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- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:20 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: CNW J class Mikado
- Replies: 128
- Views: 239178
Re: CNW J class Mikado
That Coles trailing truck was very common and rarely modeled. Nice work Tim.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Did I buy a milling machine or a mistake?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1487
Re: Did I buy a milling machine or a mistake?
but I really have no way to transport something that large or any real way to put it in my garage When you're ready to move up, if you're careful and thoughtful you can do it: 1) Get the CG as low as possible by inverting or removing the head and lowering the table all the way down 2) Get the lowes...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1455
Re: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
A couple not mentioned yet in the Bay Area are the Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad in Los Gatos, 18" gauge, possibly weekends only in May, and the Roaring Camp and Big Trees in Felton, 36" gauge. Maybe someone from the Portola Valley and Alpine will chime in, it's private but well worth seein...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1.5" Scale B&M 2-8-0 Consolidation
- Replies: 17
- Views: 32906
Re: 1.5" Scale B&M 2-8-0 Consolidation
Fantastic Adam, don't paint it. Just kidding, you have to, but it really shows your craftsmanship in its raw state.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How to plug leaks in smoke box?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 122892
Re: How do plug leaks in smoke box?
Greg Lewis did some measurements he documented in this thread of the external smokebox and stack temps:
http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/vie ... res#p16207
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How to plug leaks in smoke box?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 122892
Re: How do plug leaks in smoke box?
Permatex 80335 Muffler and Tailpipe Sealer is a sodium silicate paste that might work too, and easy to find.
Edit: corrected the part number, thanks.
Edit: corrected the part number, thanks.
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:28 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12638
Re: The $460.19 oil change.....
Geez, all these filters on top, maybe they installed my engine upside down? It's older though, 2009.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12638
Re: The $460.19 oil change.....
If I had opened the hood I could have solved the problem probably by just tightening down the oil filter plus the price of a spray can of EngineBright. Probably not. The Subaru flat 4 oil filter mounts upside down on the bottom of the engine, you have to reach up from below between two exhaust pipe...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:05 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How to get started?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12630
Re: How to get started?
I don't know if a maker space would work for access to machine tools for the time being, someplace like Make Salt Lake? https://www.makesaltlake.org/ Honestly, those environments are tough because you usually have a limited time slot and have to leave the space as you found it, so between setup and ...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:21 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Making Boxcar Ends
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13610
Re: Making Boxcar Ends
Very scale! My drawings have the prototype bottom two panels made from 1/4" plate and the top from 3/16", so 22 ga at 0.029" is within a thou or two of the bottom panels.FLtenwheeler wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:50 am The parts will be made from 22 gauge steel. Precision Steel car makes theirs from 24 gauge steel.
- Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: 1/8 Scale USRA Freight Car Parts
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9279
Re: 1/8 Scale USRA Freight Car Parts
Here's a photo of an appropriate car.
Edit: I should note this is a double-sheathed USRA box and Tim's poling pockets are correct for a single-sheathed car, they're slightly different. Brake wheel is the same though!- Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:34 am
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: USRA SS Boxcar in 1/8 Scale
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5184
Re: USRA SS Boxcar in 1/8 Scale
I thought similarly, it's unfortunate all of the three pieces are unique but it's going to be easier to press the corrugations that way. Are you thinking one die with all 5 corrugations or a die with a single corrugation and some kind of registration to get them spaced correctly? I haven't looked at...