This inexpensive bench top hand press provides a 5.5" throat height:
https://www.harborfreight.com/1-ton-arb ... -3552.html
I have one and use it. 'Better than a vise.
RussN
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- Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:54 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 3/4" Raritan 2-4-0 build.
- Replies: 133
- Views: 8181
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1696
Re: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
Looking good.
RussN
RussN
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:32 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Power Model Supply Duplex Steam Pump Drawings
- Replies: 3
- Views: 229
Re: Power Model Supply Duplex Steam Pump Drawings
Are you referring to the duplex pump sold (long ago) by Cole's Power Model Supply?
That's the name I know of associated with it.
RussN
That's the name I know of associated with it.
RussN
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:21 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Nathan 4000C's in 1.5" Scale
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8396
Re: Nathan 4000C's in 1.5" Scale
Wow!
I would love to see a video of your machining processes. CNC I presume.
RussN
I would love to see a video of your machining processes. CNC I presume.
RussN
- Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Perseverance lands on Mars!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 296
Re: Perseverance lands on Mars!
We just might get to see videos taken by the sky crane on its final trip!
Hope so.
RussN
Hope so.
RussN
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:54 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Second Reconstruction of the Mongrel 2-6-0 "Emma"
- Replies: 15
- Views: 529
Re: Second Reconstruction of the Mongrel 2-6-0 "Emma"
There is a 4-8-0 under construction in the Portland, OR, area, based on the Allen 4-6-0.
It will be pretty nice! It is being designed and constructed by a very talented builder.
I'm not sure where this new locomotive is sequenced in his shop full of locos.
RussN
It will be pretty nice! It is being designed and constructed by a very talented builder.
I'm not sure where this new locomotive is sequenced in his shop full of locos.
RussN
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1696
Re: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
Excellent work on those finned cool-end cylinders!! Thanks. Even my wife thought they were pretty. I noticed that your engine has five thicker fins instead of seven thinner ones like the plans show. Do you remember why you did it that way? -- Russell Mac Russell: My fan was a gift from the students...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 10:40 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: DRO advice.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 181
Re: DRO advice.
Thanks for the photos. Very helpful. I had a similar mill except for a step-pully speed adjust drive on top and the "nod" arm. The dials at the hand cranks could be loosened and zeroed with an allen hex wrench to turn the setscrews. They were hidden in very small holes in the dials. And I never used...
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:51 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: DRO advice.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 181
Re: DRO advice.
Lewayne:
It would help us answer your questions if we knew what mill make and model you have, including posting some pictures.
And you can do a search here for previous postings on milling machine DROs, as there are several. Possibly many.
RussN
It would help us answer your questions if we knew what mill make and model you have, including posting some pictures.
And you can do a search here for previous postings on milling machine DROs, as there are several. Possibly many.
RussN
- Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1696
Re: Moriya Stirling Engine Build
Excellent work on those finned cool-end cylinders!!
And your slow turning technique sounds very familiar. Patience = good results.
RussN
And your slow turning technique sounds very familiar. Patience = good results.
RussN
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 10:11 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Curious what everyone else does after a swarf filled day
- Replies: 21
- Views: 634
Re: Curious what everyone else does after a swarf filled day
I am also with Jack and Greg, cleaning as I go.
I sometimes get harassed for having a clean shop, but nobody ever complains about my product results.
Like many other things machining oriented, the process takes time.
Cleaning is part of that.
RussN
I sometimes get harassed for having a clean shop, but nobody ever complains about my product results.
Like many other things machining oriented, the process takes time.
Cleaning is part of that.
RussN
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 9:59 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Nickel Plate 762
- Replies: 67
- Views: 28709
Re: Nickel Plate 762
I can see Jack's builders plates:
"Bozo Locomotive Works"
RussN
"Bozo Locomotive Works"



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