Sounds like you have a wheely good time with your hobby , Bob
Mike
Yes, rolling forward and on track!! HaHa!!!
Later
Bob Mac
A well-rounded discussion by all concerned.
tac
Steady on tac , everyone will start railing at you , from what I have gauged here .
Mike
Was just looking on the Kadee site at their new line of G scale wheels and they look like they are diecast. Not sure how well they will run on brass, aluminum or stainless rail. Maybe I’ll get two pair and check them out, however I still have about 40 unused axles mostly San Val silver, some San Val black and some full bearing black!!!
I’m designing a rotary coal dumper and deciding how I will modify Kadee couplers to rotaries for use on Aristo 100 ton coal hoppers, thus the reason that I was checking out the Kadee site.
Bob , if you are going to try a pair of axles , would you be testing them with a load on to accelerate wear effects?.
Mike
I would probably put a full set on an Aristo gondola car with some sort of load in it. At one of our train shows I could put it onto other members trains and run it for the entire show.
Just watching the Trains Magazine cam in Rochelle, IL.
Bob, I’m pretty sure they are sintered also… I have a pre-production pair (got them about 2 years before offered for sale).
The detail on the lettering is very sharp.
Regards, Greg
Hi Greg,
With nice detail on the lettering, they no doubt are sintered. Are they lighter in weight than the typical brass wheel sets?
No, they are nice and heavy, futher reinforcing the supposition that they are sintered steel.
Regards, Greg
I use three types of metal wheels: the little Bachmann (24mm) for use under a number of my two axle cars. Bachmann wheels, but only in full sets (four axles). but mostly San Val (now EZ Roll) wheels. Began buying them when I found plastic wheels didn’t work well for me outdoors. Nearly all my cars have metal wheels, and my passenger cars usually have San Val’s roller bearing wheels. Sweet!
Dick, speaking of the little Bachmann wheels, I used them to replace the wheels on the tender of my Aristo C16. It seams the Aristo wheels corroded and turned rough, and with the electric pick us riding on the wheels, the amount of friction was almost like having locked breaks on the tender. The Bachmann wheels roll so much better
OK, I have a question:
I see on the auction site there are brass wheels available. I also have a set and wonder:
What is the proper application for brass wheels? Does it matter that it would be brass-on-brass? So why do they make brass wheels?
Lou , Bras on Brass might be uncomfortable .
Having offered that advice I shall now sit back and see if anyone contradicts it .
Mike
I’ve heard of Bras on Lasses…
Boy, youse guys don’t let tupos happen!
I corrected it. Remember this is a family-friendly site!
So what about the use of brass wheels?
Lou , of course we do , some people do it deliberately to get a laugh . And I’m family and friendly .
I have brass wheels on some of my stock because I turned them myself when the size was not commercially available .
I run them on brass (and bras) , stainless steel and nickel silver . No problem , but if they were left stationary for any length of time there could be dissimilar metal reaction . So my shelf queens sit on brass track .
No problems thus far .
Mike
I dunno, what would be wrong with brass wheels? As long as they have the plastic hub on one end of an axle so they don’t short out the track. Course, if you don’t use track power, that isn’t even a concern.
I’ve not seen issues with brass wheels on stainless.
Greg
I just thought there might be a special use for brass wheels because you don’t see a lot of them for sale.