Frame Milling Service?

[ednadolski]

Would anyone know of or recommend a service or other facility that does frame milling for DCC decoders?

IIRC there used to be Aztec, but IDK if they are even still around.

TIA,
Ed

[wazzou]

Would anyone know of or recommend a service or other facility that does frame milling for DCC decoders?

IIRC there used to be Aztec, but IDK if they are even still around.

TIA,
Ed

Aztec isn't an option any longer. 
I really liked his business model though, where you send him your un-milled frame and he would send a milled one in return.
It likely wasn't the one you sent him, but he'd mill yours and send it to the next person.

[rodsup9000]

 Ed,
 What frame do you need milled. I've done about 60 or so of my own.

[ednadolski]

@rodsup9000 it's for a Kato Dash-9 and a Loksound Select Micro, w/ the sugar-cube speaker.

It's actually 2 frames, I was thinking of running them over a small belt grinder, but it's a mess in any case.

Ed

[Wolf N Works]

the Kato Dash-9s that I put a 73100 decoder in I just used a hack saw to remove the nubs on the back and smoothed it with a file and put the sugar cub on the end.

[nightmare0331]

I offer machining and exchange services for the Kato C44/AC44/ES44 framesets to take a 73100 speaker along with a 15x8 speaker.

These frames are marked 17632L/R.

That being said, that is one of the more simple framesets to machine if someone wanted to 'dremel warrior' it as you don't have to take off too much material.  (besides machining there are actually a couple of cuts I make with a Dremel myself  so the decoder fits properly)

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Side note...lots of useful information in this thread....

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=44230.0

Anywhoo...hope this helps!

Kelley.
www.dufordmodelworks.com

[ednadolski]

the Kato Dash-9s that I put a 73100 decoder in I just used a hack saw to remove the nubs on the back and smoothed it with a file and put the sugar cub on the end.

Did you install any keep-alive (tantalum?) capacitors?

Ed

[rodsup9000]

@rodsup9000 it's for a Kato Dash-9 and a Loksound Select Micro, w/ the sugar-cube speaker.

It's actually 2 frames, I was thinking of running them over a small belt grinder, but it's a mess in any case.

Ed

 Haven't done any newer Kato loco's, but would do it if you cannot get it done.
 In the early years (before having a mill) of converting locos to DCC, I just used a Dremel with a cut off disk and a pan of water for dunking frames when the get too warn to handle.