The Home Machinist!

(I assume we are talking about a 'furnace' type burner, i.e.: one orifice, one mixing tube feeding a single manifold) To calculate the orifice size you need to know how many BTU your burner can produce. From that, and knowing the pressure you want to feed it, you can calculate the orifice size that ...

"Narrow Gauge" equipment is typically larger than standard gauge (assuming we are talking 7.x gauge track). It needs to be a larger scale (~ 2.5 or 3 in-to-foot as opposed to 1.5 in-to-foot for std gauge ) so that the narrow gauge wheel set comes to 7.x inches.

BigDumbDinosaur wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 08, 2018 11:40 pm

... just can't crank out the work the way I could 15-20 years ago. ...

I'm in that group too ... but I still try to make the young kids keep up with me

makinsmoke wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:21 pm

By the way, did you notice one of your trucks is upside down? (ducks....)



Thanks again,
Brian

Had to check it out - it was making a scraping sound last time out. Found out it works better when the pin comes in from the other side ...

... but it didn't seem to slow 844 down ...

It's a real pain having to lay on your back under a steaming bay or engine stand to work on breaks, etc. No fun on the back, etc. not to mention the prospect of screws, oil, dirt dropping in your face or, worse mouth :-) Several people have asked me for details on how I built the "Car Rotatory" I us...

Here on our lake someone was servicing a boat at the dock and accidentally dropped something across the battery. It exploded sending him to the hospital - hydrogen or steam who cares - it makes for a bad day ...

I don't like the rubber covers, but I have seen a red liquid that is meant to be brushed on? And, where to get? Please advise, thanks. I recommend that you use the rubber covers. Any paint on fluid such as "liquid tape" is going to be very thin and not protect from anything except moisture. Getting...

chuck : look up live steam magazine November 1981 (A Successful air Hose Coupler) by Jack S. Edwards drawing for coupler Joe Thanks Joe, I'm sure I could machine them (and have my own design optimized for CNC machining rattling around in my head) but alas - "So many projects, So little time" and I ...

Although I have not tried the performance of these, they look very similar to the old SuperScale ones. Be worth trying if you want to keep the scale look. https://www.shapeways.com/product/BT6982G6H/air-brake-gladhand-2-5-quot-scale-rev-live-steam?optionId=62060030 The product page says "They hold ...

Does anyone know where I can purchase 12 sets of glad-hands? Something similar to these: http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:JohnKelsoGladhands.jpg http://ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:Kent_Bolerjack_gladhands.jpg (I have emailed these two suppliers) I know I can make them but, ...

Does someone have a detailed description (and schematic if available) of the implementation of "Trip Track" block signals supporting Red & Green? This approach does not directly detect trains in a block but uses short pieces of track in place of the capture/release buttons used on some railroads. I ...

See you there Tim!