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- Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:22 pm
- Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
- Topic: Pyramid Products Co.?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10286
Pyramid Products Co.?
Hello group, Years ago, in Live Steam Magazine , a company named Pyramid Products Company in (I believe) Phoenix AZ, advertised "home foundry furnaces and supplies". I have not seen its (Pyramid's) advertisement in quite some time, and have not been able to locate it (Pyramid), or any info...
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:20 pm
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Newbie Question: C.A.D. Quality / Appearance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3422
Thank you for your responses. They, and the examples of drawings that you posted, have given me a better idea of CAD's capabilities than I had prior.
Thank you all very much!
-John Kurdzionak
Woburn, MA
jfkclock@juno.com
Thank you all very much!
-John Kurdzionak
Woburn, MA
jfkclock@juno.com
- Fri Jun 02, 2006 5:01 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: H.J. Coventry 1/2" Scale
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1958
H.J. Coventry 1/2" Scale
Dear Group, In the Live Steam Marketplace forum, I have some "want ads" placed for drawings, blueprints, castings, chasses, materials, etc. for 1/2" scale, 2-1/2" gauge material, particularly those of (but not limited to) H.J. Coventry of Baltimore, MD. I don't want to cross-post...
- Wed May 31, 2006 4:55 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Loctite shelf life
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2738
I have, in the course of my work, had out-of-date LOCTITE retaining compound fail in service. For this reason (it impacts me financially if it fails), I buy the smallest possible quantities at a time and replace the bottles often (whenever the expiration date arrives). Perhaps it'll last longer than...
- Wed May 31, 2006 4:46 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Whistle castings by Dick Bagley
- Replies: 1
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Whistle castings by Dick Bagley
Hello Group: Does anyone know whatever became of the steam whistle "kits" once offered for sale by Dick Bagley ? He advertised them in "The Miniature Locomotive" magazine back in the early 1950s, and to my knowledge, still had them available well into the 1980s. They were sold as...
- Wed May 31, 2006 4:37 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Cretors Popcorn Engine by Melvin Shetler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6522
- Tue May 30, 2006 9:29 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Cretors Popcorn Engine by Melvin Shetler
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6522
Cretors Popcorn Engine by Melvin Shetler
Hello group,
Does anyone know anything about, or have any information on, the Cretors popcorn engine castings kits formerly sold by Melvin Shetler & Sons, Co., of Flint, MI and/or Clio, Michigan?
Thank you,
-John Kurdzionak
Woburn, MA
jfkclock@juno.com
866-535-2562
Does anyone know anything about, or have any information on, the Cretors popcorn engine castings kits formerly sold by Melvin Shetler & Sons, Co., of Flint, MI and/or Clio, Michigan?
Thank you,
-John Kurdzionak
Woburn, MA
jfkclock@juno.com
866-535-2562
- Mon May 29, 2006 9:55 am
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Newbie Question: C.A.D. Quality / Appearance
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3422
Newbie Question: C.A.D. Quality / Appearance
Hello, group- I need to copy existing live steam blueprints from the 1930s to the 1950s into a CAD program so as to make new masters on mylar (the originals are lost/destroyed). I am not experienced with AutoCad or other CAD programs at this time. However, I will either take courses at a local engin...
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:12 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: WTD: Info. on Yankee Shop/Friends Models 4-6-6-4 Challenger
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3681
- Tue Apr 11, 2006 10:03 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 3/4" Scale Locomotives
- Replies: 84
- Views: 32494
- Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:56 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: WTD: Info. on Yankee Shop/Friends Models 4-6-6-4 Challenger
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3681
WTD: Info. on Yankee Shop/Friends Models 4-6-6-4 Challenger
WANTED: Information and/or discussion on the construction, performance, and other aspects of the 3/4" scale, 3-1/2" gauge, Lester Friend 4-6-6-4 "Challenger" formerly sold by Yankee Shop and Friends Models . Pros, cons, builder or owner testimonials, performance reports, and pho...
- Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:56 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 1980s PBS video with Seymour Johnson live steam segment
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3925