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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Waste not, want not...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1068
Re: Waste not, want not...
Not bad for what it is, and the expectation accuracy of such .. Exactly! Calipers are not to be relied upon for critical measurements. Those who do so are likely to experience fits that don't---and wonder why it is that they struggle when close tolerance work is in demand. Plain and simple. One can...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: My first engine, finished!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1846
Re: My first engine, finished!
just a scale touch for the most part. The copper wire is to hold it in place in case the crazy glue fails at temperature. Thanks! Much as I suspected. The scale touch-----what a difference that makes in a model, taking it closer to the prototype in appearance. Very well done. Even patina seems to m...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:49 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: My first engine, finished!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1846
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:37 am
- Forum: Gunsmithing
- Topic: Brake Make
- Replies: 5
- Views: 992
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Gunsmithing
- Topic: Brake Make
- Replies: 5
- Views: 992
Re: Brake Make
Pretty work! Material looks to be 316 stainless. Do you have any idea of the alloy? Non-magnetic, I suspect.
I could use a muzzle brake on my 458 Winchester magnum. A real punishing rifle.
H
I could use a muzzle brake on my 458 Winchester magnum. A real punishing rifle.
H
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: steam channel
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2989
Re: steam channel
That's in lock-step with my thoughts.Dick_Morris wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 7:38 am Could part of the reason that steam seems to be more popular in the U.K. than the U.S. be that they retained steam on their railroads longer there and the die-off of those who lived with steam is delayed by a few years compared to the U.S?
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- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Boring on the lathe
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1252
Re: Boring on the lathe
Some things to ponder. Drills are hardened only at the flutes. The shanks of drills are soft, by design. and would not serve well as a cutting tool, although the short portion just beyond the flutes may be hard enough to perform as needed. You can see the difference by trying to file the shank at th...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Anyone like shapers?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1671
Re: Anyone like shapers?
but if you put a VFD on it, you can make it go faster..... Chuckle! I suspect you have something in mind, but speeding up a shaper, unless it was one built for carbon steel cutting tools, most likely wouldn't be a great idea thanks to surface speed requirements. Over speed when machining most metal...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: Build Log
- Topic: Project: N&W class J on 5"gauge
- Replies: 228
- Views: 255669
Re: Project: N&W class J on 5"gauge
Looking very good!
Please continue with your excellent work and keep the board posted.
H
Please continue with your excellent work and keep the board posted.
H
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Boring on the lathe
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1252
Re: Boring on the lathe
What Glenn said! All of it! The resulting part appears to be very well done. It is good shop practice to keep **all** turning tools as short as possible. As Glenn suggested, that helps limit chatter, even on external cuts. Your setup would have likely been VERY troublesome had you been boring a toug...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: steam channel
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2989
Re: steam channel
what kind of coal burner do you have harold? I don't actually own a coal burner, although I have a dismantled Little Engines Pacific that had been converted to oil burning (used to be a coal burner) long ago. The engine was owned and dismantled by Lee Carlson, who willed it to me upon his demise. H...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: steam channel
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2989
Re: steam channel
YMMV
Your mileage may vary.
That I hold strong feelings doesn't mean others must share them. I speak ONLY for myself.
H
Your mileage may vary.
That I hold strong feelings doesn't mean others must share them. I speak ONLY for myself.
H