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  1. jackthediscoverer

    Making your own mining Tramway

    Thank you Aushunter for your perfect idea for my Starpeg tramway solution, and one day when I have a cart for it it will be used for my future underground mining tramway. Thank you :Y: :Y:
  2. jackthediscoverer

    Making your own mining Tramway

    The farm made tramway track plan has been made adapted from aushunter's track idea below. Starpeg tracks been welded onto flat metal plates and then bolted or screwed into the wooden sleeper. :Y:
  3. jackthediscoverer

    Making your own mining Tramway

    Thank you aushunter for a nice story of yours, and thank you so much for a new solution for my mining tramway idea. :) :) :Y:
  4. jackthediscoverer

    Making your own mining Tramway

    I could buy the already made train wheels but sadly, they all cost money in USD and also made from overseas. I'm thinking about making my own train wheels because, I have enough scrap metal on the farm to make 4 train wheels (2 for each axle) and its going to be made out of a special kind of...
  5. jackthediscoverer

    Making your own mining Tramway

    Well the earliest mining tramways were made out of wood but the wooden rails ware out quickly due to the weight of wagons on them. However I'm going to make the Mining cart wheels My self out of recycled scrap metal that will be melted down and casted into the shape of a train wheel like these...
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    Making your own mining Tramway

    Here's the topic of making your own tramway track or cart for your mine tunnel. Now since you could be thinking that you could buy some light railway rails from somewhere or from overseas for your shaft, but it will cost money. Now I tried everywhere to find light rails for my tramway but...
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