How To machine one piece axle box

[hudson]

The machining of a set of four cannonboxes
for a SAR 4-8-4 steam locomotive was
described as per link:

http://www.northernsteam.com/25NC.htm

Hope this helps.

Best regards,
hudson

[flavinny]

Dick would have a supplier that could supply about two feet of the DOM tubing you suggested.?

[Dick_Morris]

I haven't bought it from them and it's be a number of years since I purchased any, but here is a start https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/search/dom/

My impression has been that their prices are high, but a couple of weeks ago I found a producer price index for steel from the mill as I wanted see what the value of the boiler tubes we bought eight years ago would be today. Since 2014, steel mill products have increased to as high as 350% (fall 2021) and have now settled to "only" $220% of what they were when we made our purchase.

[ALCOSTEAM]

but if you take steel into the scrap yard they tell you they are not getting anything for it so they can't pay much. The closest yard has a string of gondola's and is loading and shipping as much as I have ever seen.