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- Mon Oct 02, 2023 1:48 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How to get started?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12582
Re: How to get started?
There is a book with the Clishay build articles. Very few castings. With either you have some instructions to go with. Kozo's information from what I see is more detailed. I think the A3 has to be scaled up to 7-1/2" gage. Off the cuff they are equally accessible. There are other small locomoti...
- Mon Oct 02, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: How to get started?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 12582
Re: How to get started?
1)What skills are most important in building a live steamer, Machining is at the core of building a locomotive. How to measure accurately. How to read a drawing. How a locomotive works. Welding for example is something many people seek help with. and what projects should I embark on to gain those s...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:14 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Pop Valve location suggestions
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3664
Re: Pop Valve location suggestions
Mine are between the dome and the rear tube sheet.
- Wed Sep 20, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: What type of belt?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3969
Re: What type of belt?
https://www.bestorq.com/Library/TechInf ... Drives.pdf
A V-Flat drive. Never knew such a thing existed.
A V-Flat drive. Never knew such a thing existed.
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:17 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Clishay Transmission Questions
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2103
Re: Clishay Transmission Questions
Here is a short video that should make it easier to visualize.
https://youtu.be/EUuHpADRKh4?si=uNr_BOXCtJ0Y-Vzy
https://youtu.be/EUuHpADRKh4?si=uNr_BOXCtJ0Y-Vzy
- Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Harold ekstams locomotive
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1795
Re: Harold ekstams locomotive
There cannot be many people around who remember Harold Ekstam. I used to see Harold and another guy at Harry Herder's double heading the moguls. I remember them both being tall and hunched over the moguls. I asked the only person I know who might know where the Scotty mogul went. I have not heard ba...
- Fri Aug 11, 2023 5:31 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Steam Locomotive Technology - Status Statement
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1595
Re: Steam Locomotive Technology - Status Statement
Looks like a monotube steam generator. Steam powered car on a larger scale. Some of the claims seem a bit dubious.
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Boiler Questions
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8010
Re: 2-6-6-6 Allegheny Boiler Questions
If I remember the 60,000's water tube firebox purpose was an increase in efficiency and an increase in boiler pressure above what stayed sheets allowed. By reports it was successful in efficiency improvement compared to locomotives it was tested against but suffered from water tube failures. I used ...
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:05 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Tender truck dynamics
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1443
Re: Tender truck dynamics
rotating around the horizontal axis that is perpendicular to the rails An Andrews tender truck would be much like a freight car truck. In 1-1/2" scale there is a general consensus that any one wheel can be lifted 1/4" from the rail without lifting any of the other wheels. The pitching is ...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 2:18 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: IS our hobby dying in Canada?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 19580
Re: IS our hobby dying in Canada?
I can't speak for Canada but from my view on the Midwest U.S. is it dying? No. Has it changed? Yes. Generalizations are risky but here goes. People are raised differently than they used to be. I grew up in the days when kids got sent out the door to go find their friends. We met up at the school and...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Scaling loads / pulling power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1784
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Scaling loads / pulling power
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1784
Re: Scaling loads / pulling power
Call your 1.6" Challenger 1/8 scale to make the math easy. As Russ said mass increases by the cube of the size increase. In 1/8 scale your model would decrease by the cube of the decrease. The model would be 1/8 the length, 1/8 the width, 1/8 the height. 10,000 ton/512 = 19.5 ton or 39,0063lbs....