Excellent, Do send pics in ,
you say you have few carpentry skills but the infantry you were building looked
fine, as far as you got.
I thought it was almost impossible to build 12" walking men out of wood.
I never said at the time but I had a go at it myself , I`ll send you a pic next
time , its quite funny.
Neil R
> From: sasquevaneach-at-aim.com
> Date: 2007/06/28 Thu PM 05:44:03 BST
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Subject: Re: steel rivets & Phils tracks [TANKS [TANKS]
>
> I wondered about that but have not seen the treadmill yet. I think TTS is the
way to go and will ahve to find some way of meeting up with Pete when I'm that
way.
>
> My wheels have just arrived from Slingsby.com so I'm a happy bunny.
>
> Phil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funkyneroc-at-ntlworld.com
> To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> Sent: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 9.20pm
> Subject: Re: Re: steel rivets & Phils tracks [TANKS]
>
>
>
> Hi Phil. you asked for comments ,
> what are you planning on useing to fix treadmill to hinge ?
> bolts?
> I can see the fixings ripping through the treadmill in no time,even if you
used
> washers to spread the load.
> I like the Idea .and I was thinking of something like this when I say Chrys
K`s
> hinge tracks . but I think its over complicating simplisity.
> if you know what I mean.
> TTS works great, KTS works great . a combination ? I dunno.
>
> thats just my thoughts.
>
> Neil R
> >
> > From: sasquevaneach-at-aim.com
> > Date: 2007/06/26 Tue PM 10:47:55 BST
> > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> > Subject: Re: steel rivets [TANKS [TANKS]
> >
> > The trouble with glue is that you can't dismantle it so easily if anything
> goes wrong.
> >
> > For my tank I've ordered some wheels (I tried making round whels with a
> fretsaw but they are not very, well, round). I've been toying with the idea of
a
> hybrid hinge/treadmill rubber system like this:
> >
> > TANK
> > __I__?? _I____?I_??? _ I__ I__???? _I___< Squares of rubber????????????????????????????????
> SIDE VIEW?
> > __I__o__I__ __I__o__I_ _I___o__I__ < Hinges (This way up, or the other)
> >
> > GROUND
> >
> > I = bolts
> > I
> >
> > This might give you the best of both worlds in that it would weigh almost
1/2
> of the weight of an all-hinge track but still have the appearance of all-metal
> tracks and a rubber surface for the drive wheel to bear against.
> >
> > Any comments?
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Calvi <mikecalvi-at-gmail.com>
> > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> > Sent: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 4.51am
> > Subject: Re: steel rivets [TANKS]
> >
> >
> > thats what I was thinking of doing & using the center bolt to keep from
> throwing track
> >
> >
> > On 6/25/07, Martin Helsing <martin.helsing-at-earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > What if you used an epoxy - like liquid nails to attach the hinges then used
a
> bolt in the center that has a rubber or epoxy "cap" that is shapped like the
> teeth (tooth?) on the real track. the bolt in the center would help teh epoxy
> hold the hinges together and the cap would distribute the load on your
sprocket
> pins better plus would look more realistic ...
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chrysanthos Kanellopoulos
> > Sent: Jun 25, 2007 12:39 PM
> > To: tanks-at-rctankcombat.com
> > Subject: steel rivets [TANKS]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I, too, was thinking of using steel rivets on the two side holes of the
> track's hinges, and long screws that will be engaged, only in the middle hole,
> thus replicating the exact T-34 track system. In attached jpeg, with red are
the
> rivets. ?However I did not know if I could work steel rivets. In my track
> system, the force of teh engaging drive rods is distributed in two bolts.
> Attached jpeg, which most of you must have seen. I feared that if the same
force
> was applied to just one point of the rod, in the middle, teh rod would bend
> overtime. Perhaps someone else can try with a new T-34?
> >
> > Chrys
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Mike Calvi, CISSP, CHSP
> >
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