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by Peter Crisler
Tue Sep 26, 2023 9:30 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Making Boxcar Ends
Replies: 30
Views: 10437

Re: Making Boxcar Ends

My thoughts were that steel was the material to be used for making the box car ends. I hadn't considered aluminum. Which will it be? H First I had a typo: 6061-T6 not 5051-T6. I've done a lot of work with aluminum sheet, and just bending 6061-T6 in a hand break with too small an inside radius can c...
by Peter Crisler
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:05 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Making Boxcar Ends
Replies: 30
Views: 10437

Re: Making Boxcar Ends

Instead of 5051-T6, use 3003-H14. It will form a whole lot easier and without any pre-heating.
by Peter Crisler
Tue Jan 10, 2023 10:46 am
Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
Topic: Low Water Alarms
Replies: 7
Views: 2018

Re: Low Water Alarms

ChooChooChris wrote: Tue Jan 10, 2023 9:50 am I never knew these existed and am having a hard time finding info on them. Does anyone have any info on how these actually worked or the patent for them. Google is not being my friend today.
Here is what I have on the Barco.
by Peter Crisler
Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:51 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Nelson Reidel
Replies: 8
Views: 2846

Re: Nelson Reidel

hows your CNW 4-6-2 coming? Chassis runs on air. All boiler pieces are cut and prepped for welding, with the firebox complete and ready to install when its time comes. As a side trip, I've built a 10' Railroad Supply baggage car with 3 boat type seats and vacuum brakes. And, I just did a mock up of...
by Peter Crisler
Tue Nov 08, 2022 2:25 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Nelson Reidel
Replies: 8
Views: 2846

Re: Nelson Reidel

Hi Peter, Thanks for the link. The articles loaded (pretty much) but no images. His email listed on the site bounced as well. Brian I made a cross compound air compressor to his design. It ran great on air, steam not so good as of now. I have a couple of ideas to make changes to the steam passages....
by Peter Crisler
Tue Nov 08, 2022 12:59 am
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Nelson Reidel
Replies: 8
Views: 2846

Re: Nelson Reidel

by Peter Crisler
Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:31 pm
Forum: Build Log
Topic: Nickel Plate 762
Replies: 237
Views: 176832

Re: Nickel Plate 762

Hello My Friends Thank you RussN. Making things is almost always the process of making sub assemblies and then fitting them together. Little, and sometimes not so little puzzles. I just noticed Pete's question about the firing valve. I will make my own plug valve for this. I will make then tapered ...
by Peter Crisler
Mon Jun 06, 2022 10:25 am
Forum: Build Log
Topic: Nickel Plate 762
Replies: 237
Views: 176832

Re: Nickel Plate 762

Hello My Friends Here are some snappies of the firing valve for Jim's Berk. This is a valve I made years ago. It features a tapered slot on the plug so it has a very usable range of opening in the lower settings. The valve is all bronze. Jack, any chance there is a sketch, drawing or photo of the p...
by Peter Crisler
Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:48 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Model Threads 3/16-40 vs 10-40
Replies: 14
Views: 6541

Re: Model Threads 3/16-40 vs 10-40

For tap drilling.. my thumb rule is OD - pitch Been getting me close enough for 50+ years One of the very first Rules of Thumb that I learned in the earliest days of my apprenticeship, and it works quite well. In the 26th edition of Machinery's Handbook, on page 1900 there is a formula for figuring...
by Peter Crisler
Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:03 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Tender trucks
Replies: 9
Views: 6932

Re: Tender trucks

Does anyone know of the availability of 1 1/2 scale ..6 wheel commonwealth tender truck castings?.....seems like when I was at mill creek a few years ago, there was a vendor, who had made patterns for them ?...searching thru my records, so far I can't come up with a name , for who has them ?? I got...
by Peter Crisler
Sat Jun 13, 2020 1:15 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Steam railroading to return to Alaska!
Replies: 259
Views: 267019

Re: Steam railroading to return to Alaska!

diddler wrote: Sat Jun 13, 2020 10:47 am I never liked a steady rest that would grind on the metal being turned, I use teflon sheet.
I have 2 steady rests for 18" swing lathes and they have sealed ball bearings, one in the end of each support rod.
by Peter Crisler
Fri May 22, 2020 2:30 pm
Forum: Live Steam
Topic: Trucks
Replies: 9
Views: 7544

Re: Trucks

Not trying to hijack this, but Curious if you are still working on your CNW locomotive Peter? Yep. Chassis is running on air and all the boiler plates are cut and prepped for welding. Firebox is welded and is waiting for the mud ring pieces to be welded. Got my tender trucks from Dave several years...