The Home Machinist!

PRR5406 wrote:Hmmmm...I guess that would be "beemail".

I actually did hear back from him about a day later and placed an order.

That was really cool. Thanks

I was refering to the Oct 9th post and Pics which pretty much show only an angle iron cut to a flat. This is what looks 'soft ' to me. I would add two small triangle gussets to reinforce this piece. But that is just me. You can do what you wish with your project, but I would caution you, that it is...

I think I may be the first to throw a rock in the pond here and let the ripples go... Just by eye and nothing else, the angle that holds the front truck bolster pin (bolt), looks to me like it needs a gusset brace back to the frame rails, for more stability, to prevent bending incase of a hit or he...

Thanks, that is some good advice. I am a "bigger is always better" type of guy but in reality that isn't always true. I am still a few months away from starting an engine as I want to build a riding car next. Here are a couple of pics from today. I got frame, drive wheels and bottom of the...

I emailed him yesterday about purchasing some couplers and the email never came back as undeliverable.

Nice Work. You'll be out there riding the rails soon. I've thought about building one of those for my kids to be able to ride around on, and of course just cruise around on without having to fire up a steamer. Thanks, it's been a fun project so far. My goal is to build a steamer. Today I painted ev...

I have a HO club friend who has 1.6" on his property and also is a machinist by trade with a large machine shop. This is the only scale he works in. I spent a Saturday a few months back helping him fix some track and then running his trains. I got hooked. I spent some time looking around at wha...

That's great news. I'm currently building a Galloping Goose but my next project will be a steam loco and I have been watching these vendor threads and some of them have made me a little nervous.

Very nice. That is something to be proud of for sure.

Also glad you got your cars. I'm new to this scale and have to say I'm not used to paying for an item and then having to wait months wondering if I'm going to receive it. I do realize that a lot of these suppliers have regular jobs and I do expect it may take a little while to get parts. Communicati...