Those 3D printed couplings with the self centering. Would there be any way of doing away with those plastic ones and having a groove around the back curve to add a very fine piece of preformed piano wire in place so it works like the kadee whisper couplers. Great work though. Kind regards Dan
I'm not familiar with the Kadee you mention, but this front coupling does dispense with the plastic 'spring' and has a wire running back a way, terminating/hovering over a central magnet. It seems to work quite well. The chopper itself is of course magnetically operated, and that too appears to work quite reliably on the bench.
@@gilesengineer if you look them up you'll see what I'm saying as in one of your videos you said that you wasn't sure if would work well with the type of plastic you was using. Seen the video of it working and very impressed with the appearance of your couplings and the mechanisms. Great videos and look forward to more. Kind regards Dan
Very interested to see the progression in this! They look much better than the standard 009 couplings!
Those 3D printed couplings with the self centering. Would there be any way of doing away with those plastic ones and having a groove around the back curve to add a very fine piece of preformed piano wire in place so it works like the kadee whisper couplers.
Great work though.
Kind regards Dan
I'm not familiar with the Kadee you mention, but this front coupling does dispense with the plastic 'spring' and has a wire running back a way, terminating/hovering over a central magnet. It seems to work quite well. The chopper itself is of course magnetically operated, and that too appears to work quite reliably on the bench.
@@gilesengineer if you look them up you'll see what I'm saying as in one of your videos you said that you wasn't sure if would work well with the type of plastic you was using.
Seen the video of it working and very impressed with the appearance of your couplings and the mechanisms.
Great videos and look forward to more.
Kind regards Dan
Looks like you hadn't heard of the Tramfabriek 009 Chopper couplings when you were working on this.
Thank you. I don't think the Tramfabriek Choppers were on the market when I was first making mine.....
@@gilesengineer They came out January 2023.