The Home Machinist!

I guess I never answered your question about the handrail size...
I don’t know the actual diameter of the PRR handrails, but I was planning on using 5/32” brass tube for mine, if that’s not available then 3/16”..
John

Paul, knowing first hand about the hardness of the Shapeways bronze/steel, you're right.. It is very hard, and carbide tooling is really the only thing that will cut it.. And even with carbide, it still wasn't easy.. I have successfully soft soldered it, and it seemed to take the solder fairly well....

It was a great meet at a great club, and I ran into a lot of friends there that I haven't seen in ages.. The 3/4" F's stretched their legs on a really nice highline, that had very little traffic. We arrived Saturday morning and left around 4 PM, as we were headed to Strasburg to see 611 on Sunday. I...

Looks like great weather for the meet, can’t wait to get there..!
John

Once again, Thanks to everyone who've purchased these, I am down to the final 3 Baldwin Whistles..

Mr Ron wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:49 pm

I have heard that you must not place batteries directly on a concrete floor, but to place them on wood supports.

Ron, I’ve never heard that, but these were stored in the locomotive on a wood bench about 3 feet off the floor...
John

Thanks Ben, Thanks, I should have added that these have always been stored in a heated basement...

Hi All, I'm just wondering if there is a specific life on the 12V batteries we use in our electric locomotives? In my case, I have two 12V batteries (#12180) powering a 24V 4QD system on my 3/4" F units.. I haven't put them on the charger in over 6-7 years, and when I did last night, they seemed to ...

Lol, Sorry Don...
I’ve been looking forward to meeting a bunch of people I only know as friends here on Chaski and on Facebook...
I’ve been wanting to go to a meet out your way for a while now...
Hopefully next year I’ll have the little Docksider finished, and I’ll head east again..
John

Sandiapaul wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 07, 2019 6:15 am

I missed the meet when someone brought a 3/4" Commodore Vanderbilt...whose engine is that? I'd love to see it!

Does this meet usually have a big 3/4" scale following?

Thinking about attending this meet, anyone else here on Chaski going?
John

Just a heads up, from an original batch of 10, I have 5 remaining..
Thanks to all who've purchased them...
John