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- Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:52 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Curious what everyone else does after a swarf filled day
- Replies: 21
- Views: 8746
Re: Curious what everyone else does after a swarf filled day
I clean as I go. I find it easier to clean up a bunch of small messes than one big one. My father was an auto mechanic for many years. He taught me a lot and enough to know I didn't want to be a wrench because of the business. He told me " The tools that aren't in your box at the end of the day...
- Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:33 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1st Meet at the Kirkwall Central
- Replies: 35
- Views: 19912
Re: 1st Meet at the Kirkwall Central
I enjoyed this post immensely! "The Legend" made friends with the Pup!!! Hilarious!
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: NJ/NYC/LI Machinery Movers
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10544
Re: NJ/NYC/LI Machinery Movers
Hey John- All the good ones have been listed, Pedowitz, Hopatcong, Izzi, a few others. Tow companies can be pretty good if you can find a guy to work with you. At 5-6k lbs you're actually pretty light. We hauled a pretty ancient and big TIG back in 2011 on the back of an equally ancient and borrowed...
- Tue Jan 07, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Eccentric Conversation (Axle Pump Related)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3828
Re: Eccentric Conversation (Axle Pump Related)
Hi Bill- I think that's the whole sticking point. Perhaps I should just build the silly thing, make it fit, and not worry about it. I want to avoid the pitfalls of being over-thought and under-engineered yet at the same time, there is an engine in the stable with an ungodly number of hard miles on h...
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:15 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Eccentric Conversation (Axle Pump Related)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3828
Eccentric Conversation (Axle Pump Related)
Hello there Chaski peoples! I am in the process of restoring a ten-wheeler which was built with a LE style axle pump. Now I know the applicability and appropriateness of Axle-Pumps is always a charged topic of discussion with fervent support for and against their use. That said, I like an axle pump ...
- Tue May 14, 2019 1:28 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Suspension problems
- Replies: 48
- Views: 41367
Re: Suspension problems
I need advice on how to properly balance the wheel loads on my 1" LE Atlantic, the drivers are slipping badly. Is the purpose of the equalized suspension just to maintain wheel contact with the rails, or is it also a means to adjust the weight distribution on the wheels? If it is a means to ad...
- Thu Dec 13, 2018 10:36 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: GETTING BACK TO PATTERN MAKING
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6427
Re: GETTING BACK TO PATTERN MAKING
That's great!
Any recollection on how many you put together back in the day? I seem to remember there being around 15-16 of these running around.
It would be interesting to see where they all wound up.
- Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:12 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: GETTING BACK TO PATTERN MAKING
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6427
Re: GETTING BACK TO PATTERN MAKING
Hey Dave!! Give us a hint!!! Will you be remaking the venerable Mercer Steeple Cab of old? Great little engines!! Big enough to be fun yet small enough to haul everywhere. I still have mine (1607) and I'm sure Long island Dennis (now Central New York Dennis I suppose) still has his! Mine is still ci...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 11:58 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: PVLS August Meet
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9224
Re: PVLS August Meet
The DILLYDILLY man is driving all the way from Florida for this occasion, so let`s see if one of our wiseguys can top that. :shock: :roll: :D Well. That changes everything. Will there be a "Bahtree Chargah" involved? Couldn't help but fire up the way back machine for that one-liner.. Hear...
- Tue May 22, 2018 11:05 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Is Good Boiler Care Enough?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4911
Re: Is Good Boiler Care Enough?
Great write-up!!
There are three tools every boiler owner should have;
1) Decent Bore Scope
2) TDS meter
3) pH Test Strips.
Use #2 and 3 religiously when hot. Like Ice-Cube says "Check ya self before you wreck yo self."
There are three tools every boiler owner should have;
1) Decent Bore Scope
2) TDS meter
3) pH Test Strips.
Use #2 and 3 religiously when hot. Like Ice-Cube says "Check ya self before you wreck yo self."
- Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:31 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: THE GG1 STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8317
Re: THE GG1 STARTS TO TAKE SHAPE
There has been some work with "Tempering" or "Annealing" PLA parts. Depending on how you have your machine set-up with infill, number of outer rings, etc., the shrinkage is purported to be around 2-5% X and Y and about the same growth in the Z(see "hackaday" link below)...
- Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Is the live steam hobby in decline?
- Replies: 96
- Views: 59344
Re: Is the live steam hobby in decline?
The hobby isn't declining; it's evolving. The millennials (kids) are just getting to the point they can start to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Many of them are educated, and, with enough will and YouTube videos, can figure it out. Attracting this crowd is tough because for many, the debts of hig...