S7 wheel turning.

[john lewsey]

Hi does anyone know anyone who could turn some slaters wheels to S7 for me
John

 

[pcalkel]

Hi John
I was informed today that David White at Slater's has said this is something they can provide.
regards
Paul

 

[john lewsey]

Hi John
I was informed today that David White at Slater's has said this is something they can provide.
regards
Paul

Excellent thank you. I will call them tomorrow
Regards
John

 

[adrian]

Excellent thank you. I will call them tomorrow

Please let us know how you get along with that. I turned up my Slaters wheels for my Precursor Tank but I'd be curious to see their conversion, whether it will include tyre width as well as the profile.

 

[spikey faz]

Excellent thank you. I will call them tomorrow
Regards
John

Hi John

Please keep us updated on this.

Mike

 

[john lewsey]

Hi John

Please keep us updated on this.

Mike

Hi Mike, I am just off cycling when I'm back I'll give them a call .
John

 

[freelance7]

Paul, That's good to know that Slaters can provide a service for turning Their wheels to Scale 7. I'll watch with interest to see the outcome.

Paul

 

[john lewsey]

Hi , I have just spoken to David at slaters and he is just waiting for a set of wheels that have been converted. So I will call him next week. The answer is most likely yes. Also Adrian he says that they can take some metal off of the face of the wheel.
John.

 

[spikey faz]

Hi , I have just spoken to David at slaters and he is just waiting for a set of wheels that have been converted. So I will call him next week. The answer is most likely yes. Also Adrian he says that they can take some metal off of the face of the wheel.
John.

Sounds promising.

Mike

 

[Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen]

This service is being organised and finalised by our Vice President. As soon as we have confirmation that the service will be available and get an idea of pricing we, the committee, will be informing all of our members.

all the best
Tim

 

[pcalkel]

I might also offer the service when I get some soft jaws, plus material to make the jigs and some more form tools.
regards
Paul

 

[adrian]

This service is being organised and finalised by our Vice President. As soon as we have confirmation that the service will be available and get an idea of pricing we, the committee, will be informing all of our members.

all the best
Tim

That's great to hear - as much as I feel I could do it myself I do feel supporting suppliers providing Scale7 components is just as important. Whilst still very niche it helps if there is a healthy demand for the products.

 

[john lewsey]

Great place this, one question can yield answers and solutions.
John

 

[Mike W]

As a non-S7 modeller I'm intrigued by this. Slaters make and sell sell S7 wheels, so why would they offer a service to turn 7FS wheels to S7 standards? If there is a demand why don't they just offer a wider range of wheels in S7 in the first place?
Mike

 

[adrian]

As a non-S7 modeller I'm intrigued by this. Slaters make and sell sell S7 wheels, so why would they offer a service to turn 7FS wheels to S7 standards? If there is a demand why don't they just offer a wider range of wheels in S7 in the first place?

From the comments above it sounds like they are sub-contracting out the Scale7 reprofiling for the driving wheels.

I think the difference is that the Scale7 wheels they do sell are the wagon and coach wheels so a fairly limited size of diameters and a production volume sufficient to warrant the tooling for it. The driving wheels they do produce are as far as I'm aware batches purchased by the Scale7 Society and therefore only available via the Scale7 society. To produce one off Scale7 driving wheel sets is probably still financially unviable for them given the very low demand.

 

[Ian@StEnochs]

Re-profiling wheels isn’t particularly difficult but you do need a decent lathe, Myford or similar, and some simple tooling and fixtures to hold the wheel being worked upon. Quite an investment if you are only doing a small number.

In addition if one is doing the work commercially the operators time has to be paid for. How much do you pay to have a car serviced? Similar skill set required for the lathe operator.

I have turned an awful lot of S7 wheels both for myself and others. If I had banked what a commercial contractor would have charged I would be sitting on a very nice nest egg.

Ian.