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- Sat Jul 08, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: IS our hobby dying in Canada?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 16058
Re: IS our hobby dying in Canada?
In our HS, the Industrial Arts teacher was a total moron. We had a fully equipped machine shop yet he knew nothing about machining. The shop was also fully equipped with wood working equipment but he wouldn't teach anything about woodworking. We had two girls in our class and he was more interested ...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:18 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Okadee Blow down valve sets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8976
Re: Okadee Blow down valve sets
Dave, If you are going to ALS this weekend, bring a set with you. I'll take a set.
Jim B
Jim B
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:47 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1.5 scale RTR Arch Bar Trucks with brakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7054
- Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1.5 scale RTR Arch Bar Trucks with brakes
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7054
Re: 1.5 scale RTR Arch Bar Trucks with brakes
RRSC has them.
Jim B
Jim B
- Mon May 29, 2023 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cheap DROs: Any good?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1734
Re: Cheap DROs: Any good?
I bought a set of cheap DRO's off Ebay. When I got it, it didn't have an outer case for the readout. Nothing was said about that in the listing. Oh well, they were cheap!
Jim B
Jim B
- Fri May 05, 2023 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Proof testing cable clamps
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15127
Re: Proof testing cable clamps
Yes it is. You would be amazed at some of the things that I have seen involving induction furnaces and their power supplies.Induction heating is a whole different world.
Jim B
- Fri May 05, 2023 5:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Proof testing cable clamps
- Replies: 44
- Views: 15127
Re: Proof testing cable clamps
Well Harold, it sounds like you are getting there. Is your lifting yoke on the furnace insulated? If it isn't, that will give you trouble. Also, on most of our furnaces, the rear most angle on the top of the furnace is aluminum, that cuts down on problems.
Jim B
Jim B
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 3:28 pm
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Clearpath SDs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1974
Re: Clearpath SDs
Well, you won't need the Gecko's, but as a side note, they will work directly with the Centroid Acorn boards. The Clearpath steppers will take the step and direction commands as well as the enable command. About the only thing that they give back is a fault signal and there is one programmable outpu...
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 5:02 pm
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Clearpath SDs
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1974
Re: Clearpath SDs
I have looked at them in depth. What I didn't like about them was that there was not enough I/O for the CNC project that I had. They were very willing to help with the engineering for the project, so I will say that for them. In the end I went with the DMM Servos (Dynamic Motor Motion) and those wor...
- Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Investment Casting Costs
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6311
Re: Investment Casting Costs
Try this foundry, as they do some good size brass and bronze castings. They cater to the small orders.
Hildebran Designs, Inc.
386 Center Conway Road
Brownfield, Maine 04010
PHONE: (207)935-3729
FAX: (207)935-0114
CELL: (207)890-9596
Jim B
Hildebran Designs, Inc.
386 Center Conway Road
Brownfield, Maine 04010
PHONE: (207)935-3729
FAX: (207)935-0114
CELL: (207)890-9596
Jim B
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Derailments
- Replies: 65
- Views: 9293
Re: Derailments
A year ago, I got hired for a full time maintenance job not because of my age but that I passed the drug test, security background check and almost 50 years of experience. I was actually shocked that I got hired even with my age!
- Sat Mar 18, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Bad Jokes
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5493
Re: Bad Jokes
Years ago, I heard a story about a repair tech who died, but did not make it to heaven. While being shown around his eternal place of punishment, he was told that he would spend eternity in a state-of-the-art repair shop with every tool ever made, every part ever made, every piece of test gear avail...