The Home Machinist!

I used A mesh pencil holder like you can buy at any office supply store, drill 4 holes in it to run bolts into it up against the stack to hold in place. Total cost 5$, total time about 15 minutes, Iv/e been using it for years.

I was using quarter sized pieces of anthracite and not doing very well on it's own, but I found If I mixed it with a softer coal to keep it burning I had a hotter fire that lasted longer, I'm running an Invicta with a 4"x4" firebox though, So that could be affecting my outcome.

Another thought I had and I don't know if I can explain this well enough without a picture is a metal plug that goes in the end of the tube that has a tapered hole through center of plug, plug is cut in half lengthwise, you then gently tap a matching tapered rod into the plug which would expand the ...

i didn't think there was much availability of rollers below 1/2" diameter out there. Am I wrong?

I did a subject search on this and have rear a bunch of posts, but I'm still a little fuzzy. My plans are to expand 1/2" type K copper tubing in my Fitchburg Northern boiler. My tube sheets are 1/2" thick and there are 20 tubes. I have found rubber washers that I think will work and I have...

I guess thats important $4999.00

1 ½ scale , 7 ½ gauge Invicta Live steam Locomotive. This is a new engine that has never been fired, it has a steel boiler with steel tubes that has been hydro-tested to 200 lbs. Engine has 2 safeties, 2 boiler blow downs a mechanical lubricator, axle pump, blower and whistle. Engine uses stephenson...

Patrick, if you are interested in something like this, P.M. me. I have a friend that machined a couple of these.

I run my de-humidifier into 5 gallon water bottles and run home made distilled water, it essentially costs me nothing because I am running the de-humidifier anyway and during the summer I can fill 5 gallons in 2 days. Since running distilled water I have had no foaming issues, the inside of my boile...

Great service from Don Orr and LocoParts, sent me water glasses before he ever recieved the check! Stuff arrived in one, maybe two days max! Now the other question, I have to cut one of the tubes down and have had limited success cutting water glasses, thats why i ordered 2 . Any suggestions!

Most art supply stores will have wooden figures with joints in 6", 8", 10" and 12" sizes. The 10" guy is a nice 6 ft scale engineer, though you would have to put a face on him and clothes:)

I know I've posted this before, but I'm including a couple of video links to this engine. It is now for sale for $4995.00, it is a good running engine and will pull at least two people on 3% grades. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlb5PWVk7TM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srtrLinISxg http://www.yout...