The Home Machinist!

7.5" gauge - West Coast Rail profile. Rail was rolled by Accutie to a 32' radius. Like-new condition. 4 switches available (one built & never used)- asking $450/ea. which is over 30% off Accutie's list price. Price will be further discounted for bulk sale (PM me for more info on bulk discou...

7.5" gauge - West Coast Rail profile. Rail was rolled by Accutie to a 32' radius. Like-new condition. 51 panels available- asking $40/ea. which is over 25% off Accutie's list price. Price will be further discounted for bulk sale (PM me for more info on bulk discount). Shipping not included, loc...

7.5" gauge - West Coast Rail profile. Like-new condition. 55 panels available- asking $40/ea. which is over 25% off Accutie's list price. Price will be further discounted for bulk sale (PM me for more info on bulk discount). Shipping not included, located in Vacaville, CA - each panel weighs 27...

I found my answer about water disconnects. Here are some with 1/4" and 3/8" hose barbs; really cheap. http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=23885&catid=743 I use these for my water and propane connections. going on 6 plus years with flawless service http://www.ebay.com/itm...

Happy to help, Ray. I like Clippard, and use their stuff. However, their shipping fee is steep, especially when ordering a single item. I try to group my purchases from them. Here is another possible solution - these tanks hold around 3000psi for paintball guns. I have a couple extra tanks, and migh...

I decided to use ABS pipe for my brakes on the electric & my LE mogul, max 60 psi. Works well. For those concerned with plastic pipe failure, Clippard offers stainless steel air tanks (link provided).

http://www.clippard.com/part/AVT-32-16

Chris Donhost
Vacaville, CA

I decided to squeeze in one last trip to Train Mountain prior to the kids returning to school. While there, we decided to "go big" by rounding everything up that was set out in the main yard, and go for a ride. This video is the end result. We only had three derailments while on the mainli...

My only question is, how dead was the lawn after rinsing out the CLR and was the better half upset? Hah! That's some great work, well done. Thanks. The CLR went back into the containers they came in, so the only stuff that went into the lawn was CLR residual, and Simple Green HD. What killed my law...

Bill Shields wrote:thought I saw a reamer with a large tap handle on it in the first video....

oh well....sometimes you see what you expect to see...

Your correct, I was stuck on the second video. It has just been one of those days. Thanks for the suggestion!

Chris

after looking at the video again: I have a suggestion regarding reaming of the holes in preparation for rolling. Getting the chucking reamer started correctly is a bit of a chore as you can see. BRIDGE REAMERS are much easier to get started and are just fine for rolled tubes . Well worth the $$$ to...

As promised from the original posting, I have completed "Part 2" of the locomotive rebuild project. Enjoy!



I know for some the embedded link doesn't work, but this should: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I90lpHcrWCk

Chris Donhost

Aaron Bentsen of 7idea Productions brought out his drone to get some footage of Train Mountain. He was kind enough to share it with us, enjoy!

Chris Donhost, Social Media Chairman
Train Mountain Railroad