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#rollercoasters

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Juliet Merida, Dum Tran Elf 🏳️‍⚧️

The coaster wheel project is complete (for now)!

The wheel is out of the vinegar and got another good scrub with soap and water before getting dried and oiled a little bit.

Any rust that's visible is flash rust- which formed after treatment while it was still a little wet with water. Pretty hard to avoid any rust.

I'm super, duper, incredibly happy with how it turned out. Even the rust on the grease port has been cleared. Most of the iron oxide (the black dust) was removed in the vinegar soak and with a soapy scrub.

The very last thing I plan to do is to give it a little bit of a polish. But here it is, all cleaned up!

I do wish the smooth coating was more intact but this is the wheel I have to work with unless someone at Holiday World reads this and wants to send me a new one! ;)

If I ever get around to trying to polish this thing up I will definitely share pics of it. Until then, that's it for this restoration. It was a lot of fun and I'm super happy with it. Thanks for coming along with me!I do wish the smooth coating was more intact but this is the wheel I have to work with unless someone at Holiday World reads this and wants to send me a new one! ;)

If I ever get around to trying to polish this thing up I will definitely share pics of it. Until then, that's it for this restoration. It was a lot of fun and I'm super happy with it. Thanks for coming along with me!

#RollerCoasters #HolidayWorld #Restoration

A photo of my newly restored roller coaster upstop wheel. The hweel is made of iron and is about 8 inches wide. It has a wide hole in the middle where it slips on to the coaster train's axel. There's a tiny bit of flash rust on the item, but largely it's grey and black.
A photo of my newly restored roller coaster upstop wheel. The hweel is made of iron and is about 8 inches wide. It has a wide hole in the middle where it slips on to the coaster train's axel. There's a tiny bit of flash rust on the item, but largely it's grey and black. Photo is taken from above showing the hub of the wheel.
A photo of my newly restored roller coaster upstop wheel. The hweel is made of iron and is about 8 inches wide. It has a wide hole in the middle where it slips on to the coaster train's axel. There's a tiny bit of flash rust on the item, but largely it's grey and black. Photo is a closeup of the slot where the axel goes, showing the grease port on the inside.
A photo of my newly restored roller coaster upstop wheel. The hweel is made of iron and is about 8 inches wide. It has a wide hole in the middle where it slips on to the coaster train's axel. There's a tiny bit of flash rust on the item, but largely it's grey and black. Photo is close up on the outside grease port.
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Juliet Merida, Dum Tran Elf 🏳️‍⚧️

Here's the wheel this morning after an overnight in the tank. It got a scrub with the kitchen brush, dried up, and oiled a little. It's still going to go back in the tank later, but damn, I'm happy with the progress.

You can see some of the smooth coating (teflon?) on the road surface of the wheel is still intact. This is why I didn't want to sandblast or brush it. I wanted to preserve as much of that as possible.

#RollerCoasters #HolidayWorld #ThemeParks

An iron wheel about 8 inches wide sitting on my desk. It has some spots of rust on it, but largely looks like it's been cleaned quite a bit. There's maybe 15% rust coverage as opposed to the 100% and then some it had before I started cleaning.
An iron wheel about 8 inches wide sitting on my desk. It has some spots of rust on it, but largely looks like it's been cleaned quite a bit. There's maybe 15% rust coverage as opposed to the 100% and then some it had before I started cleaning.
An iron wheel about 8 inches wide sitting on my desk. It has some spots of rust on it, but largely looks like it's been cleaned quite a bit. There's maybe 15% rust coverage as opposed to the 100% and then some it had before I started cleaning.
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Matt McIrvin

@ericg The one of these I've ridden is Big Bad Wolf, and yes. That wasn't my first roller coaster but it was the one that convinced me that I could love roller coasters.

But I think that, in hindsight, I also miss the one I rode before that, which was Mr. Twister at the original Elitch Gardens. At the time, it was too much for me. But man.

And then... there's Drachen Fire. Kind of a love-hate taste to the memories there.

#rollercoasters
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Bob K Mertz

The second pack is of repeater accounts from other platforms that those interested in parks and roller coasters may be interested in following. You can find that one here: fedidevs.com/s/MzQx/

I will try to keep these updated as much as possible and I am open to suggestions of accounts to add to both of these lists.
#AmusementParks #RollerCoasters #StarterPack

fedidevs.comAmusement Parks - Mastodon Starter PackA collection of people and accounts who enjoy and talk about amusement parks and roller coasters. Many of these accounts aren't exclusive to amusement park so you may want to pick some. If you are a new user looking for content you can add them all and then just unfollow those who have other content you don't like as you come across it.
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sam i am :bi: (not green eggs and ham)

hi my partner knows how to touch computers so now we're on self-hosted instance so i guess here's my updated #introduction! ​:pacmanpinky:​

i'm sam and work as a #science #teacher in #denver #colorado and i live with my partner, aurora (@celestiallavendar@icedoatmilk.coffee), and our #cat, cheeto (he's orange lmao) ​:neocat_floof_cute:​
honestly, these days i am just trying to constantly learn more and read more and do more and explore new hobbies, especially being an #urbanist (i'm obsessed with #publictransit) and #actuallyautistic (meaning i'm too burnt out to actually do things) and i am also trying to learn #spanish and #tokipona and really like #homestuck #pokemon #doctorwho #anime #rollercoasters #biochemistry and #possums ​:neopossum_cute:​

anyways, i'd love to make more #friends so feel free to follow or talk to me, especially if you're also a #queer #neurospicy chaos gremlin too! ​:blobbee_neurodiverse:​

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Once Upon a Coaster

We're looking at the classic and doomed Vekoma SLC model on our new episode that releases next Friday.

Anyone out there still like original SLC rides? Anyone ever like them?? Bueller..??

This episode is fun, especially if you love hating on a coaster model a lot. Join us next week as we look at this much hated rider in a park we've never visited yet on this podcast.

See you soon, it's gonna be a fun one!

#RollerCoasters#coasters#podcast
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