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- Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Carter Brothers link-pin couplers
- Replies: 7
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Re: Carter Brothers link-pin couplers
I might be interested in a pair for a 2.5in scale bobber caboose, but definitely want to see at least an estimated price and some dimensions.
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Real Trains products
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2906
Re: Real Trains products
Good to know! I didn’t realize they didn’t take the 1.5in scale and smaller equipment. But makes sense since they specialize in 2.5in+Howard Gorin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 01, 2020 2:47 pmRoll models received the large scale products.
Also the rail business
Regards, HG
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Real Trains products
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2906
Re: Real Trains products
Weren’t they bought by Roll Models Inc? I think they absorbed their product line, at least the narrow gauge stuff
- Mon Aug 31, 2020 5:18 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
- Replies: 865
- Views: 253735
Re: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
Glenn. The drivers on the shay are 6.125in in diameterGlenn Brooks wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 12:01 amTristan, Iam researching a different gauge track and wheel set for drives and rolling stock.
Curious what size diameter drives you are using for your 2.5” scale Shay?
Thanks
Glenn
- Mon Aug 24, 2020 8:34 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: New boiler treatment on the market.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2677
Re: New boiler treatment on the market.
Interesting, so its a tannin product basically. Tannins are an interesting compound since they easily convert red rust to the more stable black rust, which is great for our boilers. The one issue Id run into with the product is the fact they use sodium hydroxide, or lye, as the pH buffer. I tried us...
- Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
- Replies: 865
- Views: 253735
Re: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
Well, rebuild is well underway. The new shaft is complete and straight within a half a thousandth. The chrome plated shaft is really really hard. I burned up 2 corners on my carbide insert turning the shoulders. I figure if it’s that hard to machine it’ll be really hard to wear. C7383CA3-BB21-4CA6-9...
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 1:12 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Flashers R Us
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3536
Re: Flashers R Us
I dont think it has been picked up. The owner passed late last year and then his wife passed early this year. So everything is in limbo with their kids right now as far as I know
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:30 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boilers and anodes
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4764
Re: Boilers and anodes
Anybody know what the ratios in McMasters brass fittings are?
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:36 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam Age Boilers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3852
Re: Steam Age Boilers
A full bill of materials usually means they are trying to certify the boiler for commercial operation. Different certification process than hobby boilers - usually. True. But if they were going for a commercial certification wouldn’t they need an S stamp boiler? An S stamp boiler would already have...
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 7:55 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam Age Boilers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3852
Re: Steam Age Boilers
Surely the state inspectors office can inspect a miniature boiler without a full bill of materials for the boiler. There’s so many of these little boilers out there that were built at home, or like yours have changed hands too much and the paperwork lost. I know for Georgia, they do a visual inspect...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:56 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
- Replies: 865
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Re: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
Yes, we will be pouring around the actual crankshaft, after coating it in carbon and heating everything with BIG torches. It would be SO much simpler to pour a block and machine it to spec. But the engine-side bearing gets poured in the actual engine frame. On a 45* angle, too. Way too big for us t...
- Thu Aug 06, 2020 2:12 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
- Replies: 865
- Views: 253735
Re: Building the 2.5" Scale Shay
Good fortune on the Babbitt pour. I just received 22 lbs of the same Babbitt: RotoNickel 4X Grade 2 alloy. We will soon be pouring two new crankshaft bearings (3" diameter) for a 10 ton steam traction engine. Remember that this grade of Babbitt has a higher melting temperature of about 460 F. and a...