Re: Loco Steam Model Engineers

The guy running it has been ill the last few months. That said, under several owners, it has been a managerial bad joke for years. A shame because their catalogue of items was uniquely useful for small-steamers. Luckily, for vital things such as wheel castings, there are alternative suppliers

Re: compound vs. simple (was Why won't this work?)

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, VR Bass wrote: > I think there may be some confusion here about "articulated" locos and > "Mallets". Les was building "simple articulated" locos, in which both sets of > cylinders are fed steam straight from the boiler. Likewise, later articulated > locos were also simpl

September steamup in Paso Robles?

Dear Californians, Can you tell me whether the steamup at the San Luis Obispo County Fairgrounds is still being held? I haven't heard anything about it this year, and suspect I may need to take it out of the events listing on my site. thanks, -vance-

compound vs. simple (was Why won't this work?)

> Once you get the loco moving the rear set will be pushing normally while the > fronts will be acting as dead weight due to not being able to produce enough > power from the cooled steam. The steam leaves the rear set at a lower > presure and temperature than it enters (else the loco doesn't mov

RE: RE: Re: Driver Quartering

Trot wrote: >Not being from the a mechanical background, what is a broach? Something >like a file for square holes? Well yes, Harley wrote me back a good description which I think he intended for you. Broaches come in different shapes the most common would be a rectangular cutter for a key

Re: Driver Quartering

As for broach suppliers there are many. These are listed as I found them in my catalog pile next to the computer. travers.com use-enco.com mscdirect.com mcmaster.com rutlandtool.com You will probably have to order their catalogs to see one. However McMaster-Carr has their catalog set up as .

Re: Why won't this work?

On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, VR Bass wrote: > Will it work? I think it will depend to a certain extent on the amount of slop in > your coupling rods. Any slop there will introduce a change in the movement > of the expansion link; the more slop, the more change. As mentioned earlier, > a straight li

Re: Driver Quartering

Any web url's or e-mail addresses for Walsall and a broach supplier? Thanks, Charles Gary Broeder wrote: > > >On Sun, 22 Oct 2000, Charles Brumbelow wrote: > > > > the ends of the axles were squared off . > > Walsall in the UK can supply axles and cast iron drivers broached to fit. They also

Re: Driver Quartering

Ancient memory here, Trot, but I believe that I bought some Rex drivers "S" gauge narrowed from 7/8" to 3/4" for "On3" for an On3 project. They came unassembled, in case one wished to use a frame with drilled axle holes rather than one with milled/filed slots. The axles had square ends (obviousl

Loco Steam Model Engineers

I ordered cylinder kit and boiler kit by money order on 4 July , 2000. And I ordered screw link and coupling by money order on 31 August , 2000. But I have not received them yet . I sent a letter of inquiry twice. I don't hear from Loco Steam. I wonder what is Loco Steam? Jun Kitsukawa 4-1

RE: Question re bar frames/laser cutting

> Have you looked at CNC milling and priced it out? It's not competitive with laser or water-jet cutting. > I always thought that laser cutting in thin metal left a burr. Is this the > same in jet cutting? Nope, it's a very clean edge. -vance-

RE: Re: Driver Quartering

Hi Gary, Broaching uses a cutter that has increasing dimension steps that is fed in a linear direction through the work piece. Broaching a square hole starts with a broach that has a round end and then a series of steps that goes from round to square. Each step of the broach may only "peel off) a

RE: Question re bar frames/laser cutting

Hi Vance, That is interesting on the diamond powder jet cutting for engine frames. Have you looked at CNC milling and priced it out? You would use the same CAD drawing with a tool path added, although I guess you are adding a cutting width path when using jet or laser. I always thought that las

Re: Coupler height

Vance; You are,of course, correct. And with so many different manufacturers making so many different gauges, I'm sure we'll be SOL on getting them too. Phil.P. Reading,PA. > > By the way, Does the NMRA make a gauge for us the way they do for the > > other gauges? I haen't seen one advert

Re: Question re bar frames/laser cutting

Jim, Excessive flaring could have been eliminated by proper machine adjustment. I had 0.500 thick stainless water jet machined with less than 0.002 flare. Keep your steam up! Walt

Re: Mike, minimum radius

The "Assembly & Operating Instructions of USRA Light Mikado" by Aster Hobby Co., Inc. On Page 2"MINIMUM RADIUS 2.0 METERS (dia. 4 meter) There's lots of lateral play in the drivers, so this sounds reasonable. All the curves on the SWAMP are 10 Meters radius or larger. Keep your steam u

Re: Sidestreet Bannerworks Steamup

on 23/10/00 6:14 am, VR Bass at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > All honor and thanks go to the Horovitzes, who are incredibly gracious hosts > and are incredibly generous to put on such an event. You've never seen 50 > grownups having such a good time with all their clothes on! But there were > visi

Re: Mike, minimum radius

Salty: Aster says it's rated to 2 meter radius. Jim

Re: Nut Drivers

Salty: Sulphur Springs has'em as well as MSC Industrial Supply. http://www.steamup.com/sulphur/ http://www.mscdirect.com/ Jim ps: unless, of course, you come up with something as clever as the nut driver.

Re: Question re bar frames/laser cutting

Vance and group: I had some eccentric straps water jet cut. They are .150" thick brass and are about .005-.006 out of square due to the flaring of the water stream as it went thru the metal. They did require machining to square up the two halves but it wasn't a big deal, a file would do the tri

Re: Mike, minimum radius

Ok all you "Mike" owners. What is the absolute minimum radius curve that a "Mike" will go around. I am limited for space but would like to be able to run one on my layout whenever I get it built. Lloyd Portland OR

Re: Why won't this work?

OK, Landon, I see what you're doing now. You've taken one of the sets of excentrics off the driving axle and put them on an adjacent axle. You have the same basic setup as a Stephenson's but presumably without the angular errors. It's an interesting insight and one that bears experimentation

Nut Drivers

Here is an idea that I might throw out to those that might be interested. In my frutile attempts to find small nut drivers in metric sizes that seem to be very scarce I obtained some metric socket head cap screws. These I turned the heads down to remove most of the excess material to

Re: [Sidestreet Bannerworks Steamup]

Yeah Vance--and--LOTS OF 'EM!!! Geoff >Ok, ...sounds like a great weekend! Now.where are the pics!! ;-) > > >Scott > > > >"VR Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi, all, > >I don't wish to rub your noses in it, but I want to tell you that we just >returned >from the 20th Annual Sidestr

Re: [Sidestreet Bannerworks Steamup]

> Ok, ...sounds like a great weekend! Now.where are the pics!! ;-) I didn't take any, as I was photographing equipment at the museum Saturday and it was raining almost all the time we were out Sunday. You have to be there to get the full impact, anyway -vance-

Re: Question re bar frames/laser cutting

Art, If you don't recall seeing the laser-cut frames I had at Diamondhead a couple of years back, there are photos on my C-25 Project web page . The two main frames cost around US$50 to have laser cut. (But not by my traveling companion, whose laser w

Re: [Sidestreet Bannerworks Steamup]

Ok, ...sounds like a great weekend! Now.where are the pics!! ;-) Scott "VR Bass" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, all, I don't wish to rub your noses in it, but I want to tell you that we just returned from the 20th Annual Sidestreet Bannerworks Steamup (the mother of the Garden Rai

Question re bar frames/laser cutting

Vance, Enjoyed reading your account of the visit to Denver & to Marc Horovitz. Now I noticed you went with a laser cutting guy. I have been playing around these last few weeks cutting 'bar' frames for 2 US ga1, 1/32 scale locos from 1/8th steel plate as opposed to my previous fabrications from