{"id":7552,"date":"2026-02-15T18:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2026-02-15T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T17:05:32","slug":"slight-side-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7552","title":{"rendered":"Slight Side Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As a consequence of the need for miniature studs for the return cranks on the 8F I decided how hard could they be to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started as I would make miniature bolts by turning down the end of a piece of 1.2mm nickel rod to 0.8mm at either end (to make two at a time from each piece of stock). Then I removed them from the lathe and popped them in a hex headed pin vice to file the hex flats on. If I did a production run which I may at some point I would have set up the spin indexer to make them all consistent. As it is they are okay but not perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I came to put them back in the lathe to turn the short length of dummy thread which protrudes beyond the nut. This is where I started to struggle a little. Even though I had sharpened the cutting tool I was still getting a bit of deflection of the stock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I remembered that just after Christmas in a Warco Sale leaflet I had bought a live centre with multiple interchangeable points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7554\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-1024x787.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-300x231.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-768x591.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-1536x1181.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-2048x1575.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_0001-390x300.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This got me wondering if I could make another tip with a 0.8mm hole in it to support the tail of the stud while I turned the other end down to size before parting off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"962\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3-1024x962.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3-1024x962.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3-300x282.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3-768x722.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3-319x300.jpg 319w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-3.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-1024x766.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-768x574.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-1536x1149.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4-401x300.jpg 401w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-for-miniature-studs-4.jpg 1586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what it looks like in the live centre. The taper isn&#8217;t a perfect fit but it&#8217;s under so little load that it isn&#8217;t an issue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-1024x715.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-300x210.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-768x537.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-1536x1073.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-2048x1431.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1797-429x300.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mini Stud Tail Support<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For those struggling to visualise what I am talking about, I did a simple sketch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-1024x619.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-1024x619.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-300x181.png 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-768x464.png 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support-496x300.png 496w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Tail-support.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-1024x754.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-768x565.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-1536x1131.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs-407x300.jpg 407w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Mini-Fake-Studs.jpg 1983w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Homemade Mini Fake Studs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a consequence of the need for miniature studs for the return cranks on the 8F I decided how hard could they be to make. 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