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by jcbrock
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:20 pm
Forum: Build Log
Topic: CNW J class Mikado
Replies: 126
Views: 233124

Re: CNW J class Mikado

That Coles trailing truck was very common and rarely modeled. Nice work Tim.
by jcbrock
Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Milling Machines
Topic: Did I buy a milling machine or a mistake?
Replies: 14
Views: 256

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...
by jcbrock
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
Replies: 17
Views: 813

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...
by jcbrock
Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 1.5" Scale B&M 2-8-0 Consolidation
Replies: 17
Views: 27118

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.
by jcbrock
Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: How to plug leaks in smoke box?
Replies: 14
Views: 97420

Re: How do plug leaks in smoke box?

apm wrote: Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:07 pm How hot does it get inside of the 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
by jcbrock
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:40 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: How to plug leaks in smoke box?
Replies: 14
Views: 97420

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.
by jcbrock
Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:28 pm
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
Replies: 26
Views: 10726

Re: The $460.19 oil change.....

Geez, all these filters on top, maybe they installed my engine upside down? It's older though, 2009.
by jcbrock
Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:06 pm
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
Replies: 26
Views: 10726

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...
by jcbrock
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:05 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: How to get started?
Replies: 49
Views: 10552

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 ...
by jcbrock
Thu Sep 28, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Making Boxcar Ends
Replies: 30
Views: 11487

Re: Making Boxcar Ends

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.
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.
by jcbrock
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:35 pm
Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
Topic: 1/8 Scale USRA Freight Car Parts
Replies: 13
Views: 8254

Re: 1/8 Scale USRA Freight Car Parts

Here's a photo of an appropriate car.
brake_end.jpg
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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!
by jcbrock
Thu Sep 21, 2023 11:34 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: USRA SS Boxcar in 1/8 Scale
Replies: 8
Views: 4494

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...