Hi all, Have three broken bolsters for my Aluminum Passenger Cars USAT will not sell the bolsters as a separate item, you need to buy the whole truck for $41+ . Anybody ever repaired a broken bolster? Anyone ever made a 3D printed version? Any other ideas. Thanks Bill
side frames are only $7.95 each
That is a tough one. The side frames are remarkably fragile.
Never heard of someone printing them, the cars are so heavy, it would take some engineering to make them strong enough I would think.
I don’t think there is enough “meat” in the places to repair, but perhaps you could post a picture?
FR
Bill,
not familiar with this truck as i am a NG guy. post up a couple of pictures of the broken bolster. the material i print in may hold up, but i need to see the design. if i think it will work i will need a broken one to reverse engineer.
AL P.
Bill, I have a bunch of spare sideframes - Charles Ro sent them after I complained the keepers under the axleboxes were falling off.
I also have 5 coaches her in FL with no loco to pull them. 3 are on the shelf in my ‘office’. The loco is back in MD as I have nowhere to run it here.
I lifted one coach and took this photo of the truck just now.
My trucks aren’t going anywhere - I can lend a whole truck if you want to ‘reverse engineer’ it.
