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- Mon Apr 11, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Copper Tender
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3472
Re: Copper Tender
0.050" is much thicker than the material that I have. I've been kicking around the idea of making a replacement tender for my 1" scale 0-4-0 but I think the 0.020 copper flashing that I have will be too thin even if I add stiffeners. Thanks for the quick reply. John
- Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:26 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Copper Tender
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3472
Re: Copper Tender
Just curious, do you have a thickness on the copper sheet that was used?
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:16 pm
- Forum: Welding
- Topic: Phosphor copper welding rods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6066
Re: Phosphor copper welding rods
BDD,I'm making the frame for Kozo's Hiesler in 1" scale. Rather than use brass bars for the frame, as he did, I used cold rolled steel but still intended to silver solder the joints, however, the fit was not tight enough so I MIG welded them and ground the welds flat before applying the gusset ...
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: Welding
- Topic: Phosphor copper welding rods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6066
Re: Phosphor copper welding rods
Bill, they're phosphor bronze rods, is the answers still no?
John
John
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:24 am
- Forum: Welding
- Topic: Phosphor copper welding rods
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6066
Phosphor copper welding rods
Can phosphor copper stick welding rods be used to join mild steel, in other words, can it be a substitute for torch brazing?
- Thu Mar 24, 2022 5:16 pm
- Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
- Topic: Casting sand
- Replies: 14
- Views: 24065
Re: Casting sand
Lazz, I've been complaining about the very poor finish on my castings for years, due to the worn out casting sand that I kept using. From over 20 years of use and mulling the sand grains were rounded and full of clay and dust balls that wouldn't compact. The finish on my last two pours were so bad t...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:37 pm
- Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
- Topic: How would you core this?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 13631
Re: How would you core this?
Ronald, this incredibly horrible casting was actually a success! I'm going to try to develop the lost foam technique that you've obviously mastered. I spent all of 5 minutes hand carving a piece of white styrofoam packing with a Dremel and burr ball, then dipped it in paraffin wax to smooth the surf...
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: walschaerts valve gear issues
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15072
Re: walschaerts valve gear issues
Dan I didn't see your post, you answered my question regarding inside and outside valves being 90 degrees out. Thank you.
John
John
- Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:45 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: walschaerts valve gear issues
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15072
Re: walschaerts valve gear issues
Thanks Russ, my project is inside admission. Why would the crank need to be positioned 90 degrees from an outside admission valve as Bill posted. It was that way to start, I repositioned the crank as per the outside timing instructions I posted previously and it wouldn't make a complete turn of the ...
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:54 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: walschaerts valve gear issues
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15072
Re: walschaerts valve gear issues
Could you explain the difference to me Bill,this is the first time I'm hearing about it, thanks.
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 4:06 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: walschaerts valve gear issues
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15072
Re: walschaerts valve gear issues
This was the criterion that I re-set the valve gear to, and it didn't work at all on my Pacific project. Oddly, this is the same method I used on my two LE Atlantics and they run beautifully, nice and square. So what's the answer? I had to turn the crank about 90 degrees on the Pacific to get it to ...
- Fri Jan 28, 2022 5:10 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: walschaerts valve gear issues
- Replies: 30
- Views: 15072
Re: walschaerts valve gear issues
Check out the locomotive animation at trumpetb.net, it helped me with a 1" pacific project that I am rebuilding. I had it running on air but started to adjust things and got it got it so screwed up that it wouldn't run at all. What I think I learned (please correct me if I'm wrong) is there is ...