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[brucefl]

These look cool. Maybe Schlosser's ideas are coming to pass, with an HO version of 1/24 slots.

This looks like 1/24 wire size maybe #30, 32.

Looks like upgraded parts. Anybody know where to get them?

I think these cars can be run on 1/24 home track. Someone told me this may be a possibility, so I'm going to try and revolutionize the industry, by trying to build Emott HO chassis and winding Greenway arms, double 36, maybe even 28s.

 

[havlicek]

Hi Bruce,

 

 

Hi performance/hot HO winds have been around for a long time, and there are some great ones. I tried some and it's not really something I'm interested in, with all types of clamps, wire sizes, comms, cans, magnets, comm truing, etc., involved.  

 

Both the pancake and regular style arms are available in hot winds.

[brucefl]

Hey John that armature powder coating I got you a few years back what was the contact info I forgot I want to order can you pm me the info please,thanks

[havlicek]

Hi Bruce,

 

     You never gave me the contact info.  You just said you had got it from someone you knew!?

[brucefl]

I thought I sent it to you with their original box with their info,sorry,it was from the manufacturer,but since they sent it to me first,I had to repack it to be resent.

Didn't the bottles say anything about who manufacturered it?

[brucefl]

But it was a sample and you wanted to get a sample as well I must have given you their phone number,how else would you have asked for a sample you asked me if you could get your own sample,I thought I atlas gave you a phone number.oh well.

[brucefl]

I found it in the old pm

[brucefl]

Do you need more

Was it the 260 material

By the way the epoxy material #215 is not in their catalogue you have to request it by email,it's 2000f temp capacity.

[brucefl]

Tell me now,so I can have them send the material out to you pm me your info for them to send it to you.

Or let me know if you're not interested

[havlicek]

Hi Bruce,

 

 

 

But it was a sample and you wanted to get a sample as well I must have given you their phone number,how else would you have asked for a sample you asked me if you could get your own sample,I thought I atlas gave you a phone number.oh well. 

 

No, you sent me the sample after having received it from my memory.  It came in a container with the 3M label and product number...no phone number that I can recall, but these things have a shelf life, so I kept what I could use and sent the rest to someone else...who also shared it with someone else.

 

 

 

Do you need more

Was it the 260 material

 

I don't remember what the # was, but it is good powder.  I still have a lot of the original powder, and am careful to keep it in a container that stays refrigerated in the hope of prolonging it's shelf life.  There will (*I guess) come a time when the powder won't fuse well, but so far I don't see any degradation.  I have no way of knowing how long it will last (?).  If it keeps up the way it is, I have enough powder in terms of quantity fort a long time, as long as it doesn't start degrading.  If it starts acting weird, I could be out of luck in a month!?

 

 

 

By the way the epoxy material #215 is not in their catalogue you have to request it by email,it's 2000f temp capacity. 

I don't know what #215 is(?), but I also don't know of any organic polymer that wouldn't break down at waaaaay lower temps than 2000F.  I guess some sort of ceramic or something, but if the cured material is good to 2000F, then curing it must require extremely high temps.  What's important for me (*and I would think many others) is that it's a powder that is suitable for fluid-bed application.  There's a big difference between these powders and those desigtned for electrostatic application.  Although either method could be used for slot car armatures, electrostatic application has the potential to produce a thinner even coating with more involved gear/application.  Fluid bed application requires a little more "guesswork/technique", but is a somewhat easier way to powder coat.  Other than that, the powder just needs to be heat-resistant enough, chip/cut resistant and have good insulating properties.  A bright color helps a lot (*light blue is great, and a lot of industrial powder coating of armatures is done with blue powder), but is a secondary consideration.

 

 

 

Tell me now,so I can have them send the material out to you pm me your info for them to send it to you.

Or let me know if you're not interested 

Sure, I'm always interested in this and much appreciated.  I don't know if what I have is the #215 though, because judging how it reacts to high temps, I would be surprised if it has a service temp above 500F, but I've been wrong about a whole bunch of things, so this wouldn't be anything new.    I'll resend my address just in case.

[brucefl]

#215 is ceramic epoxy water based that cure by evaporation.

[brucefl]

Sorry no answer,I forgot it's Sunday

Hey this material the 260 stuff is cheap if you can buy 1lb. Quantities,but unfortunately 44lbs.is the minimum,so only if I can get samples,we'll see.

[brucefl]

And that's up to $1000.