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 Posted - September 30 2019 : 6:14:21 PM
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After trying to coax this NOS Bachmann PT motor into any sort of movement,
I gave up and went forward with the dreaded task of cutting this Athearn
SD40 chassis to be narrow enough to fit in the shell. I will also have to
saw it in half and divide the chassis, maybe staying with one power truck,
or devising a long, flexible drive shaft.
In any event, this stuff is harder than granite, certainly not zinc, I am
guessing steel. Wearing out to brand new hack saw blades in the process
of sawing the fuel tanks, and every now and then the blade slips, nicely
sawing my thumb or fingers.
Truly, it makes me wonder about the ancient Egyptians sawing 20 ton boulders
into perfect cubes in the absence of steel and auxilliary power.
Edited by - Chops124 on September 30 2019 6:15:48 PM
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Posted - September 30 2019 : 8:40:20 PM
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Interesting kitbashing work, Chops! Hope it works out.
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Posted - September 30 2019 : 10:40:12 PM
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Yep, if I ever got stuck in jail with only a file, I am
getting much practice at sawing through steel.
Actually, there was an inmate who sawed through
his bars using a piece of yarn rolled in dirt (for
the abrasive quality). Took him quite some years,
but he did make it out eventually, er, not for long
though.
I'm pretty confident the design concept will work
once I get all the chunks cut off. That and some
JB Weld to hold the contraption together. It justs
frosts me solid that yet again, another
Bachmann with an impossibly unreliable PT motor.
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Posted - October 01 2019 : 12:55:07 PM
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Something you might want to look at in the future is the Model Power (Mehano) FP45 chassis - which is a much easier repower for the Bachmann E60CP.
Not quite the puller as the Athearn drive, but easily remotored with a can motor and no metal to saw.
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Posted - October 04 2019 : 10:00:04 AM
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Thanks, Vic- that'd be the way to go. I tried using a chassis off
an AHM Krauss-Maufe, but the transmission is blown.
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Posted - October 05 2019 : 12:11:04 PM
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And the build goes on:
Now I've got the chassis narrow enough, the next issue is the length, which is way too
short. Going to saw off the back half, maybe I'll try to rig up a drive shaft using rubber
tubing, or maybe just leave it as a six wheel drive, which will probably be enough for
the light duty I have in mind for it.
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