The Home Machinist!

I had a lot of funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn this weekend also. We had many technical problems that go with steam engines, but we have a great bunch of steam technicians that usually can put things right. It was great meeting Bill Yoder, IBLS 3/4" roster fame. The weather made it bit more challenging than i...

HEY BILL! If you really wanted to support Jim A. you would buy the casting set as offered and alter the bolster, add stock to each end. Done. The wheel diameters aren`t even close to 1". :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :shock: These truck are side equalized, as you can see no...

Hey Bill, There is fellow on Ebay selling the whole casting set in 1" for the same price plus shipping ( CaseyJones) Talk with Dilly Dilly @ the Meet @ PVLS this weekend. He bought a set earlier this year. More news @ seven.

Oh! it was milled on a Bridgeport milling machine 1982. You would have one heck of a time trying to mill this in a manual lathe. Could be done on a CNC lathe with live tooling for sure. I just don`t have that kind of money laying around @ this time, or the floor space. I have just over 500 sq. ft. a...

The flange is one piece with stack as explained earlier . It was generated on a old cross slide rotary. I do have other capabilities of generating this flange area, but, I decided to do it the old school way. I helped build the old school as well. :D :D :D :D :D :D Shop math always helps in these si...

Thanks! Keep the toast, I`ll have a beer or two.

If I know Rob those fittings are stainless not galvanized .

We had a tornado in Webster, Ma. today, maybe you saw it on the local news. Muggy, very muggy, Good beer drinking weather. DILLY DILLY. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :shock: See U @ the circle of track. Bill you should have enough hot air to run that engine without a compressor. I just notified Guin...

WOW! now that stirred the pot. The stack was turned and bored on a 1958 Clausing/Colchester 13" x 36" no taper attachment as I don`t have one on this machine. I used the compound to turn and bore the taper, I.D. is 1.250 and O.D is 1.500 1/2 degree taper inside and out. The stack is 6.062 in length....

Hey Keith,

Glad to hear you are still going to attend, hopefully will have some fine models to look at also. ( I have gained a little weight since last year)

Ah! but will it reverse ?

The DILLYDILLY man is driving all the way from Florida for this occasion, so let`s see if one of our wiseguys can top that.