The Home Machinist!

The last truck kit has been sold, if you are interested in a set I can cast more, just let me know.

Not the d valve, the slide block in the eccentric link. I may have my terminology wrong.

Almost had it running today on air. Almost. Really. Well, a half cycle, almost. I still have timing issues, the engineer's side seems okay, timing wise, but the fireman's side is still off, and I can't seem to get it dialed in. I read a few articles on timing, and watched a few videos, so I'm not ju...

Huh. Interesting. Bought some flare fittings (big box store), not sure if the assembled pieces will fit, so it might have to be compression fittings.

The fireman's side crosshead is complete again, made a new slide piece for the top and a new bushing for the pin. There is hardly any slop in the drive system now.

PM sent, but it looks like someone beat me to the punch.

Made the first replacement parts today, first chance I've had to do more than just look at it. The valve train seems to work okay, it had some missing bushings along with a few other parts. The engineer's side rear driver was missing the spacer between the rods, and after a bit of measuring I found ...

I have a box with about 20 pounds of drawings in it, along with a bunch of pictures. It is near identical looking to the Virginia and Truckee J W Bowker. That's what I am going to shoot for when all is said and done. I had a brief moment where I thought about turning it into a Maine 2 foot gauge, bu...

I traded some rolling stock for this 2-4-0 in pieces. What I was told about it was that it spent several decades as a window decoration for a junk dealer. Someone spotted it and bought it, and sold it to the gentleman I got it from. Most of the major pieces are there, the running gear has been run o...

One lonely little set left! Going, going.....

One set sold (pending), two sets left.

First batch all sold! I'll be casting more in the next several weeks. Thanks everyone!