Member postings for David Roberts 22

Hello everybody.

Brian H thank you for your feedback and I agree with you I was hoping for better response it would be nice to hear from a person or persons who has built points in aluminium for tips on what to do and in my mind just importantly things to avoid things I've learned the hard way save me doing the same thing. Thank you very much.

Paul Rushmer thank you for your feedback I have come across the existence of Dennis Monk work on this subject but I failed to get back issues but I did find drawings covering this topic from Dennis Monk I have not received them yet so can't comment on the suitability. I found them at Sarik Hobbies thank you very much.

Bazyle thank you for your feedback I viewed the Facebook pages and I'm hoping to find construction using 16mm aluminium thank you very much.

Ian T thank you for your feedback hopefully something will turn out thank you very much.

Martin Kyte thank you for your feedback the article by Martin Evans looks as if he's purchased the points off the shelf I'm hoping to build my own blur radius and angle that suits that particular point thank you very much.

Thank you all once again.
David Roberts.

Hello I'm hoping to construct 5 inch gauge points using 16mm aluminium rail any information on how to construct them and the methods used will be very useful.
Thank you very much
David Roberts 22

Thank you all for your help
I'm now happy to stick with GL5 track and wheel standards I'd been in touch with the southern Federation model engineers and proved to be very positive I am now settled in the correct standards to use
thank you all very much for your help
David Roberts

Hello Simon Collier
I see that AALS standards is used in Australia I'm in the UK are the Australian standards used in the UK.
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello and seeking advice on 5 inch gauge wheel standards what should I use I'm thinking of GL5 standards but I don't know if there are others to choose from if there are would you know which is the most popular most widely used.
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello Bazyle and br
thank you for pointing out the mistake I making to say it clearly to others can see it make so much sense.
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello everybody
HELP number two
what wheel profile could you recommend for a 5 inch gauge I've been looking at GL5 I don't know what other options are available I would also like to know what's the most popular standards of wheel profile.
I would like to have this information for building trackwork.
Thank you very much
David Roberts.

Could somebody guide me please as regards to wheel standards for 5 inch gauge I'm thinking of GL5 but I don't know if there is anything else what the majority of people use any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you very much
David Roberts.

Hello Duncan Webster
thank you for your feedback on this topic the temperatures you recorded a much higher than I would have expected no wonder the tracks buckle. I'm trying to find the widest gap sensible to leave at the ends of rails and set to track so winter temperatures don't pull excessively on the bolts going through the fish plates and cause problem then during the summer I can observe expansion of the track and hopefully introduce expansion joints where needed. That's my thinking at present.
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello John
thank you for the information the article sounds interesting having problems finding the volumes they appear in but after a Google search I found an outlet providing the drawings for these articles the name of the company is Sarik hobbies priced at over £30 I think it's a little expensive I've ordered it I hope it's going to be informative when I receive the drawings I let you know what I think. I like to find as much information as I can on the topic so I can assess a manner of approaching it to suit me the tools I have and the time I can allocate .
Thank you very much
David Roberts

Hello thanks again for coming back to me by the looks of things I messed up my own thread which don't surprise me I'm not very good the computer bit that's missing goes like this. I'm looking forward to getting the workshop together so I can finish the locomotive but I only started it 36 years ago when it first appeared in the magazine engineering in miniature.
My head spinning with the sheer speed of it all.
Thank you very much
David Roberts.

Thank you very much Dave I jest view the video very interesting and makes sense to me if I can learn how to set the gaps correctly during the cold winter there will be a gap full width during the summer the track would be used more often and there should be little or no Gap.
Thank you very much
David Roberts.

Hello thank you for coming back to me I have always been under the impression that I would need expansion joints with gaps This is getting very interesting and curious to see if I get more replies especially from clubs with experience of 16mm aluminium rail.
I see that some of the words in my thread has been removed could you tell me where I went wrong please so I don't repeat it.
Thank you very much
David Roberts.

Hello everybody my name is David Roberts I'm new to this forum I'm building steam locomotive 0-4-0 5 inch gauge. I've had to start over getting a workshop together so far I've purchased a small metal turning lathe, a drill press bench mounted but decent quality and a twin wheel grinder I'm getting the lathe fairly well equipped with tooling. I'm hoping to build a railway at home 5 inch gauge ground level using 16mm aluminium rail and this is where the HELP comes in could you guide me to books or literature of any kind on the subject I could do with knowing what's the widest gap I could leave between the ends of rails at fish plates for expansion without the gap causing problems with trains going over it. Any help delaying ground-level rail aluminium the construction of points curves gradients all of this would be most helpful.
Thank you very much
David Roberts