The Home Machinist!

Ratchet and Pawls for 12"/15" would be nice. McMaster charges an arm and leg, last I checked.

Hi all, I came across an ad for coal and I will be driving by there on a trip over Labor Day weekend, so I'm considering stopping and picking up a few buckets to try it out.... But wanted to ask the brain trust as to what I should be looking for.... The ad states this, and nothing more regarding cha...

Glenn Brooks wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 23, 2019 1:39 pm

The Wabash, Frisco and Pacific is in Glencoe, Missouri, NE Kansas. 12 locomotives, scheduled weekend service. All volunteer, live steam club operation. Largest collection of operating 12” gauge locomotives in the world, I think.

Er.... Glencoe, MO... Not in NE Kansas.

Entirely possible that it is not on rollers... If not on rollers, I believe that the valve gear is slightly out of sync because of lower driver centers (due to no weight on the suspension). But it could all be a little sticky due to dry oil in the cylinder/valves, etc... right?

Not sure why the suspicion is that the E/S cylinder is not receiving steam. It is evident that it is getting steam due to steam wisping from the piston/valve rod glands. It does seem very sticky... Do the cylinder cocks open as they should be? When open, do they seem to exhaust an equal amount of st...

tsph6500 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:43 am

Look for smoke and guys in dirty overalls. That's us.

What happens if one encounters guys in clean overalls?

bill4227 wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 09, 2019 6:46 pm

Modeltec Index from the same website as I posted above is here http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/librar ... eltec.html

Bill

That index only goes to 1989, which is only a portion of what we are looking for.

There used to be one on DLS... Then it went missing. I poked around and found it on the IBLS WIKI... But that is incomplete. But I have a general list of issues on my phone so I can keep an eye out when certain issues come across my hands... and buy or pass on. I'm focused on the T12 issues right no...

This is interesting: http://www.ijirse.com/wp-content/upload/2016/02/1160B.pdf They are 3D printing the moulds directly with sodium silicate/sand using a process similar to the laser sintering process but with a CO2 jet instead of a laser. No pattern at all. Yes... 3D printing of MOLDS is becoming ...

Regardless, the OP is looking for 'new old stock'... not new stock. Not much to debate. Let him look for them

I'm following this thread so that I can learn about suspension as I go. I have a new-to-me atlantic and I'm not sure how much it ran before I got it. As such I may need to make adjustments also.

If you think about it, the bore of the tailpipes is about a 1/4" square (I'm using a generalization since I typically use a 1/4" ratchet extension to install these things). That's about 1/16 sq inches of area. 3/8" NPT would be about 0.300 in^2. I think you'll be fine with 1/4" NPT fittings or even ...