Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

John,

No matter what I want to do, during a work session it appears everything ends up on the workbench! I guess it's part of the hobby or the natuire of the beast.

Tom

I wounder what percentage of my time I spend looking for tools?

I've been looking for my short 12" level for the past several hours. Finally gave up and used the 4' level.

Tom

Tom

I have a place for you to check.  When I lost my level for a few weeks I found it stuck to the back of my metal tool box.  It had magnets imbedded in the plastic. Who knew I always use it for wood.

[ACL1504]

John,

Hey, that reminds me that my magnetic level is still missing and it isn't on my tool box.

I did find the one I was looking for though. For some reason unknown to me, I found it by accident in one of my power tool tubs.   Of course, I wasn't looking for it - that's the reason I found it.

Tom

[Zephyrus52246]

I was going crazy looking for my two foot level.  My wife had "borrowed" it to level the quilting machine.  I told her to keep it upstairs and bought a new digital/laser one.   


Jeff

[deemery]

I was going crazy looking for my two foot level.  My wife had "borrowed" it to level the quilting machine.  I told her to keep it upstairs and bought a new digital/laser one.   


Jeff

If only I could blame my wife when I can't find a tool.....


dave

[Chet]

That sounds like a good reason to buy new toys. My wife "volunteered" me to install a new laminate floor in a friends house. I ended up with a new cordless drill and screw driver. Way to go !!!!!!!   

[DACS]

Isn't it amazing just how full a work bench can become?  Just working along and suddenly, there's no room to build.  It just slowly squeezes down until we are forced to put things away, just so we can start over with the clutter!

Dave   HWCRR
Seattle

[S&S RR]

Fellow members of the can't find my tools club.

Thanks for stopping by the thread - I was practicing my can't find my tools with my fishing equipment for the past three days. The same thing happens to me on the boat. After a couple hours there is equipment laying everywhere. I'm going to get back to working on the layout tomorrow. If I can find my tools.

[gnatshop]

Fellow members of the can't find my tools club.
Thanks for stopping by the thread - I was practicing my can't find my tools with my fishing equipment for the past three days. The same thing happens to me on the boat. After a couple hours there is equipment laying everywhere. I'm going to get back to working on the layout tomorrow. If I can find my tools. 

Important question - how many fish were in the boat?
Keep your mind on the priorities!!! 

[S&S RR]

Fellow members of the can't find my tools club.
Thanks for stopping by the thread - I was practicing my can't find my tools with my fishing equipment for the past three days. The same thing happens to me on the boat. After a couple hours there is equipment laying everywhere. I'm going to get back to working on the layout tomorrow. If I can find my tools. 

Important question - how many fish were in the boat?
Keep your mind on the priorities!!! 

Dave

The fish haven't started up the river yet in any numbers - we had three fish on but managed to loose all three of them. I had one scream 450 feet of line of my real before it pulled the hook. We are fishing for Steelhead Trout that run up the river from Lake Michigan when the weather starts getting cold.

[S&S RR]

I spent the day today making more pine trees. This week I purchased a Flex Shaft Machine from Micro_Mark to replace the second Dremel motor that I burned up. I haven't had much luck with Dremels and decided to try something different.  I really like this machine and it cost less than a Dremel - I paid $80 for it. The collet will hold any of my Dremel tools and even the smallest drill bits. It is powered through a foot petal for speed control. I ran it for about 5 hours today and had no heat problems - in fact it didn't even get warm. Here are a few pictures.


The motor, flex shaft, and collet.

The collet at the end of the flex shaft.

The foot pedal.

[ACL1504]

John,

That is one wicked looking tool. So, of course I'll have to look into getting one for the Atlantic and Southern.

Tom

[S&S RR]

John,

That is one wicked looking tool. So, of course I'll have to look into gettiong one for the Atlantic and Southern.

Tom

It goes both ways Tom, I have been looking at the tools on your bench work too!

[ACL1504]

John,

That is one wicked looking tool. So, of course I'll have to look into gettiong one for the Atlantic and Southern.

Tom

It goes both ways Tom, I have been looking at the tools on your bench work too!

Tom

[S&S RR]

I have about 50 pine trees ready for planting. I want about 50 more out of this batch before I move on to track laying.

[LongHornCaddy]

Good stuff here, nice job!