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- Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:04 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How Do You Calculate Connecting Rod Length?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 18109
Re: How Do You Calculate Connecting Rod Length?
Rod Length A longer rod is better, right? maybe not. Many mikados / consolidations have the main rod connection on the third driving axle. This far back, should reduce the angle of the main rod from the cylinder centerline, thus increasing the verticle the force applied to the crosshead guides. Reme...
- Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: My new website
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10168
Re: My new website
For those interested in Fox Trucks, here's a pic of a set at the Rockton Ricon Near Columbia South Carolina. Same place as Hampton and Branchville #44.
There's also some drawings of SP style fox trucks CSRRM.
JP
There's also some drawings of SP style fox trucks CSRRM.
JP
- Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:36 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: "SOLD"1 1/2" Scale 2-8-2 Mikado Logging Engine
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2417
Re: 1 1/2" Scale 2-8-2 Mikado Great Northern on air
Bob,
Can you offer some insight as to what parts are aluminum and what parts are not. Appears the rods are, but not sure from photos.
Will the tender be posted?
Driver Dia?
JP
Can you offer some insight as to what parts are aluminum and what parts are not. Appears the rods are, but not sure from photos.
Will the tender be posted?
Driver Dia?
JP
- Mon Jan 09, 2012 12:33 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: saddle tank forming
- Replies: 26
- Views: 9212
Re: saddle tank forming
Making Flanges Guys, Tenn Valley RR Museum has a flanging machine in their shop I think. They got it several years ago. I never saw it run. It might be worth while to hit up the backshop gang and see if they have some advice on how the machine works and how you can apply it to our smaller problems. JP
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:56 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Link and Pin couplers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13183
Re: Link and Pin couplers
Dan, I did not see Dave's address so I'll just let you pass it along. I am good for 8 drafts. Just the rough castings, nothing machined at all. I'll post some more pics when I get down to the shop with a camera on what I have already built. The 5/0 was the result of a link not to wide for a milled s...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 10:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Large Boiler Flue Size
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9673
Large Boiler Flue Size
Large Boiler Flue Size Fellow Live Steamers, Who out there has attempted large flues in model boilers and what was the result? A few years ago I had a very interesting discussion with a guy named Metzger, who said he had an Atlantic that had only a few 2" flues. Claimed it could pull all day on...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Link and Pin couplers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13183
Re: Link and Pin couplers
Link and pin couplers. I finally got into some of my notes and here is what I found. Vulcan (Tifton Ga) Link and pin draft is 1.75" diameter. Porter Agent Lumber # 7 Link and pin on the pilot and back of tender is 2" diamter Porter Argent Lumber # 7 drawbar pin between loco and tender is 2...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Allen Models Wabash Mogul #569
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5093
Re: Allen Models Wabash Mogul #569
Where approximately is the engine located?
JP
JP
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:26 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Steam outline design
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4863
Re: Steam outline design
Coil Springs for suspension substitute. Sure, one method you can try is the coil spring between the journal box and the frame. For all intents and purposes this method has justification based on some prototypes. For example. Many European engines DO NOT have equalized suspention on their locomotives...
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:29 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Link and Pin couplers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 13183
Re: Link and Pin couplers
Link and Pin. I am build a Mich Cal shay and someother industrial equipment with the some similar coupling needs. I have measured several industrial locomotives (vulcans in Columbia Tn and Tifton, ga. and they appear to have 2" pins in the draft. In 2.5 this scaled out to .416 which is kinda bi...
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:29 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: What about your drill press?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9961
Re: What about your drill press?
Got Drill Press??? I recently made an exhaustive effort to buy the "right" drill press for my shop. After looking at every thing on the market and everything I had used in the local vacational school and everything in my friends shop here's what I concluded. 1) Buy a floor drill press not ...
- Sun Dec 11, 2011 2:07 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Allen Mogul Project - Down to Details
- Replies: 125
- Views: 45268
Re: New to the Forums - My Project
John S,
You mentioned that your father had aspirations for a pacific in mind. Any particular prototype? Another RI engine maybe?
You mentioned that your father had aspirations for a pacific in mind. Any particular prototype? Another RI engine maybe?
JPIn 1987 he began working on an Allen mogul and had grander plans of building a pacific after the mogul was finished.