The Home Machinist!

Hello everyone, I just I should introduce myself a little with this project. I have been part of 7.5" gauge for 20ish years built or helped build numerous locomotives and cars. I do have machining experience (nowhere near the skills of guys like Jack Bodenmann). I have considered making the sw...

Congratulations on your first steamup, Jack! And a tip of the hat for inviting your build helpers for the first steamup.

I would love to get down that way for a steamup sometime, with engine or two in tow!

I guess the answer might be had by his son.

At some point, what is your "wait time" worth? Might be worth a test pour to see what the outcome is.

Yeah, he got that backwards. I'm guessing 1500' rail for 750' track. Unless it's 750' rail for 375' of track.

There is a Facebook group as well as a groups.io targeted at the Allen Models Fitchburg Northern. Lots of information to be derived from there. Check it out.

The 2-10-4 is a joke. It's a blind gamble. I was in the area this past year, and emailed him ahead of time to see if I could stop in and look at the locomotive prior to making a decision. He told me I could come look at the crate but it was closed. Didn't seem interested in someone looking at it. Fo...

So, I picked up an Atlas MFB Horizontal Mill quite a few years ago. I had to replace the knee screw as it was bent, and few little things here and there. It's not been used in the time I have had it as I still need to tweak a few things. I've been debating selling it as I want to reorganize my shop ...

I'm not of much help with the tech questions... But I thought I'd share some 3D images that I drew up about a year ago. I was really struggling with the CA Street drawings and decided to whip it up in CAD. The color coded passages helped me so much and everything fell together. From there, I drew th...

Hope not...

I really need to get off the pot and start tinkering with electric brakes for rolling stock.... I've been wanting to test my idea for electric brakes (yeah yeah, get off my lawn) for a while now...

318J wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:25 pm

makinsmoke wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 5:41 pm These guys have all kinds of random sizes:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/125722841634

Well, shoot! That's what I need! Thanks

Doesn't call out if its MTP or Straight thread.