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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam thing! New pictures!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 369
Re: Steam thing!
Bones, the easiest way I have found to put photos in here is to use Flickr to store the images, rather than onsite. This is an old forum...with its own series of foolishness. (that's not to say it's bad, it's wonderful that we have a forum like this) The problem is social media sites such as Flickr...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 23
- Views: 468
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
And BMW used to specify that the flywheel bolts were "use once and throw away". Most of us did not...except maybe the racers... Any time I removed the clutch and flywheel from my race car’s engine, I replaced the fasteners. Take it from me: there’s nothing quite as exciting as have the c...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 23
- Views: 468
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
At the bottom of each cylinder where it rests on the block, there is a thin steel shim or two as required to get the correct piston height. Well, cylinder height really. One is 0.5mm thick and I had to use another of 0.25mm on each. No sealant, no rubber, nada. How this keeps the oil inside is a my...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 820
Re: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
Greg_Lewis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:46 amA detour over to Virginia City will take you to the Virginia and Truckee railroad.
Aside from the railroad aspect, Virginia City (Nevada) is historically interesting from a Wild West perspective.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Completed Locomotive Stand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 445
Re: Completed Locomotive Stand
Nice job. Looks as though it could almost support a full-sized Northern, or at least an EMD SW1000.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Quick update tomorrow (3/19)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 514
Re: Quick update tomorrow (3/19)
On 3/19, you may notice the site up and down a bit. “Up and down a bit”—these days, that sounds a lot like me, but instead of “a bit,” it’s “a lot,” especially the “down” part. :D It is time to update our security certificate. Yeah, now it’s an annual thing. It used to be once you had acquired an...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
- Replies: 12
- Views: 429
Re: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
Bill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:23 amThink I will spend my $ with the local shop to get this work done.
Same here. The shop with which I deal does excellent work at reasonable prices. I can get tons of cutting done for $5000—and when the machine breaks down, I won’t be the one paying to have it repaired.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
- Replies: 12
- Views: 429
Re: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
Gee! It’s only $5000. I think I’ll order two, just in case one of them breaks.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Ed Woodings
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4205
Re: Ed Woodings
steveleatherman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:43 pm Below are two photos from Ron Shupard's photo collection I recently inherited...
That is one sharp-looking engine. A real work of art!
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1658
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Gunsmithing
- Topic: Brake Make
- Replies: 5
- Views: 304
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: My first engine, finished!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1376
Re: My first engine, finished!
Very cool. Of course, when you finally run it, it will be very hot.