The Home Machinist!

Tim, very interesting project! I've off and on been working on drawing a 5/5/5 corrugated end in Fusion360 but haven't gotten very far.

That was Steve Gnas, who's calling the business Live Steam Locomotives: viewtopic.php?t=112800

As followup, I switched my settings on the phone and saved a series of photos using the jpeg format. File sized jumped from the 2.8 MB Apple format to 4.8MB for legacy jpegs for each photo. Almost a 100% increase in file size. So far as I can tell, the three aspect ratios programmmed into the Apple...

But if you were sitting on that tender...hmmm

St Croix RR, Hudson, WI.

Take all the fun out of it! I think this has been rebuilt to be closer to your (much better) design Jack, but it was exciting while it lasted. If the engineer pops in he can describe the experience.

I purchased my first lathe from a 90+ year old fellow who was doing exactly this, didn't want to leave his wife with the cleanup. I had a deal for the lathe and a friend was purchasing his Bridgeport. On the appointed day we showed up to move the equipment and he said "You can have the lathe, I...

Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad on Hwy 30, Boone,IA. Looks like you are going right through there and you need to do something to break up driving across Iowa.

https://bsvrr.com/wp/

The Corvette museum in Bowling Green, KY is interesting too. It's the one that had the sinkhole.

Not a club, but there was a miniature steam-powered railway at Coney Island, as you'd expect.
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Congratulations Ben, it has to feel like a major step. I'm close on my loco (I have my rings installed!) but am doing some painting. I found I needed to have the reverser etc in place to hold the link blocks before setting the valves. It's always something, but eventually you get there if you keep a...

Z bracing for outside braced box and stock cars. This would be nice, it's also found horizontally acting as a seal between the roof and side sheets of covered hoppers. The stuff I've seen has about 3" flanges with a 4" web, so 0.375" x 0.500"x 0.375" would be close for 1.5&...

Hmm, I posted the website earlier however it did not come up. https://miraclerailroadproducts.com/?fbclid=IwAR0DZ_Mc9knsxKYaSUV3KIkcN2ZBwHL801TTZ7huyhUsEvCs-bwxgLLisoQ That was Connie’s site. The link isn’t working. Hmmm. Works for me. Don't know if it's the correct site now that she sold her busin...