The Home Machinist!

The generators used in the hobby turn up to 10K RPM and would sling out the windings on that unit you are looking at. What seems to work is an alternator where the magnets spin and field windings are around the outside. Some years ago Live Steam had an article about making a 2.5" scale gen. May...

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I don't remember seeing this here. If it was please forgive me.

I'm shipping from north Fla. to north California. I'll make the crates from 3/4" plywood with 2x4 corner bracing so they should be crush proof. Just don't dump them off the dock.

Right, I've done all that in the past with success except the foam. I may add that this time. I just screw 2x4s to the crate bottom so the forks can lift the crate.

Bill, I went to Old Dominion and they quoted me 1400 bucks to ship the engine. Everyone else is in the 400 to 800 bracket.

Dan, your design is what got this started. I had sold my ride in cab engine to a guy in Cleveland. He turned it to a Porter style and added a large bell and sent me your drawing. I'm looking for a simpler way to do it. My mentor had made a bell rotator like GWdriver showed so I'm leaning in that dir...

Thanks, I had looked at Freight Quote.

What have you guys done about shipping engines? I've gotten quotes that are all over the place from 300 to 1400 bucks. Also what about insurance?

That's great Bill. Thanks.

Anyone have drawings for one of these?

Steve, what kind of manometer readings were you getting?

Should he connect the 2 exhaust tubes together into one blast nozzle?