Scratch built coal tower external parts

@LarryP posted:

…Is there a "source" for these kinds of items?…

Have you looked at The Scenery Sourcelist?

Larry

Can't help with 3D printing if you have no clear picture or drawing with dimensions of what you want.

@LarryP posted:

....... some of the "external" parts for him such as pullies, stairs, etc.

Grandt Line parts -- https://sanjuandetails.com/

I would imagine my next step would be to find someone to 3-D print these if we can't find a suitable match.

Should not be necessary...

I scratchbuilt my GTW tower’s rigging in styrene a few years ago. I would definitely 3D print a lot of the gear now and lately I’m  leaning toward getting a laser cutter which I think would be helpful. Here’s an ancient thread that shows what I did to make reasonably ok-looking hardware:

https://ogrforum.com/topic/gtw...aven-coaling-tower-1

Tichy makes nice chutes and other hardware in HO. You could probably use them as a pattern for O scale:

https://www.tichytraingroup.co...l-chute/Default.aspx

I used Plastruct ladders and stairs.

@AlanRail posted:

Larry

Can't help with 3D printing if you have no clear picture or drawing with dimensions of what you want.

Yes...that is still in progress...thank you.

@Training Wheels posted:

Have you looked at The Scenery Sourcelist?

This is great...I was not aware of this!

@Norm Charbonneau posted:

I scratchbuilt my GTW tower’s rigging in styrene a few years ago. I would definitely 3D print a lot of the gear now and lately I’m  leaning toward getting a laser cutter which I think would be helpful. Here’s an ancient thread that shows what I did to make reasonably ok-looking hardware:

https://ogrforum.com/topic/gtw...aven-coaling-tower-1

Tichy makes nice chutes and other hardware in HO. You could probably use them as a pattern for O scale:

https://www.tichytraingroup.co...l-chute/Default.aspx

I used Plastruct ladders and stairs.

Thank you for this information!   Your GTW tower is beautiful!  Thanks for sharing that.

@mwb posted:

Grandt Line parts -- https://sanjuandetails.com/

Should not be necessary...

Thanks for the website!

You could buy Plastruct and Evetgreen products to make all of these parts. That is what I used to construct the last one I made for one of my customers.

@Alan Graziano posted:

You could buy Plastruct and Evetgreen products to make all of these parts. That is what I used to construct the last one I made for one of my customers.

Thank you… will look at these now!

3D print of more complicated grain chutes, that can be modified for coal discharge.

the pictures just show what can be 3D printed.

since the cage ladder is available, no point in printing what can be obtained.

actual printed chutes on Chugman's layout

Alan.  Always amazed with your skills and product knowledge.

Don

Thanks, The only reason I now work with 3D modeling and printing is that I am old!

I cannot any longer use an Xacto knife skillfully as I once could. no longer accurate with my drill press, bandsaw or table saw.

But I can use a computer mouse and type in numbers for specific dimensions and detail. All of the round holes or rectangular ones I print are exactly placed. My cuts are all straight and aligned, again perfectly so. I can take a picture and with a few dimensions replicate and then print pretty much anything.

3D modeling, printing and laser cutting are my salvation to old age!

I could never make the following by hand.