Love what you are doing! I am 67, retired and got into machining as a source to make replacement parts for Standard and O-Gauge parts either no longer available or that were never meant to be replaced. I love restoring Prewar Standard Gauge!
@@stevendouglas6594 My first machine is a Grizzly G0705 round column vertical mill. I only have had some 'fun' training on machining from a fellow I knew in Germany who restored motorcycles for his hobby and owned a machine shop. Rest has been all RUclips and self.
Really nice and informative video. Great machinist work on the Standard Gauge Inspection car. How did you center (mark) the pulley wheels to drill a hole through the brass ?
I chuck the brass rod up in the lathe chuck, put a drill chuck in the tail stock, put in the drill bit, slide the tail stock up to the face of the brass rod, clap down the tail stock and slowly feed the drill bit into the rod. Everything is centered, and I drill about 1/2 inch deep. I cut out the center and, with a parting tool, cut the pulley from the main rod.
@@stevendouglas6594 Steven, thank you for the informative reply. I have an excellent drill press, which I use often. I will look into a lathe machine. Regards, Chuck
Heavens no-----it's tinplate and make-believe. Besides, I'm not a scale modeler, much more skill than I can muster. At 74, I try to view the World I'm building through the eye's of a 14 year old during the Great Depression ---hard to do--harder than being a scale modeler.
Love what you are doing! I am 67, retired and got into machining as a source to make replacement parts for Standard and O-Gauge parts either no longer available or that were never meant to be replaced. I love restoring Prewar Standard Gauge!
I bought a south bend 10L--no nothing about lathe work but it's fun to learn and use.
@@stevendouglas6594 My first machine is a Grizzly G0705 round column vertical mill. I only have had some 'fun' training on machining from a fellow I knew in Germany who restored motorcycles for his hobby and owned a machine shop. Rest has been all RUclips and self.
Speeding Trolleys might not be a good idea. I know it`s become a fast pace world, BUT!
Really nice and informative video. Great machinist work on the Standard Gauge Inspection car. How did you center (mark) the pulley wheels to drill a hole through the brass ?
I chuck the brass rod up in the lathe chuck, put a drill chuck in the tail stock, put in the drill bit, slide the tail stock up to the face of the brass rod, clap down the tail stock and slowly feed the drill bit into the rod. Everything is centered, and I drill about 1/2 inch deep. I cut out the center and, with a parting tool, cut the pulley from the main rod.
@@stevendouglas6594 Steven, thank you for the informative reply. I have an excellent drill press, which I use often. I will look into a lathe machine. Regards, Chuck
Are you going with overhead power?
Heavens no-----it's tinplate and make-believe. Besides, I'm not a scale modeler, much more skill than I can muster. At 74, I try to view the World I'm building through the eye's of a 14 year old during the Great Depression ---hard to do--harder than being a scale modeler.
@@stevendouglas6594 yes for sure. My instinct would be to hook up the center rail to everything!