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by JoeBlake.
Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:02 am
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: Warning: economic slowdown.
Replies: 34
Views: 9407

FORD, GM and CHRYSLER going the way of the other dinasaurs?
Have a nice day....Joe
by JoeBlake.
Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:50 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: In search of a Mechanical Engineer
Replies: 37
Views: 10821

Trainman4602, why is it that someone who is so brilliant when it comes to building trains can rattle on like a tin can full of stones ?
by JoeBlake.
Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you guys ever drive your friends crazy??
Replies: 35
Views: 8351

Yep.....go decimal :D metric rules..................
by JoeBlake.
Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:06 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Live Steam TV Commercial
Replies: 4
Views: 2333

G,day....you will find comments from the people who made that add here,
http://www.railpage.com.au/f-t11343430.htm
Joe....
by JoeBlake.
Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:12 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Photos of DIY Vacuum Actuator
Replies: 2
Views: 1932

Good one Chet, just as I'm getting to the brake stage.
Glad to see that I am not the only one to use a Diamond tool in my lathe.
by JoeBlake.
Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:03 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Newbie with truck bearing idea -arch bar
Replies: 17
Views: 5718

If my recollection of the article in Australian Model Engineering is right, the tube was welded to the wheels making a solid unit. With this setup you can have decent sized bearings and still have scale axleboxes.
John B.....
by JoeBlake.
Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bastard Thread - Miscellany
Replies: 15
Views: 5370

As I see it, the tensioner would stretch the bolt enough to match the TPI to that of the the nut. Wind nut down to contact, release tension and all will be to required torque.
Joe B.....
by JoeBlake.
Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:38 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Home steam power generation.
Replies: 35
Views: 8878

This would be closely guarded by the military with orders to shoot to kill anyone trying to force entry. The area between the fences would be considered a kill zone in that anyone caught in this area would be shot, no questions asked.
Nothing like a bit of good old U.S. thinking :( .
by JoeBlake.
Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:07 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 7 ¼ verses 7 ½ How did this happen?
Replies: 55
Views: 16314

It's not just with the bigger gauge. Don't you guys have 4 3/4 inch and everyone else being 5 inch gauge ?
by JoeBlake.
Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Imperial System Versus Metric System
Replies: 125
Views: 31674

I was down at our local live steamers track today and explaining to a young fellow (in his early 30,s ) what I am building. I started giving measurements in inches and he gave me a blank look, he didn't have the foggiest what I was talking about. Done some quick mental conversions and we were on the...
by JoeBlake.
Thu Jun 12, 2008 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Imperial System Versus Metric System
Replies: 125
Views: 31674

Don't worry guys...everything that comes from Asia is metric and one day EVERYTHING will come from Asia :lol: .
by JoeBlake.
Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Imperial System Versus Metric System
Replies: 125
Views: 31674

How are miles and yards and feet and inches defined by the meter Theyre not, we went metric sometime in the 70,s and I had a battle in my mind for many years. Having finished school in the mid 50's I was taught Imperial and didn't even know that metric existed :shock: . First we went to metric mone...

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