The Home Machinist!

Beautiful! I am very tempted to order a set.

K-27 Frame in Solidworks. The individual parts were pretty straight forward, the assembly was painful. Still have a lot more to learn. Enjoy.

Thanks.

I have started to model the parts I need to make for my 7.5" gauge 844. After spending countless hours pouring over the the original UP drawing I need a sanity check. It would appear the ends of all the rods are ovals and not perfect circles. Before I embark on the intermediate and front rods I...

mjahn wrote:How many rods total do you have in your inventory? (short and long)

Back rods - complete
Intermediate rods - partially complete
Front rods - Intermediate rods - partially complete
Mains rods - complete

Thanks for the advice. So I did not meet my wife at the track. I think it came out about the time we got married that my late grandfather in law built two engines with his buddy Stan. Grandma was able to track down one of the engines that was sold off. The owner was nice enough to sell the engine, t...

Are the pistons and valves done? Yes

I will try to post some more pictures later.

Thank you for the advice. I believe the engine was more or less built from scratch. I have finished crossheads and guides. Sounds like lifting off the boiler is the next order of business.

I acquired my late grand father (Keith Kirstein) in law's partially built 7.5 gauge 844 locomotive some years ago. I am finally getting around to figuring out how to complete it. I have a set of original UP plans however there is no record of what scale he used or where he deviated from the plans. W...