Welcome back to operations Dave!
My Best,
Chuck
Charles W. Walters
Twin Lakes Railway CEO
http://home.twcny.rr.com/twinlakesrw
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Dave Cole
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 12:39 AM
To: Multiple recipients
I think I'm ready to discuss this idea in public. Is this a practical
idea for fabricating small cylinders, or is this completely harebrained?
I was trying to figure out how I could fabricate a cylinder for a 0.500
bore and a stroke of 0.750. While looking at various cross-sections, I
found
Congratulations Dave!
Anyone who knows me would certainly not say I was an Aster basher, or
that I think fine models should not appreciate in value... I have a
number of Aster models. I love them and I definitely run them. Being a
machinist and having made a number of live steamers, I respect the
amount of work that
Ah, the thrill of it all!!
Congrats Dave,
Geoff.
all hands:
tonight, under a moonlit sky (with supplemental jury-rigged
lighting), the track crew of the grand teton everglades steam
excursion co. laid down the last few feet of rail.
to celebrate, the operations crew fired up the frank s. and
Good for you Dave! Me, I am facing a dilema with my track. They have to
drop this huge dead tree in my back yard. Landlord won't say when, just that
they are going to do it. It will land right on the track, or at the very
least they will leave all the trunks right smack in the middle. I
I think I'm ready to discuss this idea in public. Is this a practical
idea for fabricating small cylinders, or is this completely harebrained?
Neat idea, Steve.
My first take on this would be that since you're already boring out the
steel pipe for the inner cylinder and also turning it down
Right on Gary,
Wotta an idea, you are brilliant! I have an LGB wine car too. I intended
to use it as a water or fuel supply for the locos. --Now I'll fill it with
cognac to inhale and sip--after the steaming as I sit in satisfaction after
another successful? steamup.. By the bye, be careful
At 12:48 PM 11/19/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Out of curiosity, what do Aster, Roundhouse, et al make their cylinders and
pistons out of?
-Tom
Cylinders are almost certainly a bronze, although the line between brass
and bronze can be wiggly.
Cheers,
Harry
Hey, folks, I missed the original post here. It must have had something in the
subject line that I'm filtering out, like enlarge your or urgent and
confidential.
So, what's the idea again? Send it to me off-line, if you don't mind, unless I
wasn't the only one who missed it.
thanks,
Thanks, Mart, for sending Steve's post.
Steve, Gordon Watson (Argyle or AUS) gave a talk on fabricating cylinders
several years ago at the Diamondhead Steamup. Many of his ideas were similar
to yours. He took a chunk of brass rod (say, 1), milled off a flat, and
drilled port holes into the
Truth to tell, I have five wine cars.
This offers a variety of sipping opportunities for one or more.
Wine Car contents: Cognac, Grand Marnier, Merlot, Chardonay, Plum Wine (I
detest scotch and JD, so they are absent).
Of course, the larger tank cars would serve a gathering! But the labels of
Having cut away a fallen fruit tree last year, I sympathize Bob!
Track survived just fine, since branches kept the trunk from crushing rail.
It did flatten the fence, but fortunately, I had just removed and cleaned up
the buildings prior to the rains causing the tree to fall.
Gary - slogging thru
I have a similar problem with a tree. The rather large pine has decided to
lay over to the side while it was young during several different wet windy
winters. This has lifted the track on the root side, and made for
occasional bumped heads on the other, trunk side. I'm hoping it doesn't get
any
You may have trouble keeping the bores of telescoping tubing nice and round
after brazing. I had trouble with that even after soft soldering.
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steve boylan wrote:
I think I'm ready to discuss this idea in public. Is this a practical
idea for fabricating small cylinders, or is
Good grief no! Dave is obviously a night owl.
- Original Message -
From: Jeffrey Williams
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: gte has first run
So should we all show up at 10:00 am this Saturday for your first steamup?
WOW, now that is a railroad I just have to visit! Where did you say you were
Gary? Do I hang a left at Alberquerke or a right??
Can I bring a loco or three? B-)
73, John de VK2XGJ
VK2XGJ, VK's last Satellite Gateway
The early bird may get the worm
but the second mouse gets the
In a message dated 11/19/02 2:16:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Thanks, Mart, for sending Steve's post.
Steve, Gordon Watson (Argyle or AUS) gave a talk on fabricating cylinders
several years ago at the Diamondhead Steamup. Many of his ideas were
similar
to
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