The Home Machinist!

Mike, are the drivers natural or have they been coated to keep them from rusting? timmy

Any suggestions as to which brand of chinese mics are preferred? tiimy

Amen, Fred

In moist envirnments will locktite prevent rust on the threads? timmy

I have just started using Evapo Rust, and had very good results. Harbor Frieght sells it.

Hey Tiny, I would love to hear how you set up your automatic airbrakes. Are you using commercially available parts or did you custom build it yourself? timmy

Thanks for the info....any additional thoughts would be helpful. My question on turnouts come from this thought....purchasing commercially available frogs ("# 8")....and using them to build a # 6 switch (that is what I meant buy "shortening" a #8). Will it work? timmy

Looking through the McMaster-Carr website at SHCS, I noticed 2 types of heads are available standard and low....are their any advantages to one over the other? It would seem to me the low head would be more to scale or realistic looking - are they? Timmy

Is corrosion from using various dissimilar metals a concern?

1.5" scale, 7.5 inch guage, RRSC 0-4-0. I'm very close to the "running on air" stage.

Well, after years of accumulating parts - I'm ready to begin assembling my first steam locomotive. I am hoping those of you who have been down this path can post advice on your your assembly methods, hints, and tricks. I know there are many "correct " ways to go about this process so "...

Jack, What media do you use in your blast cabinet to give parts thier "cast" look? Timmy