Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread Jim Curry
Tony: What's a daisy cut? Jim

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread William F. Kaiser
On Thu, 25 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks to Tony, Clark, and all for the quick answer. I am familiar with drill rod, and its properties however have never heard of it being called "silver steel". I don't think that my little craftsman lathe will handle it unless I make a

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread WaltSwartz
Hi, Lest we forget, stainless steel is just what the word is made of -- it means the material stains (rusts) LESS than other steel materials. It does not mean it will never stain! Be sure to know what grade or alloy of stainless you are getting and get a good "definition" of it from the

Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread Don Plasterer
List, I am looking for a tender to go behind my Ruby. I'm not very good at scratch building but don't mind doing a "bash". Does anyone know of a small tender (non-sloped back)? Metal or plastic. DonGet your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread Z.R. Struzik
Hi Don, Roundhouse in UK sells separately the tender from their William loco. I hope it is not too wide for Ruby. William is 125mm wide so I suppose so is the tender Check http://roundhouse-eng.com/ go to Parts Good luck Zbigniew Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:30:02 -0500 From: "Don

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread Geoff Spenceley
Interesting, Walt. I note that some Aster S.S. balls for check valves etc can be picked up with a magnet--are they really S.S--will they corrode? Geoff. Hi, Lest we forget, stainless steel is just what the word is made of -- it means the material stains (rusts) LESS than other steel materials.

Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread SaltyChief
In a message dated 01-01-26 11:31:12 EST, you write: Several times in the past few months these characters have appeared in messages. To all you computer experts what the h--- are they?? Salty

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread SaltyChief
In a message dated 01-01-26 13:12:06 EST, you write: I note that some Aster S.S. balls for check valves etc can be picked up with a magnet--are they really S.S--will they corrode? There are varying compositions to stainless steel some of which are magnetic. As for the balls on a Aster

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread David M. Cole
At 10:24 AM -0800 1/26/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Several times in the past few months these characters have appeared in messages. To all you computer experts what the h--- are they?? Salty: Some e-mail clients add these angle-brackets to show quoted material in a reply. \dmc

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread SALTYCRABB
In a message dated 01/26/01 12:26:27 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Several times in the past few months these characters have appeared in messages. Indicates that something has been highlighted in the original message and then quoted in the reply. It is much more

Re: Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread SALTYCRABB
In a message dated 01/26/01 10:31:12 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: looking for a tender to go behind my Ruby Don et al I use a metal maxitrack. Looks good and the additional weight helps the sound effects as well. Jim Seabrook

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread SaltyChief
Dave- It was not the brackets it was "nbsp" between them that I was wondering about? I guess it really doesn't matter but I was just really curious!! Salty

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread SALTYCRABB
In a message dated 01/26/01 1:04:18 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: nbsp Just a translation error of a particular symbol or symbol by some software. Jim Seabrook

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread William F. Kaiser
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was not the brackets it was "nbsp" between them that I was wondering about? nbsp is HTML for no break space. I think it adds spaces between lines without causing a paragraph break. and delimit HTML commands. Many mail programs

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread David M. Cole
At 11:38 AM -0800 1/26/01, William F. Kaiser wrote: nbsp is HTML for no break space. I think it adds spaces between lines without causing a paragraph break. of course, the nbsp; didn't show up on my mail client ... a "no break space" in html lingo is a space that cannot be used to break a

Re: Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread Peter Foley
At 06:03 PM 26/01/01 +0100, Z.R. Struzik wrote: Roundhouse in UK sells separately the tender from their William loco. I hope it is not too wide for Ruby. William is 125mm wide so I suppose so is the tender Actually they have two tenders - a bogie version (2 trucks), 8"lx4"wx3.5"h, as used with

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread SaltyChief
the characters appeared in a posting by Don P. on 1/26 looking for a tender for his Ruby. You are right Dave, I have more information than I need, but now I know. Did you ever figure out who those old characters were that were trying to pass themselves off as you and I at DH01? Salty

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread SaltyChief
(Jokingly said) If you didn't live down in that swampy area maybe you would not have trouble with rust on your Aster parts!! On the brighter side at least when you get rain it is warm, not like this cold s--t that we get here in Oregon. :-) You can always spot an Oregonian - they

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread David M. Cole
At 1:23 PM -0800 1/26/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did you ever figure out who those old characters were that were trying to pass themselves off as you and I at DH01? Nope. But I'm glad someone noticed it wasn't me. ;-) ... \dmc

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread Geoff Spenceley
Thanks Salty, Some Aster parts are steel and will rust--as Walt notes-especially in the swamp land-(*smirk*). In fact I have had a check ball rustily disintergrate--an error on Aster's part I believe. That is why I am suspicious if a magnet can pick the ball up. Geoff. In a message

Re: Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread Clark Lord
Don Plasterer wrote: List, I am looking for a tender to go behind my Ruby. I'm not very good at scratch building but don't mind doing a "bash". Does anyone know of a small tender (non-sloped back)? Metal or plastic. The New Bright battery powered train sets have a plastic tender with

Re: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread Trent Dowler
I've noticed a lot of strange "characters" on this list. grin (Yes, I'm including myself.) Later, Trent

Re: Ruby Tender

2001-01-26 Thread Trent Dowler
Hello. I'm Trent, and I'm a New Bright basher. Clark, I hadn't thought of the New Bright tenders as possible donors. Thanks for the idea. I bought two complete New Bright sets at a garge sale last summer for $15. The lady was very adoment about informing me that they didn't work. I assured her

About G1MRA

2001-01-26 Thread きつかわじゅん
I am looking for cylinders and boiler of the Project Loco(G1MRA). Please tell me how to get them. Jun Kitsukawa 4-10-15 KugenumaSakuragaoka Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-0027 JAPAN

RE: Characters??

2001-01-26 Thread Charles W. Walters
Salty, It also appears they are just a function of AOL. I looked back at the last month a messages from the list and the only people who have theare AOL people. I can't stand AOL, but I do like the quote feature. Chuck Walters - President Central New York Large Scale Railway Society

Re: Silver Steel?

2001-01-26 Thread James S. Burns, Jr.
Geoff, in the little metal machining that I've done over the last several years, a test for stainless steel was that it was only slightly magnetic, as opposed to carbon such as 1019. On that basis, the fact that it is slightly magnetic does not necessarily mean that your sample won't function as