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by john_sommer
Fri Sep 09, 2016 1:51 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Skating Away
Replies: 14
Views: 13484

Re: Skating Away

Thanks for all the kind compliments. I'm going to draw some up for 1" eventually and see how they work. I've been busy traveling to meets and working on other projects. I'm also in the process of updating my machine to 4-start lead screws for the Z-Axis. These are stiffer and straighter than th...
by john_sommer
Tue Sep 06, 2016 7:58 am
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Skating Away
Replies: 14
Views: 13484

Re: Skating Away

Yes, I'm quite aware many others make similar products and offer them for sale.

The gentleman who runs that shop makes some very nice castings and products indeed.

I am not a supplier to the hobby and I have no intention of offering them publicly. The fun for me was making them.
by john_sommer
Mon Sep 05, 2016 8:36 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Skating Away
Replies: 14
Views: 13484

Re: Skating Away

Quick answer.. Two probably would have done it, but three made it stop quicker seeing as that ramp is an oily, greasy mess. :roll: And those cars are not exactly light either, the Ann Arbor box car is completely stuffed with coal. I always use at least two or three on any sort of grade; it's piece o...
by john_sommer
Thu Aug 11, 2016 10:30 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Skating Away
Replies: 14
Views: 13484

Re: Skating Away

Mike-

I can try to draw that up and prototype it next week. I'll let you know how it goes.
by john_sommer
Tue Aug 09, 2016 9:12 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: Skating Away
Replies: 14
Views: 13484

Skating Away

Hi All- So it's been sometime since I posted here, but I just finished up a quick 3-D printer project that turned out pretty nice so I wanted to share. At meets I always find myself fighting gravity. Specifically the tendency of equipment to want to roll downhill. Murphy's law dictates that whenever...
by john_sommer
Mon Jan 04, 2016 4:25 pm
Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
Topic: 1" scale Maxitrak electric 0-4-0
Replies: 8
Views: 5649

Re: 1" scale Maxitrak electric 0-4-0

Hi Mike- I still have mine, and it still needs a motor and controller. I'm not going to be taking it apart until I figure out what I need to re-build. Something tells me its it's easier to keep all the parts in one place than many :) I don't have a schematic for it (or any documentation for that mat...
by john_sommer
Sun Nov 01, 2015 7:51 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: 3/4" Scale Box Cars
Replies: 45
Views: 22780

Re: 3/4" Scale Box Cars

Oh man- I may need to go over my 2-6-2 for this.
by john_sommer
Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:49 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Injectors
Replies: 12
Views: 3291

Re: Injectors

kvom wrote:The density of liquid water doesn't change with temperature. :P

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/water ... d_595.html
by john_sommer
Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:33 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Off topic…electric porter locomotive
Replies: 37
Views: 12825

At the local club just this morning, a gentleman was loading up his diesel engine and it rolled off the lift. It flipped over 180 degrees and landed on the top of the cab and body hoods. Two are crushed, one is just bent up a bit, one battery was destroyed, and there was some other damage as well. ...
by john_sommer
Thu Jul 16, 2009 11:28 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: brake cleaner warning
Replies: 11
Views: 3764

I've used brake-kleen for cleaning just about everything. You name it, I've probably used brake-kleen on it (the straws are very helpful when blasting grease out of wheel bearings and a little sprayed on a rag does wonders for removing a little rattle-can overspray on powder coat, just be careful as...
by john_sommer
Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:10 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: How to Wreck a Train. Govt. Film 1944
Replies: 19
Views: 5163

You know, if they would have waited a few years..say 30 or so,they would have been able to derail a box car by just leaning on it. Ahh good old Standing Derailments on the Penn Central. Gotta love it. Speaking of PC, I don't know if anyone ever posted this video here, but here is a link to PC's &quo...
by john_sommer
Mon May 25, 2009 8:55 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: HOW FAST DOES IT GO?
Replies: 32
Views: 7462

Last time I was at ALS they told us that at 5MPH it took you X many seconds to go mile post to mile post which I believe are ~88' apart I think. That is all I used when I went up there a few years back.