My N&W class A 1239 (gauge 5", 1 in 10 scale)
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A with Timken running gear
Hello,
When I visited the Railfan.net Forums - N&W 2-6-6-4 by D. Herring, I felt inspired to post some pictures of my A under construction, too. Not as big for it's just of about 1.2 scale but not too far behind regarding state of work this topic may be of interest for you modelers. Look, US locomotives come into interest more and more in Europe for most of the well known european prototypes have been modeled already. And the US prototypes were so much taller and stronger then ours. The latter had been limited by axle loads to a flat 40.000 and a total weight of 120 tons typical. We missed stokers and engine beds by GSC (with just some exceptions).
Thus I started my A to built this last word of modern 'Super Power' steam engines. The protoype did the work of almost 3 (!) of our standard freight class 44, which is well know having fought the Diesels till 1977.
Some photos of parts and assembling will be added to this topic now and then.
Asteamhead
When I visited the Railfan.net Forums - N&W 2-6-6-4 by D. Herring, I felt inspired to post some pictures of my A under construction, too. Not as big for it's just of about 1.2 scale but not too far behind regarding state of work this topic may be of interest for you modelers. Look, US locomotives come into interest more and more in Europe for most of the well known european prototypes have been modeled already. And the US prototypes were so much taller and stronger then ours. The latter had been limited by axle loads to a flat 40.000 and a total weight of 120 tons typical. We missed stokers and engine beds by GSC (with just some exceptions).
Thus I started my A to built this last word of modern 'Super Power' steam engines. The protoype did the work of almost 3 (!) of our standard freight class 44, which is well know having fought the Diesels till 1977.
Some photos of parts and assembling will be added to this topic now and then.
Asteamhead
Re: A with Timken running gear
Amazing work!
Re: A with Timken running gear
Beautiful work!
What is the arrangement you have where the front and intermediate drivers meet the axles?
Thanks.
Jim Kreider
What is the arrangement you have where the front and intermediate drivers meet the axles?
Thanks.
Jim Kreider
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Re: A with Timken running gear
Hello Jim,
Thanks for your interest! There will be added 2 photos showing details. Soure of those conical couplings was
http://www.maedler.de, type BAR 615419 (more conveniant would have been 615420 fitting to the straight shaft of diameter 20 mm). Cost was about 30 Euro.
http://www.maedler.de/Category/1643/1621.aspx
There are more of similar devices used for robotics other servo drives in various applications. But this model is not too expensive and is short enough to be hidden in the wheel (with cover).
Advantages in regard to keys are:
- you can use a simple straight shaft of standard dimensions
- they will center automatically
- once you have (the main) axle quartered you put on the rods and quarter the remaining axles by simply turning the wheels on a plain rail up you have them quartered, too. Then fix srews, check again and then fix them as hard as allowed. In case you want them get loose again, please unlock the srews and use two of them to press the conical parts apart
- bearings on the axle remain attainable for eventually maintainance in case using straight axles
- rated tourqe is extremely high to ensure wheels won't loose their precise position
- you need just one per axle (on one side only), the other side may be shrinked on like usual.
I will take some photos of wheels, axles and conical devices later on.
Best regards Asteamhead
Thanks for your interest! There will be added 2 photos showing details. Soure of those conical couplings was
http://www.maedler.de, type BAR 615419 (more conveniant would have been 615420 fitting to the straight shaft of diameter 20 mm). Cost was about 30 Euro.
http://www.maedler.de/Category/1643/1621.aspx
There are more of similar devices used for robotics other servo drives in various applications. But this model is not too expensive and is short enough to be hidden in the wheel (with cover).
Advantages in regard to keys are:
- you can use a simple straight shaft of standard dimensions
- they will center automatically
- once you have (the main) axle quartered you put on the rods and quarter the remaining axles by simply turning the wheels on a plain rail up you have them quartered, too. Then fix srews, check again and then fix them as hard as allowed. In case you want them get loose again, please unlock the srews and use two of them to press the conical parts apart
- bearings on the axle remain attainable for eventually maintainance in case using straight axles
- rated tourqe is extremely high to ensure wheels won't loose their precise position
- you need just one per axle (on one side only), the other side may be shrinked on like usual.
I will take some photos of wheels, axles and conical devices later on.
Best regards Asteamhead
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Re: A with Timken running gear
Pretty amazing to see ,fantastic workmanship ,very interesting using taper loc's to hold the wheel thats a great idea and easy to adjust as you say
Chris
Chris
Re: A with Timken running gear
Those conical couplings is a great idea.
I became familiar with them in the eighties
used in cardboard box machinery.
We bored/turned hundreds/thousands of
parts for their installation.
The required hole/ shaft tolerances are looser than
those required for press fits, being in the couple thou
range.
Beautiful work!
Kap
I became familiar with them in the eighties
used in cardboard box machinery.
We bored/turned hundreds/thousands of
parts for their installation.
The required hole/ shaft tolerances are looser than
those required for press fits, being in the couple thou
range.
Beautiful work!
Kap
Fadal Turn, Fadal Vmc 15, Prototrak 16 x 30 Cnc Lathe, Pratt and Whitney 16 x 54 lathe, Pratt and Whitney Vertical Shaper, G & E 16" Shaper, B & O Electric turret lathe, 36" Doall band saw,
Enco B.P. Clone, Bridgeport CNC Mill, Delta 12" Surface Grinder.
Enco B.P. Clone, Bridgeport CNC Mill, Delta 12" Surface Grinder.
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Re: A with Timken running gear
To kapullen:
Thanks for your recognition and comment! For I was using those conical elements during my work as an engeneer in the servo industy for years, use for hobby purposes was mandatory, too. But just a minority of modelers could be convinced to trust those elements in spite of their obvous advantages. With the A project came the idea to use them just at one side of axles no. 1 and 2 due to simplify the construction. Thus one can use standard round material for all axles! For the axles you may use standard ball bearings housed in boxes similar to the prototype. The bearings can easily be preloaded axially by (spring-)washers. In case wheels are a bit too small (width), the elements may be shifted a few mm towards the inner side of the wheels with no risk.
By the way that Y6b of my friend "steamchris" was equipped the same. Once it withstood an unwanted check by carrying over a lot of water - with no harm!
Asteamhead
Thanks for your recognition and comment! For I was using those conical elements during my work as an engeneer in the servo industy for years, use for hobby purposes was mandatory, too. But just a minority of modelers could be convinced to trust those elements in spite of their obvous advantages. With the A project came the idea to use them just at one side of axles no. 1 and 2 due to simplify the construction. Thus one can use standard round material for all axles! For the axles you may use standard ball bearings housed in boxes similar to the prototype. The bearings can easily be preloaded axially by (spring-)washers. In case wheels are a bit too small (width), the elements may be shifted a few mm towards the inner side of the wheels with no risk.
By the way that Y6b of my friend "steamchris" was equipped the same. Once it withstood an unwanted check by carrying over a lot of water - with no harm!
Asteamhead
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Re: A with Timken running gear
More details how wheels, axle, bearings were assembled by means of a conical device. The additional washers between wheels and bearings seem to be essential in my experiance. They are made from (surplus) ball bearings by means of a handheld grinder tool. It is fixed on the support of the lathe as to be seen in the third photo. Grease can be refilled easily by a thread / bore in the middle of the axle box. Surplus grease (and dirt!) will be pressed through those washers to the outside.
Asteamhead
Asteamhead
Re: A with Timken running gear
Not having heard of these before, I googled and found this demonstration of how they work:
Re: A with Timken running gear
Nice to see some newer engineering idea's being utilized in our live steam hobby.
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Re: A with Timken running gear
I've used those couplings in industrial repairs many times. They work great! I never even thought of them for driver axles..What a good idea.
Your A is a work of art. The frame looks like the cast steel ones the full sized As had. Very nice!
It's inspiration for me....
Andy Pullen
Your A is a work of art. The frame looks like the cast steel ones the full sized As had. Very nice!
It's inspiration for me....
Andy Pullen
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Re: A with Timken running gear
Andy, you got it, thank you! It has been intended strongly to achieve an overall look of the frames similar to those unique locomotive beds made by GSC. What I learned on the way was how simple and precise that laser cuting worked out once the construction work was done. Almost no finishing work necessary for all measures were within +/- 0.1 mm! This was fundamental for having 100 % roller (ball-) bearings on axles and at the Timken running gear. In case you wonder why it's made of stainless steel - I just like that. Another aspect is to reduce tolerances when temperatures changes, for the Timken gear would made of stainless steel anyway.
Asteamhead
Asteamhead