The Home Machinist!

Nice progress!
I bet seeing the frame assembled made your day!
~RN

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Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:22 pm

small brass brush - quick, one direction movements...

Same technique I use.
~RN

"The rivet counters can bite me."

I LOVE that! Build trains. Make our selves happy.
Way to go!
~RN

Can any one make out the name on the switch tower? Too blurry for me to see.
That might be a clue as to the location.
~RN

I poste this in another subject post, but it warrants it's own thread, and may be helpful for many. For those not familiar with Washington State Hobby Boiler certification, it has been an annual requirement, in front of a State Inspector. Plus $$ fees. But as of this June, the State is no longer per...

If you want to do this the Absolutely Correct way, as in timing a new locomotive, you will need to: 1) Perform any required rebuilding to eliminate all slop in the valve train; 2) Verify the eccentrics are set correctly (that procedure should be in the original Allen drawings); 3) Then go through th...

A very successful day. It was good to see CBrew and his brother there, for their first (and successful) WA State boiler certification. Despite the pouring rain, we got 10 of 11 boilers certified, and all got happily wet. For those not familiar with Washington State Hobby Boiler certification, it has...

Jack:
I visited the Georgetown Steam Plant twice when live steam activities were going on.
It is an amazing historic facility! Too bad that vertical turbine will never get operated again.

Who knows: We might have crossed paths!.
~RN

Jack:
As one of the Wanderers, I Thank You for sharing your information.
Quite interesting, as I'm a Packard straight-eight Fan.
~RN

Shild: Nice to see your "Little Machining World" in your basement. My shops started the same way. I like the machine arrangement because you have desk space in the middle among them. 'Makes a good place to transfer parts and have your drawings & process plans available. SteveM's suggestions of creat...

Anthony:
Congrats on your job-change decision. That's a BIG step.
May I ask what your med-device job is/was?
I worked as an Engineer for Physio-Control Corp for 20 years, up through development of the LifePak 10.

Looking forward to seeing your product line grow.
~RN

Try LocoParts,
http://www.locoparts.biz/parts.html#Ejector

and Little Engines.
http://www.littleengines.com

~RN