The Home Machinist!

Does anyone know who made the Scale Diversions Silver Rail Pup hand crank car for kids and where they can be contacted.
https://images.app.goo.gl/Q74gHhbizgdPFNKMA

The website is not there anymore and they seem to have gone out of business

Looking for plans to build more.

Bill

Modeltec Index from the same website as I posted above is here http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/librar ... eltec.html

Bill

Look here http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Modeltec

Hope this helps.

Bill

Can an injector share the same boiler water input with a hand pump?

Titfield Thunderbolt Great British comedy.

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Bill

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I am using 1/4" ram. I think that I am also loosing too much suction and force thru the packing nut. I am now experimenting with using an o-ring on the ram and/or for packing. Hand tested it and it seems to work better. I will install back on the engine next week and report back. My boiler is also s...

Has anyone made modifications to the engine driven water pump to improve efficiency and decrease water leakage on the ram?

Thanks to all for the great ideas. I erroneously said 1" gauge at the beginning. I meant 1" scale. I have a Maxitrak Ruby that I have had problems with and I hope that these ideas can help solve the timing issues. I have also just acquired a GER Y74/LNER Y4 0-4-0 and without loading the wheels it ru...

The main reason for asking is the problem of valve timing. This is a Maxitrak locomotive that i have running smoothly in reverse but is terrible forward. Using a roller stand should help get the timing right. Valve gear is Marshall

Bill