The Home Machinist!

Hi everyone, I recently modified a friend's Style A interlocking machine which was obtained from a tower when it was torn down. He wanted it modified to reflect a different track arrangement than where it was installed. As a result of the work that I have done, it appears that there may be some inte...

There is a 1" Pacific / Caboose kit on DLS For $1,800. Not a bad deal if you ask me...
Mike

I will try to get my UP FEF 4-8-4 booklet from storage this weekend when I go to NY to get some stuff in storage.
Mike

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=233478

There we go.

I'm in search of a throttle quadrant that is easy to build, affordable, and effective. It would indeed be nice to have a notched throttle quadrant, with fine adjustment, but things dont quite scale down. That would also be fragile, probably. One thought is that perhaps a "Clamping" style t...

Halloween IS coming up... Could always do a bunch of scale coffins. Perhaps a half-scale coffin.

Mike

I just noticed the trailing truck brake cylinder. Is it fully functional?

Awesome work!

I've been trying to get ahold of the recent issue as I want to see how they are planned out (I have the introductory K27 issue). I have AutoCAD and have been wanting to draw it up. Unfortunately, my 3-d software crashed on me and I don't have the install discs anymore. But I can at least do things i...

I am using APCP rocket motors - same type of fuel as in the Space Shuttle's SRBs. The rocket flew to 3,900' and recovered using two stage recovery (drogueless, similar to skydiving - til 1,800' and the main was deployed at that apogee). The rocket weighed 55 lbs on the pad and I had two RF trackers ...

Oh, yeh... I did get my Level 3 certification.

Hi folks, After several months of building, I had a missing piece to the puzzle for my Level 3 certification rocket. I needed a plate to mount my motor retainer to. I had it all designed when I designed the rocket, but my friend wasn't able to steal some time on a CNC mill, which left me without a f...

Very nice work! Did you know there are other fliers that make their own propellant as well? I don't know if you might be interested in a different market. PM me if you would be, as I might be able to direct you to a new way to contact those guys.

Mike