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This is a utube video of it running. It has two speeds but won't go this fast or play music.

It came from an engine manufacturer and dealer in the UK. Station Road Steam. American models are very reasonable over there. Kap

Here is a barn find 1/4 size Case traction engine I have found. It has a commercial made boiler and the engine assembly seems to be well built. Some items have to be redone. It still has a lot of work to be done but I hope to be far enough along to have the boiler inspected by April Inspection...

I was a machinist contractor. For the last 20 years of my career. I did prototyping final assembly and production work on cnc and manual Machinery. It was a very satisfying job.

I've an inactive member for some years. Just changed my name to Dusty1 after two beloved dogs. I'm into traction engines and locomotives and metal cutting equipment. Machinist for fifty Years. I have parts on the Mars Landers.

These are from four sets of little engines locomotive cylinder castings for cylinders when they were in Lancaster Pa. and two freelance 0-4-0 engines.

Hey guys, Here are some video and pictures of some later projects. Some for me and some for others. Been real busy for the past some years. Happy New Year Kap

John, That was above and beond the call of duty. One word is worth a thousand words. do you know the gas port size? Do you have or need an arch in the firebox to raise the heat? What is the blast nozzle like. i imagine working hard could suck the flame right out. Thank you for the...

That's a great idea. It is similar to Pete's Rob Roy setup except he uses a ceramic burner with metal air ducts. You can see on his thread how well that has worked out. I'm going to try wood pellets in the Tich. Have to make a grate out of stainless sheet with 3/16" air holes on 1/2 inch...

John, That's a great shot. Sure looks like a Caribou frame. I used larger holes I think. That was thirty some years ago. That saves a lot of crud on engine and driver. Do you have a pilot for when you're not moving, how do you cycle from working to resting the engine? Kap

J train Id be interested in seeing the burner if you have A picture. I tried making one for my first Robroy yeats ago. It was a steel box with a half a zillion holes for the gas and the inards like a propane torch. Never could keep steam up. I was using the little torch bottles. They kept...

Steam Doug, Have you run her yet? I'd like to know how it works out. Are you going to use coal, Welsh steam coal is great. Their are a couple mines in West Va with some good coal too. Down near Bluefield. Love that rivit detail! That Blue may highlight the coal mess though. That's why...

Doug, That's a nice shop. two lathes, mill, rotary table, How long have you been doing machining? Your engines look really nice. my shop is 30 by 40 but full of stuff. too many projects. Can hardly move. Kap

Steam Doug, That's beautiful equipment you have there! Congrat's! I started the drive wheels for the Juliet on the cnc mill. They are milled up from solid steel bar. Once the program is tweeked they were down to an hour and a half or so. Right now I'm tied up with a semi...

Hi John, Seems every one i talk to at the train club has, had, or has drawings castings or one of those three. Virginia is a popular one too. thanks for your reply. kap

Here's a handy tool for working on castings, This is a mini wall caliper. It is used by woodworkers, pattern makers and machinists. This double ended caliper can measure the thickness of a casting to check the core location, or thickness to see if your cut will break out of the casting. We...

train wheels:

I usually set castings up to the areas that don't get machined. Then I go back and check the cores and machined areas to be sure they are properly placed and will clean up. On train wheels/flywheels setup to the cored spokes so they will run true and in balance. We used a surface gauge on a...

I was poking around on the internet a couple of months ago and found DrJuz's channel on u-tube. I found it by searching Caribou Live Steam. I have had a Caribou locomotive sitting by the fireplace for thirty some years. DrJuz also has a Caribou on his channel, first one I ever saw besides...

Is there a limit switch stuck or shorted. in this case the machine will only move away from that Limit. swap your axis cables to see if the ptoblem Moves with the cable. This will indicate the problem is on the driver side rather than the motor. my ahha system does this sometimes but if i...