people who have never 'been there done that' giggle when I say
a chassis running on air is about 25% of the work and $$ to get a steamer on the track..
very nice...
hope you made a bunch and are willing to sell more than you made...
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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:26 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Reducing union tees
- Replies: 12
- Views: 582
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alloy similar to keys
- Replies: 13
- Views: 672
Re: Alloy similar to keys
how thick a piece do you need?
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
- Replies: 276
- Views: 62146
Re: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
joe neilson's book is quite straightforward and simple and works a charm...as does the Raritan technique.
isn't rocket science..just think 1900's technology available
or you can do what I do now and purchase them and as needed thin the walls down to get the desired pressure.
isn't rocket science..just think 1900's technology available
or you can do what I do now and purchase them and as needed thin the walls down to get the desired pressure.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:32 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
- Replies: 276
- Views: 62146
Re: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
Where a lot of us get into trouble is weight distribution on equalized suspensions and having to jimmy with leaf springs, pivot points and link lengths. There is a lot of logic to your type of typically British suspension which is much easier to adjust once you get the full wet assembly sitting ther...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:39 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1649
Re: Rail Bender
Perhaps because you do not have a Gmail account
When I looked, I was automagically signed in under my Gmail address which is linked to my browser.
Big brother now has another data point on me-> one that probably says that I am interested in 'being bent' or some such nonsense
When I looked, I was automagically signed in under my Gmail address which is linked to my browser.
Big brother now has another data point on me-> one that probably says that I am interested in 'being bent' or some such nonsense
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:34 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Building a 4.5 in scale Foden Steam Truck in New England
- Replies: 76
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Re: Building a 4.5 in scale Foden Steam Truck in New England
I also, at one time or another, have misread a dividing head. Dykem with a scribe seems to minimize the scrap...but not eliminate. 4th / 5th axis programmable control has it whipped, as long as I get the euler values correct, but that is a different story for another time I put my practice runs into...
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:23 am
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
- Replies: 276
- Views: 62146
Re: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
We all deal with that situation.
It is commonly referred to as "the interference of life".
Man plans and God laughs.
Be thankful for every completd part and the time/health to invest.
It is commonly referred to as "the interference of life".
Man plans and God laughs.
Be thankful for every completd part and the time/health to invest.
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 9:44 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
- Replies: 276
- Views: 62146
Re: Northern 4-8-4 Build 3/4”
I feel your pain. One of my blacksmith tricks is to make the stud longer than needed, put a small center in it to thread -> then cut it off with a Dremel wheel and dress the end as needed. I have a couple of very small, undercut centers and a can of white lead for just such jobs -> very similar to w...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ball Oilers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 363
Re: Ball Oilers
FWIW I have learned to deal with ball oilers by way of a short piece of clear tygon tubing stuck on the end of my oil pump can. Press the other end of the tube down on the surface of the ball oiler and pump away. Watching air bubbles travel into the ball oiler confirms lubrication. There are widgets...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Milling depth
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4417
Re: Milling depth
Index makes good machinery. Victor has a sould reputation.
You will soon find it easier to create your exemplary work.
You will soon find it easier to create your exemplary work.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ball Oilers
- Replies: 7
- Views: 363
Re: Ball Oilers
if you thread the holes, you need to be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you don't get any swarf / grit / sand / whatnot into the hole that the new lubricator will push down into the machine....thereby defeating the purpose of the exercise... my one-shot oilers are all threaded into the machine - but were done ...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1649
Re: Rail Bender
dare i bring Young's modulus into this discussion...
or just permit the slumbering canine to remain recumbent ?
or just permit the slumbering canine to remain recumbent ?