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- Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:06 pm
- Forum: Full Sized Railroading! (Chaski Railfan)
- Topic: Full Size Locomotive + Cars for Sale
- Replies: 5
- Views: 637
Full Size Locomotive + Cars for Sale
The Kershaw family in Alabama is selling its warehouse, so all of the vehicles it contains—whether made to travel land or water—are going up for auction. (Cars - as in Automobiles) Locomotive for sale.png https://www.thedrive.com/news/warehouse-full-of-classic-cars-boats-and-even-a-train-headed-to-a...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do I center this nut?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 612
Re: How do I center this nut?
Here's some pictures of what I think this is and a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx9g9P_z5So WW filter housing.png The filter housing WW housing bottom.png The bottom showing the bolt into the inner nut. Westwood filter nut.png The nut inside the can that OP is talking about. I would put th...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Rusty steel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 83345
Re: Dealing with Rusty steel
If you're going to go to all the trouble to weld up something, it only takes a few minutes to clean the material to bare metal. The small hand grinders are very nice and you can get every kind of wheel you would ever want. For steel, the scotch-brite/sandpaper flappers are very aggressive and cheap....
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 2:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best tap for hard steel.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 28799
Re: Best tap for hard steel.
For machining stainless, I think the sulfur in MolyD makes a huge difference. See this post:
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SteveR
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SteveR
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 2:35 pm
- Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
- Topic: Casting a straight edge
- Replies: 32
- Views: 36416
Re: Casting a straight edge
Hi Harold,
When you say heat treat to relieve stress, do you mean "normalizing" (heat past critical temp and let cool in air)? Or something else for this specific application?
Thanks,
Steve
When you say heat treat to relieve stress, do you mean "normalizing" (heat past critical temp and let cool in air)? Or something else for this specific application?
Thanks,
Steve
- Fri Nov 24, 2023 8:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Allen Models website
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6532
Re: Allen Models website
Still down AFAICT.
SteveR- Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:23 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Breaking the hold of Loctite
- Replies: 9
- Views: 82077
Re: Breaking the hold of Loctite
I'm thinking the loctite contribution to the strength is a lot less than the interference fit. Don't heat it, just press apart. In fact, since the wheel cracked, the interference fit strength is reduced. Which Loctite? I'll still bet you don't need heat to press apart. Don't go to 400C! 200C should ...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 11:13 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: What is the best height for a locomotive stand?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14340
Re: What is the best height for a locomotive stand?
Should match the height of whatever vehicle you are going to use to transport it. Within a few inches anyway.
SteveR
SteveR
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:10 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: An International Long Shot
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6402
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 4:58 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: The $460.19 oil change.....
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10738
Re: The $460.19 oil change.....
When it started costing $100 to get the oil changed at one of the chains, I couldn't take it. I remember when oil was a buck a quart and a filter was $3. Now I get 5L of Pennz 0-20 full synthetic from Amazon for $22 (free shipping) and a Honda filter also from Amazon for $12. I'm into pain and suffe...
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:42 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Removing boiler/smokebox
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6270
Re: Removing boiler/smokebox
The saddle bolts are dummies. Not to be critical, but how do you know they are dummies and not blind tapped? I know this seems unlikely, but when all else fails, you have to start looking at unlikely things. Do they unscrew? Is there something on the bottom, back, sides of the boiler that you misse...
- Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:13 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Franklin C-1 booster
- Replies: 31
- Views: 22817
Re: Franklin C-1 booster
Just make it 8 weeks. When you get it in 4, you will talk about the great service!