The Home Machinist!

Chuck,
The Wimberley, Blanco & Southern uses “hockey pucks” in many locations. Ken Smith makes them. You can kick them with your foot to actuate.

I can put you in touch with Ken if you like.
Brian

That’s another reason I use a stencil brush and lightly tap the paint on in very light coats. You can still see the base color two to three applications into the process. The lighter application lets the paint flash with a very thin edge up against your stencil, and you can keep the majority of the ...

Hi Marty,
How do we go about budgeting for a boiler if we don’t know what the total price will be?

Respectfully,
Brian

I was comparing compression and flare fittings on McMaster Carr a couple of weeks ago. The standard brass flare fittings had no mention of being good for steam service, in fact the max working temp was below 400 degrees if I recall. The standard brass compression fittings were rated for steam servic...

Scott Weatherford recently overhauled one.
I’m not sure if JB Cason owns it or....

Thanks Carl!
I don’t have QC’s but am having the same cycling issue. I will check my o rings!!

Brian

I don’t read every post and subject, but do at times find some that talk in detail about things that many assume are common knowledge. This is one of them. I am enjoying it and learning a lot about suspensions, weight on drivers, and the effect of that in the engine tracking and pulling. Please reco...

Nothing like having a prototype being rebuilt to follow! Their webpages have hundreds of disassembly and assembly photos. The Santa Fe began lagging their smokeboxes fairly early. In doing so many were painted black like the boiler. Only the ring (smokebox) remained Front End Paint or Tarpon Gray. I...

Do you have water in the boiler or compensated for lack of?

Any idea what happened to this vendor?
Their webpage has not been updated since 2015.

One of their products was the caboose valve/whistle manifold Robert prototyped.

Most later locomotives has lagged and jacketed smokeboxes.

Omg, Paul can you use this for side bracing on single sheathed outside braced boxcars??