For new frogs, your method works well. I was taught to use part way of the frog with a measure then continue on til the next measure then measure the distance between the two measurements., but, of course, I was measuring full-sized frogs. The idea of not using the real point of a frog is because a full-sized frog point is one half inch wide to start with and any wear just makes things worse. We, as hobbiests, would have been a whole lot better off if the actual scale gauge of 7 1/16 inch or rounded to 7 inches would have been used. Nobody thought about such things back then. They were trying to make things "easier" by rounding and using material that they had.
Hey Dave, the story that the late Gene Allen told me directly (over the phone) was that the gauge split came from the late Carl Purinton writing a letter (possibly a newsletter) for someone out on the west coast, Seymour Johnson or Walt Disney may have been the recipient. The error can from Carl missing the shift key, as you said in the video.
I don't think it was Disney Walts railroad was 7 1/4 gauge most likely Seymour but yes it was carl that missed the shift key what an error that has been
I've run on Nick Edward's track a couple of times (great guy and a great track). The first time I ran I thought a car had a bearing going, heard squealing. I soon realized it was just in some turns. The gage is held to 7 9/16 very tightly and what I was hearing was flange squeek. I tried to maintain 7 5/8 on my curves and 7 9/16 on my straight sections. I haven't had enough visitors to know if that's going to work well, only time will tell
@@trainman4602 I'm a long way from 7 1/4 land, even Nick's track is 800 miles. Plus my minimum radius is 40' so I'll never see more than Mogul traffic - no one's showing up with a Northern.
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Hi how are you doing😊
For new frogs, your method works well. I was taught to use part way of the frog with a measure then continue on til the next measure then measure the distance between the two measurements., but, of course, I was measuring full-sized frogs. The idea of not using the real point of a frog is because a full-sized frog point is one half inch wide to start with and any wear just makes things worse.
We, as hobbiests, would have been a whole lot better off if the actual scale gauge of 7 1/16 inch or rounded to 7 inches would have been used. Nobody thought about such things back then. They were trying to make things "easier" by rounding and using material that they had.
Its Very good to see you again.😁👍✌😊
So wonderful to see you again. I would love to see you back in the shop again. Loved all your pattern making and machining videos. Stay well Dave.
Good to see you again.
Glad to see you're doing good and keeping busy.
Good to see you back again sir.
Thank you for your knowledge.
Dave, you got the story 100% correct. Keith
Thanks Keith
Hey Dave, the story that the late Gene Allen told me directly (over the phone) was that the gauge split came from the late Carl Purinton writing a letter (possibly a newsletter) for someone out on the west coast, Seymour Johnson or Walt Disney may have been the recipient. The error can from Carl missing the shift key, as you said in the video.
I don't think it was Disney Walts railroad was 7 1/4 gauge most likely Seymour but yes it was carl that missed the shift key what an error that has been
I've run on Nick Edward's track a couple of times (great guy and a great track). The first time I ran I thought a car had a bearing going, heard squealing. I soon realized it was just in some turns. The gage is held to 7 9/16 very tightly and what I was hearing was flange squeek.
I tried to maintain 7 5/8 on my curves and 7 9/16 on my straight sections. I haven't had enough visitors to know if that's going to work well, only time will tell
7 5/8 gauge is ok if you only run 7 1/2 gauge trains . I'll cover that subject in part two
@@trainman4602 I'm a long way from 7 1/4 land, even Nick's track is 800 miles. Plus my minimum radius is 40' so I'll never see more than Mogul traffic - no one's showing up with a Northern.
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