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Re: General Tire Akron - Original Plant Build
« Reply #60 on: October 28, 2024, 11:23:34 AM »
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The following weekend I attended the NKPH&TS convention in Angola, IN.  Riding behind the 765 on a crisp, clear fall day, standing in an open baggage car door.  Doesn't get much better than that.

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Re: General Tire Akron - Original Plant Build
« Reply #61 on: October 28, 2024, 07:49:34 PM »
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Hah!  I voted to hold you as a NKPH&TS volunteer in perpetuity.  Good volunteers are hard to find you know. 

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Re: General Tire Akron - Original Plant Build
« Reply #62 on: October 31, 2024, 07:47:16 PM »
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Dust removal cyclones.  I will build the design that draws air from vent hoods within the building up to the cyclone.  I'm guessing there were a number of bag dump stations in the compounding area.

I got the knife to cut through the .010" styrene on the third try.  It's a vertical adjustment to the knife blade and you just have to try some settings until it's good.  The cyclone itself is a Walthers part from Red Wing Flour Mill I think.  I was gifted several of them in a rough built up condition.


A small build plate really helps with assembly as it allows the assembly to be rotated to the position best allowing part placement.  Smear some paste on the hardboard.  The uppermost part goes down first, then work your way to the bottom of the part.


This would be natural 3D print project and Mike Skibbe's wig wag crossing signals have got me thinking.  Ugh.  Best to not think too hard.

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Re: General Tire Akron - Original Plant Build
« Reply #63 on: November 01, 2024, 11:37:24 AM »
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Hah!  I voted to hold you as a NKPH&TS volunteer in perpetuity.  Good volunteers are hard to find you know. 

I'm totally down for volunteering in perpetuity, I'm just glad to no longer have any fiduciary duty.

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Re: General Tire Akron - Original Plant Build
« Reply #64 on: November 02, 2024, 06:06:38 PM »
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The dust cyclones are (mostly) complete.  I need some square duct to raise the level of the blower discharge.  Then off to the paint shop.
This is the first time I used the cutter to make parts for a mechanical thingee.  There certainly are limitations, especially when cutting N scale sized cross-sections.  The build is pretty rough frankly, but for a background detail that's part of a bigger picture they will do.