The Home Machinist!

hoppercar wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 3:59 pm I remember the days of catalogs, phone calls, and mail in orders .....bypassing all the technology geeks and hackers

yeah,, i suggested he have a backup site that is static,, we will see what happens at this point,,

JBodenmann wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:14 pm The order book is now closed.

woo,, good, my check book just about burst into flames,, maybe next time

those wondering why it took so long, the site engine was out of date, leaving it up to hacking, that happened, the engine update required just about all modules to be updated, which included rewriting some code and populating the database etc.. yes, in the world of software development, this did tak...

I welded my first boiler a couple of years ago, i used tig for 100% of the welding, the joint prep will allow you to get full pen on the joints without the need to back weld. I probably have 100 pictures of the process, that said, feel free to cut and prep flue sheets (drill but do not ream until af...

FWIW, I have been using brass for 25 years, I prefer how it looks over copper. Brass is easy to thread on the lathe or by hand and its easy to form with heat. a drop of blue thread locker to seal as needed

this is something i have always wanted to do, but i fear its one of those "things do not scale well" items.

Hmm,, there is a difference between hydrostatic and displacement lubricators.

my 2.993 cents, I have a 1/4 ball valve inside the dome of the build i built for my pacific conversion. so far it seems to work well ootb. the linkage is setup for fine control. the truth of the matter, at WOT (in the cab) the ball valve is about 1/2 open, more then enough volume to feed the 2x3.25 ...

Or is it an optical malclusion -> it just looks that way because the flange is missing? No, it states, and shows in the video, that it is added to the inside.... I mean it can be a little bit each way, stop and thinking about where the rail run on flanged wheels, pretty close to the fillet of the f...

makinsmoke wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:53 pm Back to back dimensions are concerned with track and switch clearances.

With no flange, the only issues are with the chassis, rods and valve gear, right?

unless the track has guided frogs

Harold_V wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 4:55 pm

cbrew wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:07 pm to add to had no set up my locomotive,

Would you please read this and explain what it means? It makes absolutely no sense.

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fixed,,, always here to bust my chops lol,,, thanks!

to add to how i setup my locomotive,
this was shared with me about 10 years ago out of an old engineering book,
i wish i had the book so i had more details. but this is the lay out i used 10 years ago.
Notice the centerline, the width and the thread profile.