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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:57 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: steam channel
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2899
Re: steam channel
Why did full size steam die and diesels take over? Maintenance / costs were probably the #1 factor. In simplified terms the hobby isn't that much different......cost (and time ) to build a steamer and maintenance required to keep it going. It can take thousands of hours to build a steamer, never min...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:28 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: You're not going to have it
- Replies: 10
- Views: 596
Re: You're not going to have it
I probably do have it, I just can't find it!
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:53 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: 10 USRA Mikados
- Replies: 150
- Views: 294446
Re: 10 USRA Mikados
What ever happened to this build series? 2016 were the last of the series by hwboivin3. For what it is worth , I recently decided to part with my castings for my RRSC Mikado project as I have decided to build something much bigger. If anyone is interested please PM me. I will probably take some pict...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Fixing the electrics in my old German mill Ruhla 250/710
- Replies: 89
- Views: 607193
Re: Fixing the electrics in my old German mill Ruhla 250/710
Check your ground points .......sounds like something is searching for a ground and is trying to pull a ground circuit anyway it can , including through the relay coils, lights, etc, inadvertently energizing them.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taper roller bearing removal ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5008
Re: Taper roller bearing removal ?
The big problem is China is producing bearings, and many other items, and the packaging to go with them and passing them off as OEM. If the price on a bearing looks to good to be true, it probably is a knockoff.....go to an authorized distributor. JCFX, where in NY are you? I could make a few sugges...
- Thu Apr 27, 2023 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taper roller bearing removal ?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5008
Re: Taper roller bearing removal ?
A quick search, both the 30206 & 30207 P5 bearings are readily available. Don't need to be NTN,..... Timken, SKF, etc will all do the same.....just stay away from the made in China stuff....they don't adhear to the same standards.
Nyle
Nyle
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shop layout
- Replies: 5
- Views: 14681
Re: Shop layout
I personally prefer the graph paper method, much easier to move things around. Inevitably your shop will be too small, you'll have to many machines, the work you try to fit on the mill will require you to nudge the machine over a foot to the left.......and then 45 degrees to the right..... Think abo...
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 4:27 am
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Chucks 3 jaw. Which one?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2899
Re: Chucks 3 jaw. Which one?
FYI --- Buck manual scroll chucks are made in China for them and have been for quite some time.....yes better quality, but your paying a lot more for the
Buck name. Gator makes a decent chuck, as does Bison.
Nyle
Buck name. Gator makes a decent chuck, as does Bison.
Nyle
- Sat Jan 14, 2023 11:41 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Small bevel gear suppliers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1478
- Fri Dec 16, 2022 3:21 am
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Way Protection
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9468
Re: Way Protection
The shop next door had a Leblond with a L1 taper which can be a PITA to swap . They took a 4 x6 and notched it to fit on the ways, and cut a radius in the top to match the chuck diameter being used, at the mounted height. Slip the block under the chuck, release the chuck from the spindle and slide i...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The price of steel
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5564
Re: The price of steel
Bauxite is still mined in the U.S., but since 1981 the bauxite mined has not been used to produce aluminum, only other industrial purposes such as abrasives.
Nyle
Nyle
- Tue Dec 13, 2022 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The price of steel
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5564
Re: The price of steel
Correct, we do buy steel from other countries because it's cheaper, and we did impose import tarrifs, but much of the steel used in the U.S. , especially that used by the Military or Government has to be DFARS compliant. In simple terms this means it has to be produced in the U.S. or by one of our A...