Heath Robinson does a Track Cleaning Vehicle

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CoggesRailway

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Hi All,

While I save for a TCL, I decided to see what I could cobble together. So from a broken drill, a butchered bachmann wagon and some plasticard I present: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1WJ6jpxijc

It works well. As a note the abrasive is very gentle- and I ground the disc chaft square so it could float in the chuck using gravity of the disc to follow the track. Big ugly screw was an after thought- I couldn't brake the chuck to adjust the jaws once it was all together. Anyway it's only cost me an hour and a bachmann wagon which could always be reused for a project when I buy the real LGB item.

I may well try and tidy it up and build some kind of maintinence superstructure over the wagon if it proves reliable.
 
CoggesRailway said:
Hi All,

While I save for a TCL, I decided to see what I could cobble together. So from a broken drill, a butchered bachmann wagon and some plasticard I present: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1WJ6jpxijc
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Very cunning! I like the use of a drill/ strimmer-type battery to provide a constant high voltage to the cleaning disk. What are you using for the cleaning medium? Sandpaper?
 
Brilliant!
You could market that.

The only worry might be that your Code 332 rail might quickly become Code 250!!:rolf:
 
Looks good, sounds better....
 
Now that's a first class bash
 
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