The Home Machinist!

Photos: yes please.
RussN

Nice to see the boiler on the frame!
How will you make the left rear washout plug accessible, which is presently blocked by the brake cylinder?
The joys of building...
RussN

Switch to HSS end mills and carbide end mills.
With your smaller mill they should meet your needs without the hassle of inserts and flood coolant.

I have no need of CNC-style fast heavy material removal, and that's what I have done, with good success.
RussN

My mill DRO also shows feed rates when selected.
RussN

What species of burner tubes, and for which fuel?
RussN

Awesome! Thanks.
RussN

Operating logging steamers in the Pacific NW gave me opportunities to try boiler backhead cooking. Cooking in the oil-fired firebox was not an option. I can happily report that a 4 pound salmon foil wrapped with lemon and onion slices takes about 20 miles at slogging Mallet speeds! And the crew behi...

Odyknuck wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:30 am Nice, so how far off the rail head is it?

I will measure it when I go into the shop this morning to light a heating fire.
RussN

Mikado pilot clearance - 0.68"
Ten Wheeler pilot clearance = 0.75"

RussN

As long as they are gluten free...
RussN

Hmmm, maybe no cow catcher for me lol Just space it safely above railhead height. Here's are pictures of the pilot on my Mike, modeled from Baldwin delivery photos of Polson Logging #90, in 1926. There is actually more clearance than it appears because I placed a white card under the pilot for the ...

Many years ago my son and I visited Train Mountain before I had an operating steam locomotive. An early Triennial was happening then. While riding a Friends dismal train and happily touring the line, we headed south from the northern half and as we went under Chiloquim Way a visiting large Hudson st...

Well deserved, Marty.
RussN