Re: bead blasting

2002-01-01 Thread Harry Wade
At 06:15 PM 12/31/01 -0500, you wrote: I've got 2 drivers w/rust, I need them cleaned before painting. Jim, I thought if you were inquiring about possibly building one that would be simple enough to do but surprisingly a very quick search on Google didn't turn up anything on building a

Re: bead blasting

2002-01-01 Thread Keith Taylor
jim, bring them over to my house, we'll tumble them. keith - Original Message - From: Jim Curry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 6:15 PM Subject: Re: bead blasting Harry, I've got 2 drivers w/rust, I need

sand blaster

2002-01-01 Thread bowdler
Jim, I have a Pasche air eraser I use in the office to clean metal castings and have occasionally used it for a purpose like your wheels. I believe Micro-Mark caries it as do other hobby suppliers. I have seen it locally in art supply stores. We use Aluminum Oxide as the blast

Re: bead blasting

2002-01-01 Thread Harry Wade
At 05:45 PM 1/1/02 -, you wrote: I have had good service with respect to forking out back issues from - Stephans RR History - Talbott TN Art, I wasn't aware such a place existed. Amazing what one finds in one's own back yard. Regards, Harry

Re: Flamability of Truck bed liners as track covers

2002-01-01 Thread Dave Cole
At 10:07 AM -0600 1/1/02, steve wrote: Walt replied in the thread, (building a live steam track) where I had talked about using truck bed liner as a cover. He asked about its burn rate and melting point. The product I am planning to use -- and I believe it is the same product that Jon Bloom

Building a live steam track

2002-01-01 Thread Gary
Encouraging Geoff! I built my trestle of cedar and took two additional precautions. 1. I coated the last three to twelve inches of trestle bent with a below grade fence post coating to prevent rotting even on fir placed in ground. 2. I set each leg onto a small cement block (dobe blocks are

Re: Building a live steam track

2002-01-01 Thread Pipstow
Gary wrote, I know that cedar fences eventually rot where they touch earth or are imbedded in the ground and have significant moisture for most of the year (i.e. desert is probably not a problem). No, the bottoms in the sand don't rot here. It's the rest of the wood that rots, baked in the

Re: Flamability of Truck bed liners as track covers

2002-01-01 Thread WaltSwartz
In a message dated 1/1/02 1:29:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (http://www.nonslipcoating.com/). another thought: This does not sound like it is the same as the speedliner product. In this case, I wonder if the ground up rubber (old tires?) is really an asset. Seems

Re: Flamability of Truck bed liners as track covers

2002-01-01 Thread Dave Cole
At 6:32 PM -0500 1/1/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In this area anything that would retain pollen would be a no-no. Pine pollen can really screw up roofing, even aluminum roofing and siding. The pollen is apparently a 'high energy' food and mold, mildew, etc., really proliferate on it. i haven't

Re: Building a live steam track

2002-01-01 Thread Gary
I grew up in Los Alamos, New Mexico. I loved the aspens and clear streams of northern NM. ~Gary I used to live in Eugene, a wonderful city, and loved the gentle rains, occasional snow, and the green. Enjoy. Be of Good Cheer, Fr Donald Cram, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, USA The Brandywine

Re: Building a live steam track

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Anderson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the bottoms in the sand don't rot here. It's the rest of the wood that rots, baked in the high-altitude sun, dried, splintered, and falling apart. What you need is to get a good rot-resistant wood, like locust, and make sure you get heartwood. Sapwood is no

Axle/cylinder alignment

2002-01-01 Thread Paul Anderson
I was visiting this evening with a friend of mine who apprenticed as a machinist in England working in a locomotive repair shop, and who has quite a bit of experience with the ins and outs of steam locomotives. I mentioned to him the issue that has undergone some discussion here recently, of

Re: bead blasting

2002-01-01 Thread Trent Dowler
Another solution that my Dad uses on a regular basis for de-rusting old tools is to submerge the parts in white vinegar. He uses an old cast iron kettle and has a piece of electrical conduit laying across the top with coat hangers used as hooks to suspend the parts and ease their