Post by Chris K. Hale on Jun 4, 2023 15:47:20 GMT -8
I am getting a little serious about my HO Slot Cars, having been a founding member of H.O.U.R.O.C. back in the Sixties, developing cars for Ruskit, Aurora, Cobramite, TycoPro and other manufactures. Being the son of one of the pioneers in slot cars I have a reputation to live up to. As I prepare to build a track I have parts that I scored all over California in the 80's in my travels for
my employer. I would walk in a local hobby shop and ask if they had any left over Aurora parts from the Boom. I offered them low ball money and usually walked away with boxes of parts and track. Now I am putting it to work.
I wanted to make sure I have all the right tools , I made an Armature Balancer, with some Carpet Cutter Blades, Bubble level abs styrene, and after days of planning, making parts and a little patience, here its is , it works great. You put the Pancake armature between the 2 blades so it will spin a couple of times. mark the spot on the very bottom, do it again it should be the same the take the Dremel and shave a bit off then spin it again until it never stops on the same spot repeatedly. Here's the pics enjoy:
more to come, I made a Test-Break in box to show next time. Chris
my employer. I would walk in a local hobby shop and ask if they had any left over Aurora parts from the Boom. I offered them low ball money and usually walked away with boxes of parts and track. Now I am putting it to work.
I wanted to make sure I have all the right tools , I made an Armature Balancer, with some Carpet Cutter Blades, Bubble level abs styrene, and after days of planning, making parts and a little patience, here its is , it works great. You put the Pancake armature between the 2 blades so it will spin a couple of times. mark the spot on the very bottom, do it again it should be the same the take the Dremel and shave a bit off then spin it again until it never stops on the same spot repeatedly. Here's the pics enjoy:
more to come, I made a Test-Break in box to show next time. Chris
