Custom chassis fabrication?

[wazzou]

I would think drilling holes for pinning the two joined halves would be paramount in maintaining proper alignment and a good bond.

[Kentuckian]

I would think drilling holes for pinning the two joined halves would be paramount in maintaining proper alignment and a good bond.

Or at least a key, one on each side of the frame.if there is room.

[draskouasshat]

Honestly, it's really not rocket science with this stuff guys. I splice frames in a hotel room with my little jewelers saw as I do 95% of my modeling in a hotel room while doing real railroad stuff. It's just a matter of cutting straight and splicing.
I chose to try grafting on a resin casting of the forward drive box and cylinders in front of the original 1st driver. ill go get some pictures of a chassis in the morning.
All i can say is practice, practice, practice. You can spend months here talking about doing this, casting that, or 3d printing the whole damned thing but in the end, you can build one of these a night once you get the process down.

Drasko

[SkipGear]

Honestly, it's really not rocket science with this stuff guys. I splice frames in a hotel room with my little jewelers saw as I do 95% of my modeling in a hotel room while doing real railroad stuff. It's just a matter of cutting straight and splicing.
I chose to try grafting on a resin casting of the forward drive box and cylinders in front of the original 1st driver. ill go get some pictures of a chassis in the morning.
All i can say is practice, practice, practice. You can spend months here talking about doing this, casting that, or 3d printing the whole damned thing but in the end, you can build one of these a night once you get the process down.

Drasko

This exactly.....it's not hard to do by hand if you take your time. I used nothing more than a dremel tool and hand files to create my 2-10-2. I even recreated the electrical connection for the tender behind the newly added driver and added an idler gear to drive the #1 driver, so 4 of the 5 drivers were geared. The best way to learn is to try then fail, you will know what not to do next time. As you do a few they become much easier.

[Chris333]

I did it too. Way before 3D.

[mike_lawyer]

Honestly, it's really not rocket science with this stuff guys. I splice frames in a hotel room with my little jewelers saw as I do 95% of my modeling in a hotel room while doing real railroad stuff. It's just a matter of cutting straight and splicing.
I chose to try grafting on a resin casting of the forward drive box and cylinders in front of the original 1st driver. ill go get some pictures of a chassis in the morning.
All i can say is practice, practice, practice. You can spend months here talking about doing this, casting that, or 3d printing the whole damned thing but in the end, you can build one of these a night once you get the process down.

Drasko

Thanks so much for the information, much appreciated!  If you have any pictures you could send to me of the process, that would be very helpful.  Also, do you just splice the pieces together using epoxy?