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Started by Jaeger Team , Apr 13 2025 01:27 AM

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#26 Jaeger Team

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Posted 17 May 2025 - 11:36 AM

Larry, how kind of you! Comparing me to Rick certainly makes me proud, however he is a jeweler and I "string beads"
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Posted 17 May 2025 - 02:10 PM

"string pearls"  :clapping:   :)


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Posted 26 June 2025 - 01:15 PM

...back to this "lento pede" project, here it is a scratchbuilt rear support for motor stability...

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Posted 27 June 2025 - 06:21 AM

...prepping to solder the ball bearing and it's adapter...

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Posted 27 June 2025 - 07:52 AM

I soldered the bearing into the can using an old (but not bad) arm, the endbell adapter has a very precise snap fit, I will probably glue the bearing with loctite...

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Posted 27 June 2025 - 10:05 AM

This Champion can already has two holes as standard for fixing the endbell, however I feel more confident if I make two more on the side...

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Posted 27 June 2025 - 09:01 PM

Where did you find the bearing adapter? I've been looking for over a year for them?

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Posted 28 June 2025 - 01:02 AM

Where did you find the bearing adapter? I've been looking for over a year for them?

A friend of mine made them on a lathe.
Unfortunately he's retired now. In 2007 I inherited from my father a little gem that is a "Meccanica Cortini" lathe, it has slept in the basement since then...
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Posted 28 June 2025 - 05:28 AM

...this hole chamfered for flush...


...this hole chamfered for flush...

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Posted 28 June 2025 - 01:27 PM

..endbell done, pentroof hoods soldered to the brush tubes and a set of spring post sleeves...
...and made room for the shunts to pass...

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Posted 28 June 2025 - 02:26 PM

Funny, that's where I sleep too. Nice build.
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Posted 15 July 2025 - 05:41 PM

...motor almost done

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Posted 15 July 2025 - 06:30 PM

Nice build! Are you going to use spring insulation on the motor springs?  :)


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Posted 16 July 2025 - 12:32 AM

Nice build! Are you going to use spring insulation on the motor springs?  :)

Yes, I used a black insulation on the side where the spring touch the shunt against the carbon..
For the other side I'd like to find some transparent silicon tube...
this is for aesthetics because, in fact, with a single insulation it has interrupted the flow of current and protected the spring where it is hottest
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Posted 16 July 2025 - 11:08 AM

............For the other side I'd like to find some transparent silicon tube...

 

Here is what I've been using Maurizio. It comes in different gauges and wall thicknesses. Unfortunately Small Parts, Inc is no more. Hope this gives you an idea of what to search for.

 

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Posted 16 July 2025 - 11:44 AM

Amazon sells 250' for about $90. OnlineMetals.com selis it in 1' or 2' lengths for less than $20. Both places have 28 ga.


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Posted 17 July 2025 - 02:22 AM

Thanks guys. I sent a request to onlinemetals.com, hope they can provide a couple of meters

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Posted 17 July 2025 - 03:38 AM

...on the right the original guide, on the left a modern one suitably reshaped...

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Posted 17 July 2025 - 04:47 AM

...Let's go ahead and finalize at least the mechanics, after that the most difficult moment for me will come...the body!

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Posted 22 February 2026 - 11:01 AM

Finally, thanks to the inexhaustible source Dario Gueci, I was able to get my hands on this body that I painted "a la" pop artist...

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Posted 22 February 2026 - 05:06 PM

I'm going ti finalize...

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Posted 22 February 2026 - 05:12 PM

...it seems my friend Dario doesn't like the livery of this body, but I'll build it up for a test on the track...

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Posted 22 February 2026 - 09:29 PM

Tell your friend, that at speed, this body will look altogether different!  :laugh2:  :laugh2:  :laugh2:


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Posted 23 February 2026 - 12:32 AM

I have to honest Maurizio, the paint job was not one of my favorites either. I am with Dario on this one. 

 

The chassis looks great BTW. :good:

 

Here are a few paint ideas from Gene's world. Gene has a great line of Thingy bodies.

 

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Posted 23 February 2026 - 08:24 AM

I believe Gene's cars are hand-painted. He does a great job building the chassis too. He's had a least one "how-to" chassis article posted on here.


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