The Home Machinist!

He brought it buy the PVLS summer meet, it is very well done. It is a real bueaty. The olny issue he had ovserved about the set up was he had confused the throtle valve wheel with the steering wheel a time or two.

Hey, dry cotton is a resonable insulator, but the moment it gets damp it is very poor. It is acutally possible to get a lot more heat loss through wet wicking insulation then on a bare pipe that the mositiure drips off of. This is form real engineering experance. Also wet insulation can cause a lot ...

Hey, is there any use of turbulators with coal fire, or would the soot up too fast?

Rob

Hey I have just been taking it slow and grinding 1/2 mill or less per pass with out coolant. But I realize a lot of things need to be cooled and it would greatly improve accurcy and such to keep everthing at near room temperature. Has anyone got a simple effective coolant system to add to the home s...

You could always make them the old fashioned way with with anvil and forge form square rod stock. LOL. You might try looking for horse shoeing suplies, they use square nails there and with a little grinding you might get a good loing spike out them. Or if you got a laser cutter or water jet cutter a...

Pioneer Valley Live Steamers, Southwick MA Washakum Live Steamers, Holiston MA Long Island Live Stemers, (?) Go to the "discoverlivesteam.com" web site and click the "live steam rialroads" link in the top left hand corner. This will link you to there web sites. They list dates of...

I was not aware they were made for that machine spindle size, It looks like a very cost efective additon for use on the surface grinder.

Rob

The only give away that it's a model are the foot pegs and seat pad on the tender. I only hope to get an engine finshied so nice some day.

Rob

I am using a old 9"lathe (1927 SBL), it is a heavier bed then the well know 9" models made form the mid 30"s and on. For 4" or smaller wheels 1) clamp an extra thick casting or blank in a 6" 4 jaw backside out, face it flat and finish the flange flange od to about .010 over ...

I know a saw an add for both a complet tool and two tools. The single tool was heavy duty lathes and the tow tool set was for lighter duty lathes and did the tread side with one bit and the flange side of the wheel with the second bit.

If I come across it I will send it, Rob

Hi, I am building a Allen 10 Wheeler, which shares several of the same prints as the Mogal. What is often ment as corrected prits are the additions, corrections and changes the engine builder makes as he builds the model. Some are corrections to mistakes found, some are the actual tolerances or dime...

Dan,

I had the same question and got no better anser then the one ones you recived.

If you find out what is the most popular amoung fitting suppliers in the US, will you please post it.

Maybe a letter to Live Stram magazine would get some reply. or get them to do a survey of supliers.

Rob