The Home Machinist!

But it has one virtue that brought it into my workspace; I could afford to buy it... Of course I'd prefer an undamaged, accurate, heavy duty, high quality machine; but that is not going to happen for me. BINGO. There are guys out there that make beautiful parts with ancient clapped out machines wit...

I don't use DRO's, but the way I operate milling machines, having one on the quill doesn't make as much sense as one on the knee. I generally lock the quill and use the knee to deepen the cut, as that's how I have the most control. If I'm drilling and need to control depth, I have a quick stop that...

Well, I wasn't going to post a picture of my mill as it looks like junk compared to some of the restored beauty's in this thread but I figured if after 3+ years and 18 pages of posts I didn't see one Lagun I should put it in here. It's not pretty but it works really, really well. Surprised there ar...

Wow, fantastic work!

Doug_Edwards wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:11 am

Where are the cars in the second photo located? The second box car has Fox patent trucks under it.

Regards,

Doug

Hi Doug,

Thanks for the response, not sure about the second picture, I just pulled the pic's off google images as examples of the style that I am interested in emulating.

Hello All, I did a little searching around and had mixed results so I am creating a new post for this topic. I am looking for Boxcar drawings/plans to be built at 3/4" scale/3.5" gauge. Specifically I was wondering if there were any drawings that were already scaled down from full size blueprints. T...

You must be a member in order to view the picture larger than the tiny thumbnail but judging by the look and 2-4-0 wheel configuration I would guess that it is a Raritan?

Would it be possible for you to post the full size picture here?

Looking good!

k4kfh wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:19 pm

I may rework that into something more like the traditional sheet metal enclosure eventually

Post pictures when you re-work the base, with a proper firebox and the engine and boiler mounted next to each other on a single base this would be a nice looking little set-up.

Hello All,

Thank you for the comments, I wasn't aware that drill rod has a chance of being out of round, good to know!

This was in reference to 3/4" scale engine designs with brass or cast iron "plain bearing" axle blocks.

It sounds like TGP is the way to go for this application.

Many plans call for drill rod and/or "silver steel" (in the UK) as the material of choice for axles. When going to purchase Drill Rod I am given the choices of three types; "A-2" "O-1" and "W-1" (there are other types as well however these three seem to be the most prevalent.) I suspect that any of ...

That bending jig looks like it was tricky to set-up, looks great!