Tips & Tricks Episode 2 @ Highfell; setting wheel back to back and improve running

[@hollybushrailway]

Really useful video, thanks! The one time I almost wished I'd gone 00 instead of TT was when Falcon's front bogie fell off and I had to reassemble it. Trying to get all those parts back together with my clumsy big hands was a nightmare!

[@HighFell]

Some of the parts are so tiny…. Rebuilding a Kenetic coupling system almost sent me over the edge, seating everything and getting the tiny spring in place…. I actually ran out of swear words …

[@DodgesTT120]

U lost me at the door sign... OMG i was waiting for the test!!! Now to take all my locos apart with my digital VDC 😎

[@HighFell]

There there, you can have a star for showing up 🤣

[@carllawton9520]

This will help me tremendously thank you for your video cheers Carl

[@HighFell]

Great to hear 👍

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

A very interesting and informative video, especially to a novice like myself who knows nothing about all this...cheers James 🙂👍

[@HighFell]

My pleasure, knowledge is no use until it’s shared. 😁

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

@@HighFell that's a great way to put it 🙂👍

[@StevenTT120Layout]

Good job with the back to back😊, 😁

[@HighFell]

Cures most of the running issues people have encountered. So easy to do with a ‘gauging tool’ and that only needs to be something that is the right spacing… stoke of luck I found pliers were spot on!

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

Very interesting video

[@HighFell]

Thanks, asides from all the fun in railway modelling, there is some serious engineering too and it’s nice when we can use it to make things run smoothly and reliably 😁

[@GlibVideo]

Yet another amazing video 😊

[@HighFell]

Glad you enjoyed it, bit nerdy according my mate but it’s all good stuff 😁

[@GlibVideo]

@@HighFell I am actually glad to watch something "nerdy" I am new to the hobby and know very little. So it is great to get such information from channels related to the scale 👍

[@davemoore5222]

Whilst I agree that vernier callipers and micrometers are definitely the best measurement tools, the accuracy of measurements made using these tools then relies on the skill of the person making the measurements. A company that I used to work for changed wholesale to digital micrometers and callipers to gain repeatability from worker to worker. Admittedly the instruments used were Mitutoyo and rather expensive (even allowing for bulk discounts and VAT offsetting). If someone is willing to learn to use these measurement tools correctly (or are already familiar) then yes, they will get greater “bang-for-their-buck”, accuracy-wise, with the equipment you mentioned. My micrometers and vernier callipers (metric and imperial - I never changed to digital) are Moore & Wright - bought fifty years ago and kept in a temperature and humidity controlled room and certified every two years until I was made redundant 4 years ago.

[@HighFell]

Good quality work starts with accurate measurements and that needs the right tool and the skills to use it….cant remember who said it but it’s spot on. I have never had to change the battery on my vernier calipers either 🤣