Re: G1MRA Dee design

2001-10-28 Thread steve boylan
Keith, You asked: I am SERIOUSLY considering building the Dee. What are your specific complaints about the drawings? And are you considering building this model too? If you are, I'd like to keep in touch with others who may be building this model. I'm probably going to get singed as a

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Trent Dowler
Royce, I'm curious why you didn't finish out the thread in the lathe if you already had it set up and had roughed out the thread. I'm NOT being a smarty-pants. I know you had a reason and thought it was worth hearing. Later, Trent

Re: SRRL #24/scale

2001-10-28 Thread Art Walker
Yes it is way too small for 45mm track too small also for 32mm.The true ratio for the latter should be 1/19 ( 13.7 for 45mm) whereas the RH model is, if memory serves right, 1/22.5. But remember businesses have to think of their markets a true scale #24 would not get round most 32mm garden

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Royce Woodbury
Well, Trent, my thinking was that the desired thread was an ME thread, and my single point tool was a 60 deg and I wasn't sure that ME uses a 60 deg thread form. i just set the tpi equal and didn't go the full depth so that if the thread form was not the same, it wouldn't matter. And I also

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Royce Woodbury
Harry Wade wrote: Royce, I can shed some light on this but I'm afraid it's not what you'd like to hear. This is a bothersome problem Cheers, Harry Thanks Harry. While it may not be what I wanted to hear, it DOES sound correct. Thanks for taking the time to articulate the answer. I

Re: Meths vs Gas

2001-10-28 Thread Geoff Spenceley
Thanks, Victor, Geoff. No, I have had no problem with the alcohol seeping through and causing a fire. Since I have always used aluminum flashing (very thin and easy to work) for the sleeves and since the sleeves are in direct contact with the flame, they seem to run hot enough to vaporize any

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Harry Wade
At 10:52 AM 10/28/01 -0800, you wrote: I knew I could count on your formidable experience. royce Royce, I do have some experience in a very narrow area but I don't know everything by a long shot, and don't want to, but since I've struggled with this very thing you describe I thought I'd

Re: Barely coherent ramblings on Budget live steam

2001-10-28 Thread Charles Brumbelow
Just be patient, Harry. All things come to those who stand and wait . . . :-) Charles From: Harry Wade [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only thing I haven't yet heard said is you ought to be paying me for lettin' you have so much fun, . . . . . but then I'm still relatively young.

Re: Messages on this list

2001-10-28 Thread Anthony Dixon
Hi Keith, Yes, I know. Just thought I would I would throw out some Brit humour for the old country gentlemen and ex-pats, and see who else swallowed the bait, and who did,nt. Congratulations, you passed!. Do you run coal fired G1?.

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Royce Woodbury
As always Harry, you comments are clear and enlightening. So I was OK to start 60° threads as long as I didn't go so deep as to get into the radiused root, crest issues ? And I have always wondered how some people got a degree (°) key on their keyboard and I did not. Now if I could just find

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread halfdan
Harry- Your (°) comes through to me without problem.of course, I will forget this dodge by tomorrow..by the way, I would like to compliment your wonderful article in the most recent Small Scale Live Steam concerning water level sightglasses. The intro was scintillating, and the article

Accucraft Dealers

2001-10-28 Thread Charles W. Walters
How about some names and phone (or web) info of some dealers who carry Accucraft live steamers (C-16's). Thanks in advance folks! Chuck Charles W. Walters, CEO Twin Lakes Railway .-. ] [.-. _ .-. . | .--` (:--:--:--:--:--:--:-| [___

RE: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Charles W. Walters
Harry, Your degree sign comes through nicely, however, I cannot duplicate it using the keystroke sequence you reference. What email client are you doing this in (the alt+248). I am using MS Outlook. Chuck Charles W. Walters, CEO Twin Lakes Railway .-. ] [.-.

Re: Accucraft Dealers

2001-10-28 Thread Jeffrey Williams
I bought mine from St Aubin Station, altough I picked it up at the Accucraft office in California (near where I live). St Aubin's web site is www.lgbpola.com. Since there's a limited production rate, the dealers apparently have delivery slots reserved in various scheduled shipments from China

RE: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Harry Wade
At 07:54 PM 10/28/01 -0500, you wrote: I cannot duplicate it using the keystroke sequence you reference. What email client are you doing this in (the alt+248). I am using MS Outlook. Chuck Chuck, I use Eudora LT ver.3.0.6See my recent post to Royce. Cheers, Harry

Re: Messages on this list

2001-10-28 Thread Keith Taylor
- Original Message - From: Anthony Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Keith, Congratulations, you passed!. Do you run coal fired G1?. Best Regards, Tony D. Tony, Unfortunately, not yet. But plenty of good old Welsh Steam Coal has warmed the grates of

Re: Accucraft Dealers

2001-10-28 Thread James S. Burns, Jr.
Chuck, one is Bob Pennock in Spencer Ohio under name of Cross Creek Engineering. [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Jim Burns Charles W. Walters wrote: How about some names and phone (or web) info of some dealers who carry Accucraft live steamers (C-16's). Thanks in advance folks! Chuck Charles W.

Re: die usage

2001-10-28 Thread Michael Martin
The 2 4 8 sequence must be on the numeric keypad to the right of your alphabet keys (with the number lock ON, of course). -- Michael Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

(Fwd) Accucraft C-16 radio control news

2001-10-28 Thread VR Bass
NEWS FLASH! Pete Thornton has made a breakthrough in installing radio control gear into the Accucraft C-16! -vance- --- Forwarded message follows --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date sent: Sun, 28 Oct 2001 11:44:52 EST Subject:lsbandb: Re:

Radient poker burners; very long version

2001-10-28 Thread Kevin O'Connor
A couple of subject lines below Art Walker and others were referencing the use of ceramic burners in pot boiler configurations whether they were vertical or horizontal. Someone, I forget who, sighted the problem of making a poker type ceramic burner. He would be right as it is a problem,