The Home Machinist!

I received word from a friend of mine in Missouri that the Arborway, TT & NW in Steelville has shut down (or shortly will be). This was the official announcement on their Friends page: I would like to personally thank everyone for there support of the Arborway T.T. & Northwestern over the la...

I was playing around in the lab one day during my lunch break and built a circuit on the bench using components we had on the shelf trying to make something that I thought might work. I built this circuit and it seemed to work perfectly for capturing and releasing so I drew it up.

The Tri-State Locomotive Club meet will be this Saturday, September 23, at the Pepper's track in Andrews, Indiana.

What was your source for the lenses you describe in your article?

I would like to chime in on the obsessive and crazy portion of this thread. A number of years ago, I went to an estate auction and bought some Erie semaphores from a scrap dealer there. The control boxes weren't there so I came up with a quick and dirty way to mechanize mine. I poured a concrete bas...

"Finally, I have gotten Kozo's Heisler book, and I plan on building the 1.5" scale version in the future"

I for one look forward to following your progress on this future project.

When doing a boiler of this size, how much propane is required, assuming 20# tanks?

Thanks, I missed that one.

Steve

On the 3/4" Heisler, the brakes are dummies for looks only. Some of the 1-1/2" ones say they have working brakes. Does anyone have drawings for the scaled up Heisler showing how they made them operable?

Steve

I have a model of a heavy interurban I built a few years ago which is totally electric. It uses four batteries hooked up to run 24 volts through a 4QD controller. I can run all day on a charge and have never had a problem in that area. It did hurt a little last year when I had to replace the batteri...

This is a reminder that the October Tri State Locomotive Club meet will be at the Pepper track in Andrews, Indiana October 17. This is a small private track with approximately 50 foot minimum radius curves. (It can accommodate LE Pacific steamers and smaller.)

Steve Bryan

"This hobby is for well to do people, when it comes to steam, the rest of us run electrics." I would have to agree with some of the other comments. I think it depends on how much you fabricate yourself and how much time you are willing to spend. I, too, started out building an electric (1/...