The Home Machinist!

Nice work everyone, quite some progress made! Can't wait to start on this myself. But I'm kind of stuck in the scramble all the material phase. Seem impossible enough to find large enough chunks of flat bar for the frames and 9mm flat bar just don't exist here. I just got the issue with the brakes a...

Woow! Looks really nice! Now i really wanna start on this project!

This is great news! I will definitely extend my subscription ! Always wanted to build a narrow gauge locomotive from DRG, this is probably the perfect solution and drawings in metric is a big plus for me :D Don't know if you have seen it or not, some of you probably have, but i found it interesting....

I've been there and its a blast! Definitely a must see in Hamburg.

There are som behind the scenes videos at youtube that is really nice to see.
The charging of the airplanes for example is highly automated.

Took the opportunity and spent a few hours in the shop this evening. I started to work on the crosshead today. Here i milled the stock to length: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7009/6407213889_f03a685503_z.jpg Crosshead by Iccccie , on Flickr I scribed the slots and center punched the mounting holes....

WOW!! Amazing work Jack!!

I wish that I can be almost as good one day!

Okay, so I went home this weekend and managed to put some hours in my shop today! I thought I should give the crosshead bracket another try.... and so I did. Here is how I did it. From my failed attempt I didn't like the way I was holding it in the vice, actually it was asking for trouble when i thi...

Thanks for all the nice comments!! It really means a lot

Thanks for the comment! Means a lot to me.

Yes it was about 20-30 psi if i remember correctly. And as you can see there were no flywheel.

BAdams wrote:Patrik
Check your PM

Brook



(took the "C" out of Patrik's name)

Hah, I don't mind!

Thanks again for the PM Brook!

Here's a bit of an update on the project: I did not own nor had access to a mill in the beginning of the project, that's why I used the lathe in some of the steps where maybe it would have been easier in the mill. Then I got an mill Here we go: Big end first drilled the bolt holes then cut in half: ...

Littleleroy wrote:Me too! Can someone pm me on how to get an Allen catalog? Thanks.

I will gladly pass on the details for ordering a catalog once i get it!