The Home Machinist!

He addressed this in the video....

duckman903 wrote:The only problem that I can see is that band brakes work good in one direction only, in the opposite direction they are self energizing which can cause wheel lock up and flat spot, this my own personal opinion.

Hey Dave, can you use something like an epoxy instead of wax? Just curious....
Fred

Hmmm.... Don. Could it be you need a bigger train

steamingdon wrote:My wife dosn`t seem to react that way about my trains?

Don.

Something to do with a welder. It is show in a different video. I am going to go see if I can find it.


Found it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2vzemIL ... re=related

Ha, I found this after following a link from one of the threads here. They are cutting new treads while the wheel and axe are still under the loco.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT83r9aC ... r_embedded

I didn't put it together until now...... It would be scary as all get out if we had a person with Jack's building skills and Mike's photographic talents combined...... We would never be able to tell if it was real or scale ! :lol: Jack, I would recommend 1/4 tint yellow theatrical gel, I can mail yo...

Try Marty Knox.... He is on here regularly.... Thanks for all the input guys. Ed is unable to finish the boiler, so I'm going to have to take it elsewhere. Can anyone recommend a good copper boiler builder to finish it? I'd really like to get the ball rolling on it as soon as possible. As for the do...

Great, I should be able to pay for it by 2015. Now how many monthly payments would that be
Congrats Jack

JBodenmann wrote:Hi Pamela
Thank you for the complement. I plan on keeping stoves in stock for those that wish to buy one.
Jack

Scroll down further and there is a pretty good article on casting parts and pieces for Liberty Ships in the shipyards. Actually, the whole mag looks good.

I started to go 'what's he talking about' ...... I was too busy staring at the good looking pilot. They look purdy sittin' up there...... Here's what those little puppies look like installed. pilot.jpg Still lot's to do. More goodies, some clean up, and particularly a locomotive to go behind this th...

Hey Chris (or anyone else), in photos 37, 38, and 39.... there is a tank with a couple on lines coming out of it and looks to go into the smokebox. Is that some sort of oil tank? It just caught my attention because it stretched the frame instead of being mounted on the rinning rails or boiler.... In...

Well, in zooming in, you can see coal in the tender, so it must be coal fired..... It's a nice looking engine though...