Quote from: Bernd on January 18, 2025, 06:08:10 PM

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Quote from: Bernd on January 18, 2025, 05:30:52 PMThanks Gregory and you're welcome. I like to share things to help others who might need some information on subjects like this.

Bernd

How thick are your smoothed-out pans?  Any thoughts about an 'optimum' thickness?  I figure there is a range of values, too thin and the stock tears.  Too thick and the corrugations don't form.  "And this thickness is Just Right," said Goldilocks...

(My sense is that you'd think about this kind of thing as you experimented with different materials...)

dave

Check my post to Mark. I'll be looking around at other options. I used the pan because the Dollar store was just down the road, and I need some material for testing. I'm still in the R&D stage at this point.

Bernd

Our posts crossed, I think.  Thanks!

dave

Quote from: Bernd on January 18, 2025, 05:30:52 PMThanks Gregory and you're welcome. I like to share things to help others who might need some information on subjects like this.

Bernd

How thick are your smoothed-out pans?  Any thoughts about an 'optimum' thickness?  I figure there is a range of values, too thin and the stock tears.  Too thick and the corrugations don't form.  "And this thickness is Just Right," said Goldilocks...

(My sense is that you'd think about this kind of thing as you experimented with different materials...)

dave

Quick update.  I did some stuff that will kinda look like a freight elevator through the windows.  But more importantly, I figured out how to connect the gable roof to the main roof and then do the shingles with the assembled roof on the workbench.  (The trick:  construct a temporary support to hold the gable into position when shingling.)  The plan is to do the back side of the roof first, then add the gable and do the front side and gable.

dave

It was an even dozen (+12F) when I took the dogs out, but it's warmed up now to 22.  I should get a fair amount of bench time today.

The first 10 day forecast is in for Springfield weekend, 12" 3" of snow on Friday from one weather app    Another shows no precipitation and high around freezing.  

dave

Need French/Spanish help!  What's the word in either language for "truck"/"bogie" (as in "I replaced the freight car's trucks") and for "coupler"?  I don't trust on-line dictionaries to understand the context to choose the right translation.

Thanks in advance!

dave

By the way, I should have said that the new organization is generally much improved. 

dave

Well, I'm learning a lot from this thread, starting with "probably not a kind of kit I want to build"    But the lessons on approaching metal work/soldering are still useful.

dave

Sunny and right at freezing in SE NH.  I have to go to the local roaster and get more coffee today.  Otherwise, I'll be working on Lamsons.

Craig, a topic for 'early rail' didn't make the cut?

dave

Me to wife, "Here, drink this tea."  "Why, is it poison?"  "No, I want the tea bag."  (It's one of those bags that looks like window screens [/size]

I think I can construct an elevator cage on that top floor of the mill tower that will be visible through the windows.  After some research on industrial elevators, they were more common earlier than I thought.

dave

Bernd, I think the cops may be coming to visit to talk to you about those "thefts" from the train show!!

I found some elevator manufacturer catalogs on Archive.org so I now have an idea of what to put in the 'attic' of the Lamson mill tower.

dave

Sunny and warmer in SE NH.  Highs today in the mid '30s.  There's a crew replacing the shingles in a neighbor's house.  First they had to sweep the snow off the shingles before stripping them.   I'll get some shop time in between German class at the senior center (we're reading/translating an abbreviated/simplified version of "Journey to the Center of the Earth") and PT later this afternoon.  I've also been doing research into elevators, turns out they were much more common in the 19th century than I thought.  There's a transition from steam power to electrical power late in the 19th century (no surprises there.)  But it looks like I should add some big pulleys to the visible area of the tower.

dave

"Patience, grasshopper, Patience!"  And a fresh X-Acto knife blade!!

dave

I think I can do a bit better than the laser-cut (but kinda boring) parts for the wood top of the main mill tower.  So I dug into the styrene scrap box for clapboards, into the stash of windows for double windows, and the essential stash of Evergreen styrene strips of various sizes.  The parts are primed white, next step install the window glazing (pre-cut, thank you Don Tichy!!!)


Then I'll assemble and test-fit on the tower.  There's nothing special about the black styrene for the back of the tower (a part that isn't in the original kit, but I think makes for a stronger assembly.)  It's just the styrene I pulled from my scrap bin...

add:  Tower test-fit:

Although I used the SRMW parts for my tower, they're still a bit short on the sides.  I thought about that, I'll just add .040 plain to extend the sides all the way into the roof.

More:  I added the extenders (and a floor, which makes the assembly MUCH more sturdy), cut out the roof template, and did a test-fit on location:

Note this is sitting on a 1/4" piece of foamcore to add a bit more height.  I think that does look better raised a bit.

dave

I always appreciate seeing layouts in their rooms, it's interesting to see how people 'finish off' the railroad from what the viewer actually sees.

dave

Bright and sunny, still about 2" of snow on the ground, temps in the mid 20s.  I love this weather!  Heading to 33, so I hope the snow melts from the driveway.

Yesterday I started work on the wood part of the Lamson main mill tower.  After looking at the laser cut wood pieces, I thought I could do something a bit more interesting from styrene.  I should finish that assembly today and see how it looks.  

dave