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- Tue Mar 05, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2427
Re: Rail Bender
Fwiw, here's the one I built, it helped a lot to have both the fixed rollers "under power", hence the chain drive. I probably should have spread the fixed rollers apart a bit more, but it worked well. I mounted it on an old grinder stand I had. Well, I guess these pics don't show the drive...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Bronze 1 1/2" scale Locomotive Wheel Patterns -professionally made *** SOLD ***
- Replies: 2
- Views: 441
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Basket case 2-4-0
- Replies: 37
- Views: 51344
Re: Basket case 2-4-0
Turns out the steam dome was the same thickness as the main boiler. It was still crap, and the new one will be a serious upgrade.
https://youtu.be/2RAsy54CwTg?si=001y1o2HuHzm7Pwj
https://youtu.be/2RAsy54CwTg?si=001y1o2HuHzm7Pwj
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Basket case 2-4-0
- Replies: 37
- Views: 51344
Re: Basket case 2-4-0
Three and a half years. About time I made some progress on this thing. I posted in the live steam section on the steam dome height, finally decided to make the new one the same height as the old one. First pic is a head on view of the boiler, you can see how carefully constructed this thing was. Yea...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam dome height???
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19544
Re: Steam dome height???
Thanks for the input, I decided to bite the bullet and cut away. I made it the same height as the old one, I'm going to post some pics on the build thread.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam dome height???
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19544
Re: Steam dome height???
Thanks, Charles. To my mind it's one of those "law of diminishing returns " things. If it's too short, you can't fit the throttle, and you won't have much volume for steam. Too tall and you risk cooling the steam off too much. So, in between is a happy medium somewhere.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 2:18 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam dome height???
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19544
Steam dome height???
In an effort to make some progress on my basket case 2-4-0, I bought a foot of 4" schedule 80 pipe to replace the steam dome on the boiler. The original dome is questionable at best, the person who owned the project before me did a hydro test on the boiler, and somehow it held. When I opened up...
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Lookee what I got in the mail today!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 83751
Lookee what I got in the mail today!
I got an unexpected delivery today, and I thought I would share! A little background, earlier this year I purchased a lost wax casting setup, and the person who sold it to me threw in a bunch of patterns as well. They had more somewhere in the shop, but couldn't put their hands on them the day I pic...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 7:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: ODF AAR Class B truck kit list
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6992
Re: ODF AAR Class B truck kit list
It's been too long, I have finally restarted casting parts for the Alco truck kits. The stars have finally aligned, and I have completed refurbishing enough equipment that it should go pretty smoothly from this point. For everyone who has been patiently waiting, I sincerely appreciate it and apologi...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:17 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Winterport Sand, Lumber, and Gravel Railroad
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3286
Re: Winterport Sand, Lumber, and Gravel Railroad
Yup, much more leveling, and about twenty more yards of ballast! I'm glad you finished the loop, and it is rideable! Cool video, too!
- Sat Mar 25, 2023 7:15 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: ODF AAR Class B truck kit list
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6992
Re: ODF AAR Class B truck kit list
Hello everyone! I wanted to post an update on this project, as per usual it's taking longer than I expected. And, I now get to add another delay. https://youtu.be/4d6czE5ClQY As I said in the video, I am starting a new job, and there's some extensive training for it, so shop time for the next couple...
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Derailments
- Replies: 65
- Views: 10074
Re: Derailments
A bit of a recent perspective on the whole hiring thing, I've seen it in two completely different companies. I am currently in the process of changing careers, after 18 years at my former job. I was the lowest form of management, so I really didn't have a say in the hiring process. However, I know f...