Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

Today I started to build the gluing fixture for the large trestle bents. I have 7 tall trestles to build so this fixture will get a lot of use.

[S&S RR]

The trestle bent fixture has been completed, we are now ready for trestle production.

[S&S RR]

Trestle production has begun.

[S&S RR]

The first bent ready for staining.

[jerryrbeach]

John,
My 'puter easily opened the drawing.  Odds are good that if Gnat and I can open and view it, anyone can!   

[gnatshop]

Hey, L'il Johny, what is all that flea crap at the bottom of the trestle bent? 

[S&S RR]

Hey, L'il Johny, what is all that flea crap at the bottom of the trestle bent? 

Good eyes!  That's left over ground foam from the pine trees I just got through making. I'm cheap and didn't change the paper on the workbench. That building paper is expensive.  A roll only lasts about 10 years.

[S&S RR]

John,
My 'puter easily opened the drawing.  Odds are good that if Gnat and I can open and view it, anyone can!   

Jerry

The computer issue I was having was with internet bandwidth - I was up at my hunting and fishing cabin in Northern Michigan and it takes about an hour to post a picture the internet is so bad.  The weather drove me back home so now I have fast internet and a layout to work on  . Thanks for stopping by the thread.

[ACL1504]

John,

Nice start on the trestle bents. I'm curious as to how you will paint/stain them. If you have any glue joints with a little glue overlap it won't take any stain and may restrict the flow of paint.

Inquiring minds and all that.

Tom

[S&S RR]

John,

Nice start on the trestle bents. I'm curious as to how you will paint/stain them. If you have any glue joints with a little glue overlap it won't take any stain and may restrict the flow of paint.

Inquiring minds and all that.

Tom

Tom

My paint / stain expert at my local hardware store assured me that he had a stain that would work over Elmer's glue and it's water base.  I said - if it works - it will save lot's of time with the pre-staining of the strip wood and the touch up after the build process. So you are correct, inquiring minds do want to know and I'm going to try it on this first bent. I will have results tomorrow so stay tuned! You will also notice that I left the bar code on one of the pieces to see if I can stain over that too.  I was wondering if anyone would notice I glued it together without staining it first.

[ACL1504]

John,

I was curious as I said. I noticed right away the lack of stain and was wondering if anyone else would mention it. So, I thought what the heck I'll ask!

If you've found a stain that will cover it all then we all of course want the name of the liquid gold!

Tom

[deemery]

Bar codes on stripwood are -really really annoying-!


dave

[S&S RR]

Bar codes on stripwood are -really really annoying-!


dave

Dave

I invested in a small table saw and will be starting to cut my own strip wood.  The bar codes and potential savings drove me to buy it.  If my math is correct I should pay for the saw on this trestle project alone.

[S&S RR]

John,

I was curious as I said. I noticed right away the lack of stain and was wondering if anyone else would mention it. So, I thought what the heck I'll ask!

If you've found a stain that will cover it all then we all of course want the name of the liquid gold!

Tom

I will give a full report - I didn't mention it because I think it's too good to be true.  We will know tomorrow.

[gnatshop]

John,
Nice start on the trestle bents. I'm curious as to how you will paint/stain them. If you have any glue joints with a little glue overlap it won't take any stain and may restrict the flow of paint.
Inquiring minds and all that.     Tom

That L'il Tommy don't miss nuthin' - probly because the Babe chastised him about missin' or thin spots in the house
paintin'!!! 
Oh, by the way - the trestle bents look fantastic!!!