The Home Machinist!

Dick_Morris wrote:

The northern is missing a tube sheet but I can make one out of a brass disk.

Are you sure you don"t want to use copper here?

The originals were brass castings so I figured I would keep the material the same as the one casting I have.

Time for something on the small side... Last year in october a friend of my dads saw that I had some 1/4" scale little engines cylinder and valve gear castings and he said that he has a northern but no cylinders. We talked about it for a little while and he just ended up giving it to me. I than...

I placed an order a few months ago to coles and called dec 12 and they said they would have them sent by christmas. Still waiting... I did hear that they were broken into and alot of stock was taken so they had to machine alot of new pipe fittings.

Hey wayne, Is that the engine that Aaron richardson has now?
Ryker Carruthers

Nice looking engine. Terning/ kauer engine?
Happy thanksgiving

Bill gave the answers you really want to know, the first was thT copper prperties drop off significantly with higher pressures and the tempatures asociated with and you need to know your local laws governing operation to make sure your operating within the legal limits for liability. Others answere...

On our 1/4 size we have an american model engineering mechanical lubricator and we used to use the sapo-a-max 460 but it is a little thick so we got a few gallons of the 320. The 460 is great for bigger engines. For oil on everything else use the same brand pb&j oil. It is super tacky but you ma...

Found what I needed. Thanks everybody.

I dont have the book but I can try to find it on ebay or something. Thanks.

A while back I found the calculations to determine the weight a locomotive needs to be or to size down the bore of the cylinder to just be able to quarter slip, I did a search and couldn't find it. Could someone point it out or enlighten me?
Thanks, Ryker Carruthers

They only have it listed as a complete set in the book. But if you can get them to answer I bet they could get you just the 4 wheels.

I think they still sell those. I called and got a catolog and they answered right away but for the past week they havent answered.
When I get home later today I can get you the part number and price