Track Cleaner ?

Glengrant said:
I am assuming that you guys don't think this is a great idea?
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Well he does, and I quote:
"The Accu-grinder "floats" on the rails as it is only loosely guided by the holder. A grain size from 180 upwards is recommended. Fears that the grinder could damage the rails have not materialized. The grinder produces only a very low pressure. After a longer break from running, sometimes I have to use the grinder by hand to get the tracks really nice and clean. For me it is the best way of track cleaning." ! ! ! ! !

Anyone here going to give it a go? ( Apres vous, mes amis).
 
Bosch Delta Maus, it's only a light sander so probably only as good as a track cleaning loco although it looks the part.
Squeaky trucks though.
 
I guess as long as the pads where no more abrasive than the LGB block or track cleaning loco I thin the idea has merit. Though 180 grit, hmm. Maybe Bosch will bring out some track cleaning pads if they see the video ;)
 
I think it shows promise! As you say, providing the abrasive is gentle , it should be no more damaging than an LGB loco. From what I hear the locos can sometimes dig 'holes' in the track and I can't see this doing that.
 
Martino said:
I think it shows promise! As you say, providing the abrasive is gentle , it should be no more damaging than an LGB loco. From what I hear the locos can sometimes dig 'holes' in the track and I can't see this doing that.
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LGB track cleaners dig dents into the track when the the locomotive stops moving along the track ( due to slippage or obstacles) while the cleaning wheels continue to rotate.
The same would happen with this system if the locomotive stopped and the sander continued to sand.
 
I remember somebody from here mounting an aero engine onto a wagon... 8|
 
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Martino


I think it shows promise! As you say, providing the abrasive is gentle , it should be no more damaging than an LGB loco. From what I hear the locos can sometimes dig 'holes' in the track and I can't see this doing that.


LGB track cleaners dig dents into the track when the the locomotive stops moving along the track ( due to slippage or obstacles) while the cleaning wheels continue to rotate.
The same would happen with this system if the locomotive stopped and the sander continued to sand.

True, but over a much larger area, so it wouldn't happen as fast or dramatically. .....possibly. ;-)
 
any loco when stoped, by a line obstruction, would ,if left, on power, dig in to the track,...
 
mike said:
any loco when stoped, by a line obstruction, would ,if left, on power, dig in to the track,...
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Like this:

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:( Don't remind me, a train derailed but the Stainz stayed on straddling two 60cm sections. This happened on the one night I forgot to put my [strike]toys[/strike] trains away, by the next day the grooves were halfway through the track.
 
yip.. jiust like that.. i have a fantastic bit of prograsmming track i use, as a freind ,left his bernia railcar going all night, pushed up against the buffers ,while he slept of a hangover..locos now sit in the wheel wells beautifully.. :rolf::rolf::rolf::rolf:
 
Idea has great merit, I confess to have used a very similar hand held technique using an Aldi hand held multi tool but instead of the sanding paper I used the "scouring" pads..... Worked brilliantly, pardon the pun.... If your going to use abrasive paper I would use at least 300 grit. The idea is to clean and "polish" if you leave small grooves then that's going to cause problems as the small grooves will hold and trap dirt and then you wont be able clean the dirt out of the grooves unless you remove all the high metal around them.... Can you see what I mean?
The best thing to do would be to use a sheet of fine rubber abrasive ( as used by most track cleaners) under the sander....
 
As Trev said, polishing is what you want. Anything other than the LGB hand held track cleaner or equivilant, will put scratches in the brass. Then every time you clean the track with somthing like sandpaper or even Scotchbrite pads, will continue to scratch not clean. Then we all know what fills those scratches. Little dirt demons. :'(
 
well worth the money paul.. ive been out bid though
 
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