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Judith Edge Ruston 48DS - Wheels.


halfwit

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Judith Edge provide wheels with the kit - you need to specify gauge when ordering- as I'm building these to EM the wheels supplied are Gibson 2'3", which are slightly underscale (the prototype had 2'6" dia. wheels).

 

The Gibson wheels are plain discs whereas the prototype wheels had 4 holes cast into them. So to drill the 4 holes I made up a simple jig from a short length of 2mm axle material, polished so that the wheels are a sliding fit, and an offcut of brass etch;

 

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As you can see its nothing fancy, and probably not that accurate either! But it did make drilling the holes (.7mm for no other eason than it looks about right) easier;

 

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A small detail perhaps but I'm glad I've made the effort to drill the wheels.

 

Now I can assemble the chassis and get things running.

 

Paul.

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That looks very effective Paul.

 

Now you have all this time off will these Rustons be finished over the Christmas period? :)

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

PS Replied to your post on my blog! ;)

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Thanks for the comments, and the 'likes'.

 

Mark, I'm hoping to get these two finished soon, but I'm not going to rush for fear of messing up (sorry Dave!). I've just posted a reply to your blog as well.

 

Paul.

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It is one of those things that even when nobody sees it you know the holes are there. I am sure the jig was close enough. It is not critical for other things. Will you see when they are rotating?

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Will you see when they are rotating?

 

Yes if you look closely!

You're quite right, its one of those things that I know they're there and that's all that matters.

 

I'm currently waiting for a length of brass to arrive in the post which will be used to make another jig for another wheelset...

 

Paul.

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