Marty

[fspg2]

Today it has rained cats and dogs - just right to do boring things.

I milled further 22 sheets of 0.5 mm nickel silver. They serve as a connection to the transverse carrier plates.


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After about 300 rivets were pressed into the marked holes, the angles were bent.

From a oddment of hardpaper a bending help was constructed.
One side of the sheet was put in a 1mm slot . A second block was used as a punch.

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On the hook only a few hex screws were placed.


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Because I had caches my small nut driver size 1.0 mm anywhere a 1.5 mm U-profile has been misused in order to tighten the nuts.

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[lab-dad]

I love your metalwork and fixtures.
Always a lesson in your posts.
Marty

[finescalerr]

This project never ceases to astound me. I hope I can publish something about it when you finish. -- Russ

[fspg2]

@Marty
Thanks, but I hope it´s not to much schoolmasterly

@Russ
These are just little things, really!
So I ask you for your patience! Because of my job I can currently make small steps only. By the time I'm finished, it will still take some time!


We continue with the wheel tread.


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It consists of two parts that were cut from 2mm brass.


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As a positioning aid eight 0.5 mm holes were drilled in both strips. The parts were  aligned with small rivets and soldered together.

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Tomorrow the sprocket will be milled on the milling machine.

[Gordon Ferguson]

You are turning engineering into an art form ................ your work is so far, and unfortunately will continue to be,  so outside anything I could hope to achieve.

That could be depressing but I so look forward to seeing what you are going to do next and how you are going to do it , that is actually inspirational .

Keep up the great work 

[fspg2]

Hi Gordon,

Thanks for the well-meaning statements. I hope the inspiration is greater than the little "depression"!

In a craft box I found a sprocket with two different sizes of the tooth module. The wall thickness is only 1.8 mm (including gears). To tighten it  in a lathe I would have to rotate a mating receptacle. With the milling machine I was faster.

In a 10mm thick Pertinax board I have milled a 1.85 mm thick and 3 mm deep groove. In addition, six holes were drilled at 1.5 mm.


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Into this dent, I inserted the cogwheel. At three points thin aluminum foil was placed in between. Thus, the seat became a bit tighter.


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Now a 3mm cutter came to use and the upper sprocket was milled off.


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Finally I had reached a height of 5mm.
Throgh the six holes 1.5 mm brass rods were inserted from the rear.
With gentle pressure the ring was gently expelled from the groove.


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[Ray Dunakin]

As always, this continues to be a very fascinating project!