[Smokeyone]

Hello

Just for something to fiddle with I am playing around with led's.
I have an older athearn diesel, something like this one -
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u113/sm...ion=tageditmany

Do I just drill out the headlight holes, say .6mm drill bit for .7mm led's and push them in
or is there a bit more to fixing. It is a twin vertical headlight.

Thanks very much

 

[Charley Farley Trelawney]

I tend to carefully drill out and clean out at the same size as the led's I have ( I missed the point before the number when I first read and thought cripes, they are big) use a tiny amount of SG to secure them, run a bus rail round and Bob's your Uncle so they say.

The link is a general PB one, thought you might like to know.

Charley Farley Farnsworth Tabernacle Trelawney

 

[Smokeyone]

QUOTE (Charley Farley Trelawney @ 25 Feb 2008, 18:35) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I tend to carefully drill out and clean out at the same size as the led's I have ( I missed the point before the number when I first read and thought cripes, they are big) use a tiny amount of SG to secure them, run a bus rail round and Bob's your Uncle so they say.

The link is a general PB one, thought you might like to know.

Charley Farley Farnsworth Tabernacle Trelawney

Thanks for the info. Have tried again with the link -
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u113/sm...007/athearn.jpg

Anywhere suggested places to purchase the micro drill bits !

 

[upnick]

Smokeyone,

I recently purchased a 20 piece microdrill set ( 0.3mm - 1.6mm ) titanium coated for 2.99 + p+p

see the link here hope it helps,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...62735%26fvi%3D1

upnick.

 

[Smokeyone]

QUOTE (upnick @ 26 Feb 2008, 08:37) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Smokeyone,

I recently purchased a 20 piece microdrill set ( 0.3mm - 1.6mm ) titanium coated for 2.99 + p+p

see the link here hope it helps,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...62735%26fvi%3D1
upnick.

seems perfect to me, thanks a lot............

 

[upnick]

Smokeyone

Your welcome just use one drill bit at a time and replace in the box as they are so similar a mix up could result in using them ...lol

 

[Smokeyone]

QUOTE (upnick @ 26 Feb 2008, 23:53) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Smokeyone

Your welcome just use one drill bit at a time and replace in the box as they are so similar a mix up could result in using them ...lol

Thanks for the tip, I have the same trouble in my garden shed with a tray of standard drill bits I must sort out sometime.