The Home Machinist!

I have now spoken with Brian and he is working on a larger set of Sanders for me thanks for all the information about them being a pain in the rear to keep working I had no idea how they worked until he sent me a page explaining the operation of a sander and now that I know they only drop sand by gr...

Brian is who I have tried to contact about buying them I already have his 2.5 inch scale air compressor and water pump and I love them he does awesome work.

To reply to the question of who I know that doesn't mind me grinding the rail with sand I guess that would be me cause where I need sand is on my own track and I just wanted to be able to use them if I run in the snow or whenever the track is wet and I don't really want to put fake Sanders on the En...

Can anyone please tell me where to get working Sanders for a 2.5 inch scale Engine? I would use 1.5 if that's all I can get I just don't know where to get them .

To answer your question as to who sales the lanterns and marker lights check out bryterails he makes very nice stuff the web address is http://www.bryterails.com

Thanks I will try that.

Can anyone tell me how to get a picture to load Everytime I try to attach a photo the status shows a caution sign and I am not sure what to do or how to get it to post.

Locoparts has displacement lubricators like what you need.

PeterM I sent you a pm

I would always buy a set of plans to go with the locomotive build but I have a question did anyone ever pay Baldwin or any of the other locomotive builders or designers for there drawings if they were originally copied to make a scale locomotive? I have just always been curious of this or does copyi...

I was wondering if anyone can tell me the best way to dry a boiler out for winter storage and if there is anything I should put in the boiler or anything to help to preserve it I run lsb8000 all the time to try to help to take care of the boiler but I'm not sure if there is something else I should b...

Sorry for interrupting the post but I want to thank Marty for helping me out with my gauge glass questions im young and want to learn more about what I'm doing the safe way .