{"id":141,"date":"2021-06-06T22:19:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/?p=141"},"modified":"2021-06-06T22:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T12:19:21","slug":"soldered-wheel-collars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/2021\/06\/06\/soldered-wheel-collars\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldered Wheel Collars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These days you can get collars to keep wheels in place on wire undercarriages. They are quick and easy to install but they can easily fall off too. I use thread locker on the grub screws that hold the collars in place.<\/p>\n<p>There is another way. Solder washers on to your undercarriage axle to hold the wheel in place.<\/p>\n<p>I use a brass washer with a hole the same diameter as the undercarriage leg to make a collar that will hold a wheel in place (and won&#8217;t fall off). But, how do you stop solder and your soldering iron from damaging the wheel while soldering the washer in place? Even if you are using wheels with a metal hub there&#8217;s still a risk of accidentally touching the tyre with the soldering iron. The answer is to use a cardboard protector.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed5.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Put a cardboard protector over the wheel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-146 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed7.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardboard Protector in Place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Solder the washer in place.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-147\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-147 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed6-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed6.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Washer Soldered to Undercarriage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Remove the cardboard and hey presto a soldered wheel retainer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-144\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-144 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed4-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unnamed4.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finished Collar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days you can get collars to keep wheels in place on wire undercarriages. They are quick and easy to install but they can easily fall off too. I use thread locker on the grub screws that hold the collars in place. There is another way. Solder washers on to your undercarriage axle to hold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,15],"tags":[19,18],"class_list":["post-141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building","category-tips","tag-building","tag-tip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141\/revisions\/149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clmodelflier.com\/clmf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}