The Home Machinist!

To any locomotive a sprocket or gear would be better as there will be too much wheel slip if encountering any type of grade other than a dead flat road.

I could do that indeed. It is why I posed the question here. To look for ideas. Thankyou.

I did some further reading about the creation some one did. It was created in Quebec. The blow out was not from heat. It was from overloading. Here are the pictures of some one esles design. 169483696_10206107771289058_2375654309586010112_n.jpg 68870430_10206107771449062_4006338583106420736_n.jpg 69...

I made the foolish mistake of not putting the plate that fits over the burners. The result was easy firing as long as it was stationary. As soon as the engine had to work it wouldnt maintain pressure as it would suck cold air past the burners.

It has been a while since I last posted. Pardon any double key strokes I miss in editing, my hands have tremors now (makes stickwelding fun!). So I saw on a friends page on FaceBook that some one had made a Clishay gocart. Alas it wasnt a very good job as the heat from the boiler would burn the driv...

This came to me by way of PRR406 email/ Third time's the charm! The Waterville City Council voted to sell Maine Central 470 to New England Steam Corporation this evening. I hesitate to say, "the good guys won", but this is the best chance to old locomotive has had in 60 years. We will be s...

Hi, I am not a representative of them. Nor have they asked me to help. Yet I would like to get the word out about a locomotive we would like to see restored. Ok, I will confess, Maine needs to have a full size locomotive. The organization has 47 days left on its fundraising (according to the link). ...

Anyone know of castings available from Andy Ross?

Wow! $20 for a Model T Coil is cheap!

Back in the 1980's when I was doing my Model T, coils were $50 apiece!

If you do go pound on his door. Be polite and offer to help him, he is usually backlogged with work.

I think I ran a drill press for him making stainless grates. Or at least it was repetitive drilling in stainless steel.

You could always drive by his house and pound on his door....

Grin, I will sell my AR Drone if any one wants for $200