12-13-2010, 09:12 PM
Russ and Wayne...Thanks for the heads-up on weight & balance. I had that in mind when I was planning the "milling" operation. The stock boiler seems to have the greatest concentration of mass forward of the driving wheels (2nd. set of drivers-front to back). That front end is nearly all solid with the exception of a couple of openings for the light bulb and the screw that fixes the boiler to the frame at the front. In any event, I started my attempt at removing weight in this area. And that's as far as I got....Started....
I spent close to 20 minutes trying to drill a hole into this mass of material. I'm using a brand new set of titanium-coated drills, and managed to cut about 1/4" into the boiler. That zamac is HARD..!! My idea was to "honeycomb" this area by drilling into it, but that idea has to be shelved....I don't know what I'm going to do in order to drill holes for the mounting pins of a couple of the details...
Anybody have any ideas/methods to do this..??
I spent close to 20 minutes trying to drill a hole into this mass of material. I'm using a brand new set of titanium-coated drills, and managed to cut about 1/4" into the boiler. That zamac is HARD..!! My idea was to "honeycomb" this area by drilling into it, but that idea has to be shelved....I don't know what I'm going to do in order to drill holes for the mounting pins of a couple of the details...
Anybody have any ideas/methods to do this..??
Gus (LC&P).