In a message dated 11/13/2000 7:16:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I bought a used Bridgeport mill even though it cost 25% more than new
Asian mills. I know I can sell the Bridgeport for what I paid ten years
from now.
Clark, You are right on target with this comment!
In a message dated 11/13/2000 7:16:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I bought a used Bridgeport mill even though it cost 25% more than new Asian
mills. I know I can sell the Bridgeport for what I paid ten years from
now.
Clark, You are right on target with this comment!
In a message dated 10/6/2000 4:55:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
To me at least, I can tell you if it's a Forney, but I'd have to look at it
first. :]
If it's a 2-4-4, it aint a Forney. Irrespective of what others may say, a
TRUE Forney is either a 0-4-4, or an
In a message dated 9/27/2000 10:08:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't want to get technical, but aren't the fans used to "get steam up"
really suckers, not blowers? The blowers are part of the locomotive,
bleeding
off steam pressure to create draught
In a message dated 9/22/2000 2:45:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I wonder why that is??
I used to know the answer to that, but I forgot???
Keith
In a message dated 9/17/2000 5:46:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The real question is, how did Lunk know the tornado alert was just being
issued when he woke me up?
Dogs are VERY sensitive to air pressure drops! Since getting our little mutt
from the dog pound,
In a message dated 9/17/2000 9:31:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I do. Unscrew all the way and apply almost any lube (that doesn't attack
"O"
ring) to ring and threads.
Jim Crabb
I do too, only I use Dow - Corning High Vacumm Silicone Grease. It's
In a message dated 9/5/2000 2:48:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Yes, aster acquiring the first two most men would have the third.
Now Jim.naughty, naughty!
Keith Taylor
P.S. To Jim, Sorry I couldn't make it on Sunday! The Mogul has been tightened
up all
In a message dated 8/29/2000 7:58:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Concerning the "invisible" flame of an alcohol wick, I once read somewhere
that the flame can be made more visible by adding some baking soda to the
fuel. Anybody have any information about that?
In a message dated 5/25/2000 10:14:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Aluminum frames have been purchased but now we need to put some type of
decking on it.
Is decking necessary? Why not put the track on spans like full sizr RR's do
and let the cinders and oil drop
In a message dated 4/28/2000 8:07:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've seen
them on 2.5" gauge engines and they're not very attractive. On the bigger
engines they can by hidden/disguised.
Jim and List;
Not only are the commercial lubricators large and ungainly in
In a message dated 4/27/2000 7:01:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am curious as to wheather you could fill me in on
how the lube pumps work. For the sake of playing, could they be adapted to
our small stuff? =)
Just an oscillating cylinder within a tank that
In a message dated 4/27/2000 7:44:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
BUT- I bet you all the tea in China that
Morewoods pistons have graphite packing for rings!
It sure does!
In a message dated 4/26/2000 11:11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I also got a piece of
scotchbrite and put that on top of the lard in the Tupperware container. I
use it on the table and ways of my milling machine, on the 1917 Seneca
Falls
Lathe, the band
In a message dated 3/25/2000 6:42:30 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I saw the following response I realise how easy it is to pull the legs
of these colonials!!
Hey, how can you tell if someone is kidding about getting things backwards
when they don't even know
In a message dated 3/26/2000 7:36:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is it true that in your homeland the locomotive driver (that is the correct
term there isn't it?) is on the starboard side (i.e., right side as in
left
and right, not as in right and wrong)?
Walt,
In a message dated 3/25/2000 5:25:34 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Just my five pence worth.
Your five pence will get you killed real quick around US railroads! You have
it exactly backwards from actual practise.
Keith
In a message dated 3/1/2000 5:28:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As crazy as it may sound, check with your local
railroad maintenance yard. Many of them have cans of
steam oil still lying around and if you take a pint
jar they will give it away.
I worked for
In a message dated 2/20/2000 12:35:29 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I have
deputized list member Keith Taylor to approach Marty Knox to find out his
thinking on the topic and have asked Keith to get back to the list.
Hello List!
I have a request in to Marty regarding
Hello list!
Last night at about 6:00 PM EST, my under construction Aster CS mogul
breathed it's first breath. While not quite as involved as some of the large
scale projects of mine, I certainly felt a sense of accomplishment when those
tiny little drivers started whirring away! The bulk of
In a message dated 2/18/2000 2:48:19 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As Keith rightly says, smaller wheels give greater torque.
MIKE !!
Finally, someone not telling me the inumerable ways I have found of being
incorrect. I'm going to print this out and show my wife, she
In a message dated 2/16/2000 1:30:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It really
has a colorful history, including hauling debris out into the San
Francisco
Bay after the big quake in 1906.
I'd sure like to see a picture of it swimming ! All of my locomotive
In a message dated 2/13/2000 11:27:31 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Does anyone on the list even lubricate their engine'ss O rings? I
know many O rings appear to be very unique and I would hate to look for a
replacement if one failed.
While I am very new to the
In a message dated 2/6/2000 9:07:25 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
The TME Vale of Rheidol locos in 16mil also have fully operating
Walschaerts gear which can be notched up (by RC, even...). Not of
terrible importance to chugging around the garden at narrow gauge
In a message dated 2/3/2000 4:13:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Would you agree that it bloody well CAN'T be a Stephenson?
Lee;
ABSOLUTELY !!! There is nothing about it that even remotely resembles a
Stephenson's gear in any way All I meant to say was it is
In a message dated 2/3/2000 4:13:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AND your point about it not being a workable design in a full size prototype
is not only well taken, but agreed to also.
Lee;
I also forgot to mention that in my opinion, the full size design wouldn't
Dear Lee and List;
I believe that the argument about the CS Mogul Valve gear is whether or not
it is a TRUE Walschaerts gear. The Aster Catalog and instructions for
building the engine, refer to it a a modified Walscaerts gear. A true
Walschaerts has it's lap and lead functions driven from the
In a message dated 1/28/2000 5:08:14 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1" scale is widely used in small-scale live steam, by the way.
Kozo's famous engines are all 1" scale, standard gauge. But
beware, they run on either 4.75" or 5" gauge track.
Actually they are
In a message dated 1/2/2000 4:41:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
I would like to compare the boiler to the blueprints
and
try to determine an operating pressure.
Hello Doug;
I also have a Coventry 2-1/2" gauge BO P-7d pacific and drawings. The engine
underwent
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