Moderator-clarification of recent articles in LS

[Clover McKinley]

Neil Knopf has been the draftsman for the Three-truck Climax series since the beginning. (He has since become editor of The Home Shop Machinist and Machinist's Workshop magazines, but, for continuity, has graciously offered to complete the engineering/drawing for the Climax series.)

Neil says, "The gearing should be set so the loco goes forward when the crankshaft is rotating clockwise (engineer's side)."

I've e-mailed John Klover for response to your second question. Please stand by!

[Clover McKinley]

John Klover's reply:

"David T's observation is correct. The drawing is drawn properly to scale with the outside frame (P/N 1610-02-08) shown 0.093 above the inside frame and the pilot beam. The 0.125 dimension at the forward end of the part is to the centerline of the No. 42 holes.

"The callout for the Det 01 part in the stock listing is incorrect. It should be 0.094 (3/32) x 0.125 (1/8) x 0.50 (1/2). I have corrected my master drawings and can furnish a revised copy if requested.

"If the parts are made, I suggest milling 0.031 (1/32) off the bottom surface and enlarging the holes upwards 0.031 with a 3/32 diameter end mill."

[DavidT]

Did Bob Reedy change the skew gears on the drive line to the other hand from the ones made in the second part of the series. Pictures in M/J '02 p53 show other handed gears. Also, N/D '02 p47 upper right corner has no text to explain. I believe using the same handed gears per part two means the crankshaft rotates CCW while the wheels go CW. For John Klover, how does the outer frame get to be .093 higher then the inside frame. The plans for making the outer frame puts it .125 above the pilot beam. A peice of .125 square is soldered to it and then it fastens to the pilot beam.

[Clover McKinley]

Northwest Michigan experienced an electrical storm last night that impacted the LIVE STEAM bulletin board service (BBS) in a curious fashion.

Dates changed.

The posting from David T (4-16-04) and my subsequent two responses (4-19-04) were given erroneous dates by the system (2001). I'm not certain how deeply the problem reaches, but I encourage visitors to scroll to "show all topics" (upper right of screen) and click "go" to find everything.

If anyone experiences difficulties other than this known problem, please e-mail me at cmckinley@villagepress.com.

[DavidT]

Thanks for the clarifications. I thought the Baldwin Flexiable Frame was wrong in a minor way. Not building it yet! Waiting for the larger scale article.