Search found 275 matches
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:23 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: 1.6" Scale Challenger project for sale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 913
1.6" Scale Challenger project for sale
My father, Edwin Yungling, started a Northern Pacific Z-8 Challenger 4-6-6-4 locomotive in 1.6" scale. He has made quite a bit of progress on the frames, lead and trailing trucks. At 90 years of age he has realized he will not be able to finish this locomotive. The chassis is located in Wilton,...
- Sun May 29, 2016 9:06 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Pennsy 6200
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5560
Re: Pennsy 6200
You might check this old thread and see if any of the information is still available.
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... =8&t=91579
Donald
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... =8&t=91579
Donald
- Tue May 24, 2016 11:43 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: WEIGHTING A LOCOMOTIVE PART 2
- Replies: 28
- Views: 17205
Re: WEIGHTING A LOCOMOTIVE PART 2
When a locomotive with rockers enters a curve the rockers lift weight off the locomotive drivers due to the fact that generally the leaf springs on the lead and trailing trucks are built to scale and are too stiff to compress. I have seen the drivers on my 4-8-4 stop turning when traversing a track ...
- Tue May 24, 2016 5:45 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: More prototype photographs
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2698
More prototype photographs
Ran across another site with steam and early diesel locomotive photographs. Here is the J. Parker Lamb collection. Mostly East coast, Illinois and Upper Midwest and Southeast railroads represented.
http://www.railphoto-art.org/collections/lamb/
Donald
http://www.railphoto-art.org/collections/lamb/
Donald
- Tue May 24, 2016 5:38 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
- Replies: 40
- Views: 20712
Re: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
Everyone has provided good information in this thread. After talking with Don Yungling and seeing his SP GS1 in person, I got new religion and decided to go the fabricated assembly route. It's just so liberating. Use castings if they are available but if their not then just "build it"! $....
- Fri May 06, 2016 8:07 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
- Replies: 40
- Views: 20712
Re: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
NP A-2 #2650 3/4 view
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/s ... 182/rec/24
NP A-3 #2667 side view
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/f ... tem/rec/25
Donald
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/s ... 182/rec/24
NP A-3 #2667 side view
http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/f ... tem/rec/25
Donald
- Tue May 03, 2016 2:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
- Replies: 40
- Views: 20712
Re: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
not to open Pandora's box, but please do not believe for a minute that a CNC anything is required to build a steam locomotive. Nice to have - absolutely...but required? Nah.... MANY a locomotive has been built with a lathe, drill press, milling attachment for lathe (small loco) and / or a manual mi...
- Tue May 03, 2016 8:59 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
- Replies: 40
- Views: 20712
Re: Building a locomotive from erection drawings
Hello James, Having traveled the road you are contemplating here are a couple of my thoughts. The erection drawings leave out a lot of details, especially piping and appliances. You will find that locomotives built for other railroads, and/or different classes on the same railroad, used the same or ...
- Sun Apr 24, 2016 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drill sharpener attachment help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5683
Re: Drill sharpener attachment help
Hello Reggie, Thanks for the link. Downloaded and studied the manual. The Kalamazoo unit is a bit different than the attachment on the Elite. I had been at that site before, vintage machinery, and found some useful info about the grinder, except for setting the drill grinder unit. I performed anothe...
- Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drill sharpener attachment help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5683
Re: Drill sharpener attachment help
Pennsy fan, thanks for the link to the Darex manual. Good to know I have been using the unit correctly as per the manufacturer. I am still hoping for definitive information to the attachment in the first thread. That unit has me stumped. Surely there is a setting that puts the drill bit in the corre...
- Fri Apr 22, 2016 9:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drill sharpener attachment help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5683
Re: Drill sharpener attachment help
Wes, Thanks for your input. I have watched that video, as well as many others of his, and it is very helpful. Especially for getting destroyed bits back close to the correct geometry. I have the Darex setup that my dad sent along with the grinder and it will hold up to 3/4" drills. See attached...
- Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drill sharpener attachment help
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5683
Re: Drill sharpener attachment help
Here are the only instructions I could find.
Donald
Donald