tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post9010406304287129292..comments2024-03-28T13:56:50.590+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Dumb buffers made of woodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-14635781599410013392016-08-27T09:11:57.569+00:002016-08-27T09:11:57.569+00:00If you look at photos the buffing plates appear to...If you look at photos the buffing plates appear to be fixed with what are comparatively small rivet heads or coach bolts. I suspect the actual wooden portion might be retained with something more substantial. And as Andy suggests the locos always seem to have bigger buffers than the stock.James Finisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16351798531269786632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-53970697579713990352016-08-26T11:26:34.774+00:002016-08-26T11:26:34.774+00:00Maybe they are deliberately much larger than the b...Maybe they are deliberately much larger than the buffers on any stock they will come into contact with, so there's a comfortable slide area with the bolts beyond.Andy in Germanyhttp://www.korschtal.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-65430885556039456592016-08-26T08:39:43.053+00:002016-08-26T08:39:43.053+00:00I'll admit that this stuff hasn't exercise...I'll admit that this stuff hasn't exercised me before now - but I'd have expected the surface of dumb buffers to allow for sliding.<br /><br />Would the bolts on the real things be recessed?<br /><br />Otherwise, would there have been any way of fitting real dumb buffers from behind - perhaps before the buffer beam was fitted?<br /><br />I'd imagine this would definitely need to be the case if the buffers were faced with some other material, such as leather.Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.com