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- Sun Jan 21, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Nylatron Bushing Use
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2072
Re: Nylatron Bushing Use
Charlie, What Kap says. Paul Brien, who for reader's benefit, began his working life at age 15 at Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft during the War, rose to Head of QC at one of the South's major Tool & Die works, was used to working to close fits. He also was open to using new techniques and material...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:55 am
- Forum: Live Steam Marketplace
- Topic: Online Program for Valve Gear Design
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13996
Re: Online Program for Valve Gear Design
My understanding has always been that the Dockstader programs were intended to be PROOFING programs, a tool, for testing designs for which the builder developed the variables. In the last version of Dockstader Walschaerts gear I have, IIRC there were about 57 variables to be determined.
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Interesting story about a 2019 theft in the UK
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2699
Re: Interesting story about a 2019 theft in the UK
Scrapped?? Surely you must be joking. Like many other model thefts, this was in all probability a targeted theft and the loco was whisked out of the country within hours, and is now in a private collection.
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 10:50 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Shop lighting
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6143
Re: Shop lighting
Dick, Here's a repost of my shop relighting project: /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Re: LED shop lights? Post by gwrdriver » Thu Jan 27, 2022 6:05 pm Greg, Here's your follow -up: I knew at some point I posted the information on my LED re-lamping a few years ago (2018), and ...
- Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: workbench top finish
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5926
Re: workbench top finish
I have, and my worktop surfaces are covered with an off-white Formica (or Wilson-Art) and are the best worktop surfaces I've ever had. Neither are glued on. I lay it out flat and put some weight on it for a couple of days and it lays dead flat and doesn't move. I don't do anything that involves heav...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Surface Grinder Rebuild
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4037
Re: Surface Grinder Rebuild
Thanks for the comments. I was inclined to retain the flat belt drive anyway, if no significant improvment would be had by going to newer technology. I'm aware of the advantges 3ph and balancing.
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Surface Grinder Rebuild
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4037
Surface Grinder Rebuild
The machine is the "Universal Grinder", made by Draper & Hall Co, Middletown CT, and it came from the Engineering School machine shop of Vanderbilt University. My next door neighbor in high school (when I first became interested in steam engines and machining) was a professor of Mech E...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:24 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: #576 in Nashville
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1784
Re: #576 in Nashville
Rich,
I'm ready with my benchtop test setup . . . if they need me.
I'm ready with my benchtop test setup . . . if they need me.
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: #576 in Nashville
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1784
#576 in Nashville
#576 was re-wheeled and the boiler set this week. Boiler steam test scheduled for sometime in the Fall.
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Pipe,tube and bar bender
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1695
Re: Pipe,tube and bar bender
All this reminds me I'll need to build one of these for myself for some future work and I now recall reading about the MEW bender.
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 11:33 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Pipe,tube and bar bender
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1695
Re: Pipe,tube and bar bender
That was just the first downloadable drawing I came to and I can't vouch for its flexibility and performance. There are definitely many others out there designed with flexibility and performance for the model builder in mind, perhaps simpler to build, so I'd look at a few others before spending too ...
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:11 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Pipe,tube and bar bender
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1695
Re: Pipe,tube and bar bender
Over time there have been dozens of bender designs published in various model engineering magazines, intended for "model" tube sizes, 1/16" to 3/8" diam. I don't have a specific article, or list of articles on hand to post but a start would be to do a Google search. A search for ...