The Home Machinist!

I have some old Stanley planes that belonged to my Dad, and Grandad. Both were carpenters and cabinet makers. I was luckey enough to scram my grandpas anything, as when they closed his house of 50 yrs, the vultures in the family grabbed all the old stuff and sold it for antiques. Me, I got wood han...

another idea...you can create a simple shooting-plane (think long stable platform surface with long plane attached with a small variable angle on the side). this is and was how lutheirs of old created the tight joints between matching tone woods, backing woods and sides. simply push the wood against...

Has anyone used the drive system from a power chair for 1.6" scale diesel ? I am trying to decide which type drive top use . I have seen several Hydrostatic drives using the Eaton type pump and Tool-o-matic worm gears/ axles . Still undecided? :P my apologies to the op, i just reread your orig...

IMHO - The only way to go is gas/hydraulic if you want a unit you can run all day pulling heavy loads. Electric is OK if all you want to do is run light. Bill okay, that's it!!!! whatta ya mean "electric is ok if all you want to do is run light."? :D you design a loco drive system for the...

Don't forget the Buckinghan Central All Steam Un-Meet at the Buckingham Central RR - Feb. 17 - 24, 2013 Tom C. as an unofficial unmeet unassociate of the buckingham central railroad, i can say without equivocation that the ALL STEAM UN-MEET doesn't mean they are anti-diesel or anti-electric, it jus...

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Well, the reality was Jean Villette built his Mt Gretna 4-4-0 and talked about doing a series on it (Comment was made in the Call me Elda series). . While it did make the cover of Live Steam (March 1991, Jean Villette's Mount Gretna Narrow Gauge 4-4-0, Vol. 25 No. 3) a construction series never cam...

Ok Thanks No offense taken. How about making a video so I see how to do it hey dave...what cp4449 is alluding to is the art of telling a story. whether it is film, video, print, audio or even a high school composition paper doesn't matter. the hardest part is learning to organize a seemly random co...

hi all, mike: the guys are giving you good advice. ben pointed you to my work. before making foundation decisions right now, read through some 53 pages of the different builds that i've done. since you will be building in 1" scale, you'll have to modify some of the approaches that i used. think...

Check page 2 of the current issue of LS. Roll Models is now doing business from Southern California. RMI, 760 W. Ventura Blvd, Camarillo, CA.93010 (805) 389-9065 F(805) 389-9068 E-mail: billd@diakcomm.com Bill ....and they still have the same answering machine.....argh!!!!!!!!!! may end of shelving...

Where can I buy some 1.5 inch scale brake wheels. Reworking an old caboose and adding some detail. Ive found a few but they are the later vertically mounted ones. I want the older stlye thats horizontaly mounted. RMI makes some great ones to use in 2.5 but cant find what I want in 1.5. Anyone help ...

Hi everyone, I just finished building a electric powered 2 1/2" scale D&RGW #50. I am using the electronics and motor out of a 24v walk behind forklift. Everything is working good on the trial runs except on one of my 12v deep cycle batteries the negative terminal is extremly hot, hot enou...