The Home Machinist!

Glenn:
Thanks for your Oahu RR Report. Their history has fascinated me for yours.
I'd be there helping, if I could.

Enjoy, and please occasionally send us teasers.
~RussN

Keep some clearance at the ends of the die block to prevent any possibility of pounding.
~RN

Radiator filler cap? With a chain on it...
~RN

And of course I'm looking for the more modern sander valves as used on logging locomotives in the teens and twenties.
(hint)

Your LEACH valves look good, though.
~RN

Nice fabrication work!
~RN

Tim: Thanks for that info. Hopefully we can connect at TM this summer. I would like to see you and your locomotive! I don't yet know which Meet I'll attend. Life gets in the way. We'll get together, I'm sure. I will look for you PM with your contact info. Thanks. Yes, the Age of Steam Roundhouse. Wh...

Tank: I rode behind #19 in 1962, on the Yreka Western! Probably part of the reason I like these smaller Mikados. I had Grandparents (and many other relatives) in Mt. Shasta, CA. Spent many summers there growing up. That locomotive has now been delivered to the new Roundhouse facility built in Ohio(?...

The map came up just fine for me.
Fascinating view of moving patterns.
Brain Candy.
~RN

My new lathe came with a piston-type QCTpost.
I replaced it with a wedge type before doing any lathe work.
~RN

Where this Hudson end up? I'd love to see it in person!
~RN

I always set them on turning center line.
Worked fine, all the time.
Excellent for slotting.
~RN

BigDumbDinosaur wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:28 am

liveaboard wrote: ↑Mon Jan 21, 2019 6:15 pm I didn't know they had air compressors; what was the compressed air used for?
Brakes?

Air brakes.

Also used for the sanders, post-1900-ish.
And bell ringers.
And for the grease guns for the brick rod grease.
~RN