What happened at your workbench today?

I have seen similar 'trolleys' at potteries and sanitary ware works..
They are loaded, then man-handled a short distance to a chain-driven system which pulls them through the kiln to fire the bricks / ware.

I don't think they are used to move them very far from where the 'product' is produced?

PhilP.
 
Jasper said:
So maybe it's useful to do so, maybe not.
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while the ovens to burn the bricks are a permanent affair, the places, where to find good clay get exhausted and change.
in any case either the clay, or the formed bricks have to be moved to the ovens.
in my eyes it would make perfect sense to move the clay mixer and press to the clay and transport the wet pre-bricks to the ovens by rail.
 
Jasper said:
Thank you! I have mentioned similar things to them several times over the past few years, and never gotten a reaction. So maybe it's useful to do so, maybe not. If I feel like a good citizen I may do it.
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Rhino is certainly correct about being fired for strength. There were similar wagons to this at a works near to where I lived in Hemel at a brickworks just outside Bovingdon village, closed after I moved in 2012. Thinking about the load, purchased bricks of that size can be pretty expensive and as you say heavy in bulk. Have you thought about a lightweight centre with say 1 or 2 layers of bricks glued to the outside for looks?
 
korm kormsen said:
while the ovens to burn the bricks are a permanent affair, the places, where to find good clay get exhausted and change.
in any case either the clay, or the formed bricks have to be moved to the ovens.
in my eyes it would make perfect sense to move the clay mixer and press to the clay and transport the wet pre-bricks to the ovens by rail.
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Sounds like a plan
 
dunnyrail said:
Thinking about the load, purchased bricks of that size can be pretty expensive and as you say heavy in bulk. Have you thought about a lightweight centre with say 1 or 2 layers of bricks glued to the outside for looks?
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I bought my bricks on bloxxs.de for €37,50 including shipping.
Each bag of bricks weighs about 400 grams. I bought 3 bags. I think the lorry will be able to roll happily along.
 
As promised in the daily thread:
I have two of these to sort out..
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Unscrew the exhaust, and the body lifts off.
Both have motor-gearbox problems. - Motor has a red plastic covered gearbox. Plastics final drive to axle is bevel-gears. One is split. Both appear to have lost their grub-screws. One gearbox is locked solid.

PhilP.
 
PhilP said:
As promised in the daily thread:
I have two of these to sort out..
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Unscrew the exhaust, and the body lifts off.
Both have motor-gearbox problems. - Motor has a red plastic covered gearbox. Plastics final drive to axle is bevel-gears. One is split. Both appear to have lost their grub-screws. One gearbox is locked solid.

PhilP.
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I don't think IP - I seem to remember one of the G scale retailers selling IP lookalikes, were they a Jack or something?

EDIT - motor/gearboxes with red plastic caps are Como drills motors
 
Rhinochugger said:
I don't think IP - I seem to remember one of the G scale retailers selling IP lookalikes, were they a Jack or something?

EDIT - motor/gearboxes with red plastic caps are Como drills motors
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'Danny' by the late Larry Cheeseman, apparently..

Yes, Como Drills (now owned by Component Shop).

Thanks,
PhilP.
 
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Gizzy said:
Which has unfortunately close, due to the passing of its owner, Andy....
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Both of which added to the complexity of trying to find the drawings etc for this range..

I had tried to find the Andel and Larry Cheeseman 'IP', but have been unsuccessful on both.

I had considered trying to resurrect one (or both) of these ranges..

PhilP.
 
GAP said:
And they are going to be, throttle/speed control maybe??
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No, receiver selection on the 12-receiver Transmitters..
Just a voltage divider on Ch. 2, the value of which is sent along with the 24-bit GUID to the receiver when it is bound to the transmitter.
Software is written to look at both, before responding to commands.

PhilP.
 
PhilP said:
No, receiver selection on the 12-receiver Transmitters..
Just a voltage divider on Ch. 2, the value of which is sent along with the 24-bit GUID to the receiver when it is bound to the transmitter.
Software is written to look at both, before responding to commands.

PhilP.
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12 transmitters or one bound to 12 receivers?
If one can more than one loco be controlled at the same time?
 
GAP said:
12 transmitters or one bound to 12 receivers?
If one can more than one loco be controlled at the same time?
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One transmitter with 12 different selected channels, Phil can explain better than I can.
 
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