Reynard
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classic33
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There should be some play, but nothing excessive, which allows for uneven track laying.I'm working on something a bit technical. My friend has dropped round a Hornby Merchant Navy class loco to repair . My friends layout is as smooth as a ploughed field.. It would be no problem for the old Triang or metal bodied Hornby locos but not very good for the highly detailed modern stuff. It seems as there is too much sideways play on the driving wheel axles allowing them to go sideways willy nilly! When one axle decides to go one way and another the other the connecting rods don't seem to like it and get all tangled up . I am trying to straighten one connecting rod at the moment . I have got it straight in one plane , it needs straightening bin the other now . I'm wondering if the axles could be shimmed with plastic washers to take up some slack or would it mean that it won't go round bends very well ?
Has he been running it on a tighter curve than it's supposed to be run on.
Do you know the "R" number, if not that, the name of the loco. Don't bin anything yet, you may be able to put them back on, avoiding paying for replacement parts which may get damaged if all the axles aren't turning in the same direction.
"Heavy hands" are the biggest source of damage to the running gear. Slowly moving them until they catch on something whilst moving.
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classic33
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You tried putting the egg(s) between slices of bread!!
classic33
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You driving a combine...
classic33
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Whilst Soo watched on?I think Sweep was what was used to clean the Soot...
Reynard
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More than likely LOL
Reynard
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Anyways, a 
would be a rather nice thing right now.
would be a rather nice thing right now.
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We're staying in a remote part of Herefordshire where the mobile phone signal is distinctly iffy. Being in a position to receive an important call scheduled for 4pm today involved waiting for seventy minutes while standing in a field watching four hundred sheep eating grass. The excitement wore off after ten minutes.
Reynard
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Anyways, I have a nice and the world is a much better place as a result.
and the world is a much better place as a result.
slowmotion
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Did you have to wait in a field for seventy minutes watching 400 sheep before the kettle boiled?Anyways, I have a nice
Reynard
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Fortunately not. The farmland is all arable here.
classic33
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She'd either need a decent extension lead, or a portable gas stove, to boil a kettle in a field.
Were/are you certain it was 400 sheep.
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I had seventy minutes to work on the sheep census problem. I started with the sheep to the far left and drew an imaginary vertical line (cursor). Moving left to right, I counted every sheep that the cursor encountered. That was easy with the sheep in the left side of the field because they were close to me but it got increasingly difficult as the sample stretched further and further into the distance. Besides, the little buggers tended to move about. In the end, I took the data from the first 20% of my left to right scan and "eyeballed" it into a "one eye closed" estimate of sheep density in the whole field. It's an entirely valid technique used by all statisticians
Yes, it was a very long seventy minutes.
classic33
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Easier if you work front to back/back to front rather than side to side.I had seventy minutes to work on the sheep census problem. I started with the sheep to the far left and drew an imaginary vertical line (cursor). Moving left to right, I counted every sheep that the cursor encountered. That was easy with the sheep in the left side of the field because they were close to me but it got increasingly difficult as the sample stretched further and further into the distance. Besides, the little buggers tended to move about. In the end, I took the data from the first 20% of my left to right scan and "eyeballed" it into a "one eye closed" estimate of sheep density in the whole field. It's an entirely valid technique used by all statisticians
Yes, it was a very long seventy minutes.
Reynard
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
I had seventy minutes to work on the sheep census problem. I started with the sheep to the far left and drew an imaginary vertical line (cursor). Moving left to right, I counted every sheep that the cursor encountered. That was easy with the sheep in the left side of the field because they were close to me but it got increasingly difficult as the sample stretched further and further into the distance. Besides, the little buggers tended to move about. In the end, I took the data from the first 20% of my left to right scan and "eyeballed" it into a "one eye closed" estimate of sheep density in the whole field. It's an entirely valid technique used by all statisticians
Yes, it was a very long seventy minutes.
And you were still awake at the end of the seventy minutes? I'm impressed...
