The Home Machinist!

Ben,
You might check your spam folder in email.

Sometimes random emails get put in there.

Take care,
Brian

Sorry,
Ten Wheeler running boards!!

I have a pair of wheeler running boards unmounted and would be happy to take a photo or two for you.

Brian

We use a mirror not only for final ballasting and
track set, but we also use the mirror after rough
grading and plate compacting.

It will give you a flat, level look you can’t achieve simply by eye.

“Harvey Curtis Mattison, age 74, a longtime Atoka County resident since 2005, formerly of Plano, TX, was born on Monday, April 17, 1944, to Lester Henry and Irene Marion (Folmar) Mattison, at Elmira, NY. Harvey passed away on Monday, June 25, 2018 at Durant, OK. He graduated High School in Painted P...

Hi Rich,
Have you tried contacting Nelson? We corresponded a few years ago on an unrelated subject.

Take care,
Brian

That’s a crying shame.

Not what this hobby is about at all.

Glenn,
One usually uses the auto air valve for the train brakes.

It’s been a while but I bought some 2/56 screws and nuts from McMaster Carr. The nuts were an option where they offer two sizes. One the humongous jobs we’re used to seeing, and the others smaller. They look very good on my stock car. I believe the nuts were steel, not brass. And you can buy them in...

I’ve got a 1940 single tumbler heavy 10. I’m looking for the screws or studs, or dimensions of the same that hold the one piece end cover on. Right now there are a couple of pieces of all thread in there about a thread and a half. Obviously the wrong threads. The two aluminum? knurled nuts that hold...

Heh.

It’s used more often than that, and all the ballast is loaded into the hoppers using the tipple.

No recent videos, because only two folks load the cars. One to move the train and one to actuate the doors. No extra hands to take video.

The rest of the crew is back at the work site!!

So,
Back to ranting.

I remembered today, through intense exertion and Navy words,
what a pita it is to install the headstock clamps and bolts on a
Southbend Heavy 10.....