Side play on tender wheels

Side play on tender wheels

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12 July 2015 at 10:40 #196534
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I am building a Doris tender and just started on the axles. Would be grateful for advise on how much side play the wheels should have ie lateral movement so that it will go round a reasonable radius track.

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