While I normally applaud recycling as both environmentally-sound and consonant with my Yankee frugality, where the article mentions reusing plastic and metal scrap I heard alarm bells. I am not a chemist, but I do understand that there is a real limit on how often raw materials can be reused before molecular change degrades them. The notorious zamac rot that is found occasionally in model railroad castings has been pretty well documented as resulting from lead contamination caused by remelted scrap.
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > From another list - I give you this. http://kdrv.com/news/local/226703 While > "American Made" is mentioned throughout the piece, please don't go down the > "American vs. Chinese" road. > > > > For those that have not seen a pad printer it is featured decorating a > boxcar. I ran one for a while at a computer plotter pen company 20+ years > ago. The viscosity of the ink had everything to do with the quality of the > print and it changed absolutely constantly. They are a finicky beast. > > > > This reminded me of when I toured Tyco in about 1975. Everything was in > house from die casting boilers to winding armatures and painting. LOTS of > homemade wooden fixtures etc. To test motors was 2 wires attached to 2 nails > in a well worn board - high tech all the way! > Bill Lane [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
