The Home Machinist!

Did you happen to see this thread from a couple years ago

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for what its worth of recent the postal service has lost two of my packages. One is still being tracked and has made criss crosses back and forth past my location 4 times now and its been sitting in St.Louis now for almost 4 days. Last time this happened the package just eventually vanished so I am ...

probably a very grateful USPS employee will be enjoying that money order this holiday season... haha several years ago in the span of a few months the post office lost two bills sent to the power company and one to an insurance company. The insurance company was easy to deal with and I stopped by th...

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went right to the website and it was last updated the 20th of this month

Having recently lapped in a throttle valve I can assure you until it looks like two glass smooth surfaces you are going to have a leak. It was suggested to me to use some fancy expensive lapping compound and I found that to be a useless endeavor. I would go to the compound after using 3000 grit pape...

I highly doubt that either has the ability to steam. The one you can easily tell its mainly made of wood with brass wrapping. I think a picture of the backhead would tell the tale.

set screws only for holding a sprocket on a shaft is asking for constant problems. Yes in a perfect world where there are no oops I hit the reverse switch, or wheels slipping and grabbing for traction you would likely be ok. Much better to key it together and not have to dig out set screws that have...

The market has changed as good tools are always getting harder to come by. 3K was a pretty good deal and although I don't need much there I wouldn't of minded having another set of Kennedy boxes.

there is nothing wrong with regular scalecoat paint on a locomotive so long as its applied correctly. It was the best thing out there for professional looking paint jobs on like HO model trains but to me its a bit thin for large objects, that and its really no longer available. It is a lacquer based...

I think Red Green would surely be envious

Thanks Super7b. I have emailed DC but so far no reply. Hope they are still supplying to the hobby.

Google: Diane Carney Nameplates There is no one better!! thanks. I find it amazing that even after searching for 2-3 hours this morning online that website NEVER came up. I have emailed them so I will see what they offer. Another question, other than these name plates what other info plates such as...