A champion is born.
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Well, I think I need something to do.So I started a new Choo Choo. Another Northern. Hence a Champion is born part 2. Turning the smokebox front. Trueing it for the door.
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Cool! Everyone needs a good project.
Can you tell me a little about your lathe? Is it a Tray Top? Swing? Looks like a pretty nice machine!
Harold
A second look revealed it's a 19" swing.
Awesome!
Can you tell me a little about your lathe? Is it a Tray Top? Swing? Looks like a pretty nice machine!
Harold
A second look revealed it's a 19" swing.
Awesome!
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Very nice lathe, Paul. Can you share with us why you chose to paint all of your machines blue? Also, what prototype or design will this latest Northern follow?
Rob
Rob
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I am assembling Mike Venezia's Northern.Most of the machining is finished so I guess I'll need 3 years to complete it.
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3 YEARS!!!!!!! I'm expecting it to be on air in 3 months .......and fire put to it in 9 months. chop chop
Pamela
several boxes going out monday
Pamela
Pamela
several boxes going out monday
Pamela
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Old Northern or New Northern?
Rob
Rob
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Rob Gardner wrote:Old Northern or New Northern?
Rob
It will be another ALCO Northern
we actually (Paul, Pam and I) starting building 3 engines all together 3 or so years back, we were gang maching parts, life, work and lots of other stuff keep getting in my way and it leaves me no time to build any more, so with almost all of the major machine work done Paul is doing me a great favor and assembling the beast, I have the tender here at home....Thanks Paulie!!...guess now I am gunna owe you $18.00...lol
during it's assembly we will be testing a few possible design changes to see if they will work to make some more improvments
It will be Lackawanna 1637, a Q4 Pocono
here is a line drawing of it along with my Hudson 1154 Here is film footage of the real 1637
Here is a link to some tech specs on the Poconos
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/northern/?page=dlw
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that's gonna be a cool northern mike, sweet deal.
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Mike's new Alco Northern. Boring hole for smoke stack. Thank God for bimetal hole saws. Isn't that just absolutley exciting. I need professional help!
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LOL!Hudson Honey wrote:How may I help?
Clausing 10x24, Sheldon 12" shaper, ProtoTrak AGE-2 control cnc on a BP clone, Reed Prentice 14" x 30", Sanford MG 610 surface grinder, Kalamazoo 610 bandsaw, Hardinge HSL speed lathe, Hardinge HC chucker, Kearney and Trecker #2K plain horizontal mill, Haas TL-1 lathe.