The Home Machinist!

If you anticipate making a sale on Chaski, you would likely have better luck by taking each piece of equipment out from it's storage space and getting quality photos of each item. A lot of the photos you have shown are stashed in the barn and difficult to evaluate if buyers want to shell out that ki...

thomaskremers wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:31 am

the FLLS requires a current , for 2019, boiler hydro test and locomotive safety inspection including working brakes

I dont believe this applies to 1" scale.

What happened to the LS forum?

Actually, you might be thinking of Carey Williams... He has quite a few HOD and Cagney locomotives. Both in 12" and 15" gauges.

I'm signing up soon - will be traveling from St. Louis. I look forward to the action on the 1" scale line. Who else is bringing equipment for the 1" Track? I'd love to meet more 1" folks!

I saw your PM yesterday Glenn, but haven't had time to respond and will do so later today as I get more time to think about it. But one thing that stood out to me in your posting in this thread is that you have "a possibility to build a 15” scenic railway with several miles of track, on some recentl...

I have a friend, who I think is looking to part with his SS Economy injector.

I set up the WF&P machine shop with a metric round carbide insert, at the recommendation of a fellow Chaski member. It is close enough (within 0.003") for what we are doing. Our wheels are a bit oversize, but I've found that I am able to hog out the taper and do the radius with this tool. Works pret...

I signed up for a Junior College course You are lucky to have found one at all. There are still a few vocational/tech schools in the St. Louis area that offer machining courses. I have a friend who graduated from a machine shop program. I personally got my college degree in machining in college. I ...

OH well just what I expected. I just wanted to breath some life into this forum it has been boring lately. As far as used CNC Bruce you take a real chance when it come to old electronics. Before I went to the manual Hardinge I bought a use CNC lathe with old technological. It ran in the shop from w...

WF&P is probably the oldest operating 12" gauge railroad in the United States. We are probably the longest mainline run as well (with an additional 4k foot extension yet to be opened). We celebrated 75 years in 2015. I have heard that in some areas our rail gauge is as wide as 12-5/8" to accommodate...

Color me interested. I'd love to see an actual photo of said car prior to any commitment. I have been building my caboose with individually applied stripwood... And I think I'm going to love the look. Hopefully this will be comparable!