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- Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:37 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tender Water Valves
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12229
Re: Tender Water Valves
I just took the handle off and silver soldered a piece of round bar to them. Made nice little brass handles that are held on with a single bolt through the extended rod.
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:38 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Shop sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4327
Shop sale
Posted over in the general for sale forum, but I figured I'd post a link here for folks like me that only typically read the live steam section:
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 8&t=108379
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 8&t=108379
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 11:37 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Technology is great
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13994
Re: Technology is great
FYI, I re-worked this up out of 11ga (.120 wall) tube for extra strength and it comes out only $40 more per set of two stands. I also have modified the joint between the legs and the rails to have a little better meet-up. I found that when I welded my first two together the ends of the rails that ex...
- Mon Jun 17, 2019 11:04 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Technology is great
- Replies: 17
- Views: 13994
Re: Technology is great
We've got plenty of capacity now on our machines (we have six tube lasers now). Wondering if anyone is interested in some of these in kit form? I can easily adjust the tube size, wall thickness, or OAL of the stand if needed. The leg length can be left extra long for you to cut to length based on th...
- Tue Apr 16, 2019 7:31 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 12VCompressor for a Brake Car
- Replies: 64
- Views: 44675
Re: 12VCompressor for a Brake Car
Our club uses the Tom Bee compressor unit on our club cars with great results. It powers breaks for four cars. Wayne https://tombeeonline.com/collections/tom-bee-air-brakes/products/tom-bee-12-volt-compressor-unit I bought his system a few years ago for my boxcar/toolcar/brake air supply car and I ...
- Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: McMaster carr part number
- Replies: 16
- Views: 12717
Re: McMaster carr part number
My local Ace Hardware sells the coils of heavy wall tube. A long time ago I bought one coil each of 1/4 and 5/16 and still have a lot remaining after piping two locomotives.
- Wed Feb 20, 2019 12:56 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Coupler Standards ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11465
- Sun Dec 23, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Atta Boy for Eccentric Engineering Injector
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9350
Re: Atta Boy for Eccentric Engineering Injector
Had to come and give a huge thumbs-up to EE's injectors. My wife bought me one as a Christmas present this year (how about that?!). Installed it last week and ran yesterday and it worked the first and every time without any issues at all. So glad we have a source of reliable, well built injectors ag...
- Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Coal dust bricks again
- Replies: 37
- Views: 24477
Re: Coal dust bricks again
I built my coal hopper car with 1/4" opening wire mesh over the chutes out the bottom to let all fines work their way out as I pull it around. Having a readily available supply of really good blacksmith coal available in the area there's no reason to recover the fines and process them into usef...
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 10:43 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam Dome Throttle
- Replies: 42
- Views: 31039
Re: Steam Dome Throttle
Hmmm, that has possibilities. I'll look into similar ball valve installation into my steam dome. Regarding the ball valve itself: How do you find the operating characteristics? Can you get a smooth launch without a jump forward or instant speed or easy wheel slip? How about low speed regulation? Ca...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 7:07 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam Dome Throttle
- Replies: 42
- Views: 31039
Re: Steam Dome Throttle
Check out how I handled the ball valve and linkage here:
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 35#p338835
I've built two this way and they work great. Used an off the shelf 3/8 ball valve from Ace Hardware and all stainless materials for the rod and lever.
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... 35#p338835
I've built two this way and they work great. Used an off the shelf 3/8 ball valve from Ace Hardware and all stainless materials for the rod and lever.
- Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:02 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: OMG, Kamikaze bugs!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10379
Re: OMG, Kamikaze bugs!
If you use Tom Bee's brakes on your rolling stock, cover the Schrader valve connections when in storage between runs. Prime targets to get filled with mud daubber muck!