Red Caboose Center Beams

[SD452XR]

I’ll have to dig my center beams out. Don’t fit my era so i might as well sell them.

[ednadolski]

(or tungsten?  not sure what that would cost?)

Holy cow.... 

https://midwesttungsten.com/tungsten-alloy-bar-12-length/

[davefoxx]

Tungsten alloy?  Tungsten is an element.  Is Tungsten alloy just a fancy way of saying impure Tungsten? 

DFF

[Missaberoad]

Tungsten alloy?  Tungsten is an element.  Is Tungsten alloy just a fancy way of saying impure Tungsten? 

DFF

https://www.plansee.com/en/materials/tungsten.html

Alloys where Tungsten is the primary component? 

Tungsten alloy sounds better to this layman then a jumble of letters! 

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I’ll have to dig my center beams out. Don’t fit my era so i might as well sell them.

So are you getting a Lamborghini or a Ferrari with the profits?

[peteski]

Tungsten is a very hard, and difficult to machine metal. Alloys make machining it easier.  The little Dapol Terrier 0-6-0 loco I own has weights made from Tungsten. They appear to be made from sintered tungsten.

Brass would be good metal to use in this application. It is more dense than the white metal that is usually used for making N scale cars, it is also easy to machine, cast, and it is stiff enough to be used for structural parts.

[GaryHinshaw]

Right, I definitely meant Tungsten.  (Typical physicist's mistake.)  I know that Tim ( @BCR 570 ) has a source for custom machined stock that he occasionally orders from; that's the lead I would explore first.   I recall that it wasn't cheap, but definitely not $200+ per car!

LOL @davefoxx - that's a classic. 

[SD452XR]

So are you getting a Lamborghini or a Ferrari with the profits?

Boy you were not kidding about 60 for a single car on ebay. I have 29 total that I will be selling. I'll put them up here in the trading post later today. No I will not be selling for 60 a piece. Not looking to rip anyone off. I have 12 BN, 6 CN, 3 Tobacco Valley, 3 Cascade Warehouse, 1 SSAM, 1 TTZX, and 3 MR. I'll figure out a price when I post. I don't have the original cases but they are in two Deluxe Inovation boxes with foam made specifically for these cars.

[Chris333]

The impure tungsten I had milled for my 44 tonner was 90%:

90% is 17.12g/cm3, 7% nickel, and 3% iron. Pure would have been 19.25g/cm3

[w neal]

Boy you were not kidding about 60 for a single car on ebay. I have 29 total that I will be selling. I'll put them up here in the trading post later today. No I will not be selling for 60 a piece. Not looking to rip anyone off. I have 12 BN, 6 CN, 3 Tobacco Valley, 3 Cascade Warehouse, 1 SSAM, 1 TTZX, and 3 MR. I'll figure out a price when I post. I don't have the original cases but they are in two Deluxe Inovation boxes with foam made specifically for these cars.

Beware the sharks

[SD452XR]

Boy you were not kidding about 60 for a single car on ebay. I have 29 total that I will be selling. I'll put them up here in the trading post later today. No I will not be selling for 60 a piece. Not looking to rip anyone off. I have 12 BN, 6 CN, 3 Tobacco Valley, 3 Cascade Warehouse, 1 SSAM, 1 TTZX, and 3 MR. I'll figure out a price when I post. I don't have the original cases but they are in two Deluxe Inovation boxes with foam made specifically for these cars.

I’ll be posting these this weekend as I am get called to work this evening.
Steve

[up__1995]

N "Modern" 73' Centerbeams are on my to-do list, although it may be some time till I get to them. Such a simple car, what's the fun? (I only jest)

I have done a centerbeam already - the BNSF Flexibeam, but as there are only 200 of them out there, printing remains for another day (I did 1 test print when I first moved printing in-house, but further R&D remains till another day) 

http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1801466

Please excuse the poor quality image (and the makeshift trucks):

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