The Home Machinist!

Nice items, Keith. Good photos, also. Thanks for sharing! Any bigh hunks of old iron follow you home? Charles

Welcome to my world, Roger!

Thanks, srrl5

Pretty, pretty! What is the tubing/pipe which is just visible on the left side of the smokebox view? Thanks, Charles

P.S. And so much for spell check software... Charles

It appears that Martin Evans has written at least three books of similar title: Introducing Model Steam Locomotive Construction Manual Of Model Steam Locomotive Construction and The Model Steam Locomotive: A Complete Treatise on Design and Construction -- which is the initial subject of this thread....

Axle sprockets... use the hub and splikt sprocket system sold for racing go-carts. then you have some flexibility on both sides of the ratio. Here is a source found on the internet... http://www.jackssmallengines.com/gokaz_hubsprocket.cfm There are certainly other sources, possibly a walk-in near yo...

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Charles

Chattanooga has a Harbor Freight at 5839 BRAINERD RD, 37411 423-899-0130 http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/storelocator/locationDetail.do?storeId=106 In Nashville, at least, the walk-in store will honor sale prices from the Internet or catalog. The h/v cutoff band saw is $179.99 now at http://www....

A propane tank for my Benzmatic (or similar) torch just emptied itself...literally -- the main valve stuck. Threw the empty in the trash, then had second thoughts and fished it back out. Wonder if this would be a practical tank for air/vacuum brake reserves on a 7-1/2" gage car? Thanks, Charles

Technical (software) differences DO matter -- at least to me. The old Chaski used an outline format within each thread, and (on my PC at least) the posts I had not yet read were highlighted. The outline format meant that I could reply (or find replies) immediately following the post which generated ...

Yard work, always yard work. The weeds grow nicely in the dirt surrounding my house. Of course the wild violets are quite pretty when in bloom. Beyond that, order the materials and erect a two-story storage shed (miniature barn) on the concrete slab my son-in-law helped me put in place in the back y...