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Todd, I can't tell if Frank has just stopped communication or not but the no response to emails well it's been that way for as long as I can remember, at times Frank just doesn't get emails. I remembe
Todd, I can't tell if Frank has just stopped communication or not but the no response to emails well it's been that way for as long as I can remember, at times Frank just doesn't get emails. I remembe
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I think that current assessment is a little unfair, if not completely understandable as an emotion. It's not because I, and, I imagine many others don't want to try it but other factors are definitely
I think that current assessment is a little unfair, if not completely understandable as an emotion. It's not because I, and, I imagine many others don't want to try it but other factors are definitely
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Tim L
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1:8 H Couplers
Now that's just awesome! It's been a very long time since I was involved with miniature rail (7 1/4" gauge but most stuff was 1:6 or 1:4.8" scale) and I don't know a lot about the inner workings of th
Now that's just awesome! It's been a very long time since I was involved with miniature rail (7 1/4" gauge but most stuff was 1:6 or 1:4.8" scale) and I don't know a lot about the inner workings of th
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Tim L
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Well, that was quick... / prototype coupler colors
No, they paint the wheels, or at least they used to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60901191@N08/7201974420/sizes/o/ The railways themselves don't paint them anymore as far as I can tell but I think th
No, they paint the wheels, or at least they used to: https://www.flickr.com/photos/60901191@N08/7201974420/sizes/o/ The railways themselves don't paint them anymore as far as I can tell but I think th
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Well, that was quick... / prototype coupler colors
I didn't think my question would elicit so many responses. Thank you all, especially David for the photo links. So it seems not painting couplers is very much a North American thing, though I'm a litt
I didn't think my question would elicit so many responses. Thank you all, especially David for the photo links. So it seems not painting couplers is very much a North American thing, though I'm a litt
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Tim L
· #2073
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Well, that was quick...
Why do people paint their couplers rusty? While I don't know of any US freight wagon photo galleries to study a cursory image search seem to suggest that while a few do appear rusty most seem to just
Why do people paint their couplers rusty? While I don't know of any US freight wagon photo galleries to study a cursory image search seem to suggest that while a few do appear rusty most seem to just
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Tim L
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Assembly help EC87K
Can't really help with assembling them for you, not going to be worth the effort to send them on a 15,000 odd mile round trip for that but did you buy the AFC assembly fixture as well? if you didn't t
Can't really help with assembling them for you, not going to be worth the effort to send them on a 15,000 odd mile round trip for that but did you buy the AFC assembly fixture as well? if you didn't t
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Steve, Thanks for that post link back. I stand corrected. I must have missed that post somehow and when Frank had mentioned zinc in another post I took that to mean pure zinc. Chris, No sarcasm detect
Steve, Thanks for that post link back. I stand corrected. I must have missed that post somehow and when Frank had mentioned zinc in another post I took that to mean pure zinc. Chris, No sarcasm detect
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· #1987
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Franks original couplers were cast in pewter. No bad reflection on Frank as it's how he started and you have to start somewhere but the couplers were just ...a pain to work with and the strength of th
Franks original couplers were cast in pewter. No bad reflection on Frank as it's how he started and you have to start somewhere but the couplers were just ...a pain to work with and the strength of th
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Tim L
· #1981
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Couplers
That looks good Andrew. On the dimensions being slightly out, do remember that Frank said that the parts are done for the 3d printer he had (something about a hole being slightly oblong so the casting
That looks good Andrew. On the dimensions being slightly out, do remember that Frank said that the parts are done for the 3d printer he had (something about a hole being slightly oblong so the casting
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Tim L
· #1976
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Couplers
Frank did his own investment casting in-house. - Tim
Frank did his own investment casting in-house. - Tim
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· #1930
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A steel tool at about $20,000 worth (and that's probably a low end figure). Of course if Frank had his tool made to take inserts then it would cost less as one would only have to tool a long shank ins
A steel tool at about $20,000 worth (and that's probably a low end figure). Of course if Frank had his tool made to take inserts then it would cost less as one would only have to tool a long shank ins
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(topic was Frank) New topic - progress is being made
Those are some nice looking prints there Tom. From the pictures it looks like there is material missing from inside the ball socket of the top casting, ie, it doesn't look like a plain hole but the ho
Those are some nice looking prints there Tom. From the pictures it looks like there is material missing from inside the ball socket of the top casting, ie, it doesn't look like a plain hole but the ho
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· #1774
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Frank
John, I wasn't advocating that we should crowd fund Frank a 3D printer, I was trying to lightheartedly point out that *if* crowdfunding for Frank was something that happened then a 3D printer that "wo
John, I wasn't advocating that we should crowd fund Frank a 3D printer, I was trying to lightheartedly point out that *if* crowdfunding for Frank was something that happened then a 3D printer that "wo
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Frank
Probably around $20,000. I think it'd take more than a few dollars from each of us to fund what Frank has already determined isn't viable cost wise to have a mold made for (The sales numbers probably
Probably around $20,000. I think it'd take more than a few dollars from each of us to fund what Frank has already determined isn't viable cost wise to have a mold made for (The sales numbers probably
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Sergent website, was: Looking for S scale couplers
The S Scale and Taylor made coupler pages aren't completely gone from the website, just hidden from the menu. There are two ways to take this; Frank has hidden them as he intends to no longer make and
The S Scale and Taylor made coupler pages aren't completely gone from the website, just hidden from the menu. There are two ways to take this; Frank has hidden them as he intends to no longer make and
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Tim L
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Membership
I use the method given in the first Installation Tip (InterMountain/Tichy Single Sheathed Box Car) on the Sergents website. Amazing how well this method works. It's a bit more difficult when a molded
I use the method given in the first Installation Tip (InterMountain/Tichy Single Sheathed Box Car) on the Sergents website. Amazing how well this method works. It's a bit more difficult when a molded
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Tim L
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Shelf coupler operation
Yes, just ask me about the three damaged cars I now have when I accidentally knocked one of them over and the couplers took the other two cars with it to the floor! Serious now (that knock over did ha
Yes, just ask me about the three damaged cars I now have when I accidentally knocked one of them over and the couplers took the other two cars with it to the floor! Serious now (that knock over did ha
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Leaving out the friction springs
If you meant slack as in slack action then the friction springs have little to do with that. Slack as in free sideways movement well it depends on the model. I have some that the coupler box provides
If you meant slack as in slack action then the friction springs have little to do with that. Slack as in free sideways movement well it depends on the model. I have some that the coupler box provides
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Note from Frank Sergent
Now that is huge news, and kudos to Frank for his approach to the longevity of his design. I do hope that the dies for the diecast couplers can be saved. I'd love to have them but shipping them halfwa
Now that is huge news, and kudos to Frank for his approach to the longevity of his design. I do hope that the dies for the diecast couplers can be saved. I'd love to have them but shipping them halfwa
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