Superior & Seattle Railroad Build

[S&S RR]

Sadly because it is made in the USA it costs $ 120,- here in the Netherlands, sorry I have to say that if it's not made in Europe I'd rather have it made in China , I hope you understand what I mean.

Interesting - I paid $45 for mine here in the US.  If you wanted one how much would it cost to ship it to the Netherlands?

[S&S RR]

I spent three days cutting strip wood for the Mt. Aiden trestle.  I now have the parts for 40 more bents. I need one more day of cutting and I should have all the cross bracing pieces also ready for staining.

[CVSNE]

That certainly is a lot of wood....

John, the push block looks neat - where did you get it from?

Marty

[S&S RR]

That certainly is a lot of wood....

John, the push block looks neat - where did you get it from?

Marty

Marty


I bought mine from a company called Rockler - I have also been buying my bulk basswood from them. I had a 20% off coupon and bought a years supply along with the pusher block.

[Oldguy]

That certainly is a lot of wood....

John, the push block looks neat - where did you get it from?

Marty

http://www.microjig.com/products/grr-ripper/ has a "where to buy" link.  They can be had from some Lowe's.

[S&S RR]

That certainly is a lot of wood....

John, the push block looks neat - where did you get it from?

Marty

http://www.microjig.com/products/grr-ripper/ has a "where to buy" link.  They can be had from some Lowe's.

Bob


Thanks for the input - I just ordered one of the 1/8 inch blades for mine. If you are interested in one watch the pricing.

[S&S RR]

The strip wood for the next 40 bents and cross braces for the Mt. Aiden Trestle have been cut and stained. I went through a whole pint of A&I stain. The sticks in the picture started out as 1 1/8 x 5 x 24 inch basswood boards like the one on the right in the picture. The construction crew will be at it first thing in the morning.





The wood on the bottom right just came out of the A&I bath and have not dried at all yet.

[ACL1504]

Dang, that is one huge bunch of trestle pieces cut and stained. The trestle will be a FTOB (Fantastic Thing of Beauty).

Tom

[S&S RR]

Dang, that is one huge bunch of trestle pieces cut and stained. The trestle will be a FTOB (Fantastic Thing of Beauty).

Tom

I hope so Tom - I will have many hours in it.

[Twist67]

Hi there,
fantastic trestle build.....and also a lot of wood you´ve cut for that build....
nice tool for cutting the wood....

Cheers,Chris

[S&S RR]

Hi there,
fantastic trestle build.....and also a lot of wood you´ve cut for that build....
nice tool for cutting the wood....

Cheers,Chris

Chris


Thanks for stopping by the thread. I really like cutting my own stripwood - the new table saw is working out nice. 

[S&S RR]

Wayne Olson worked with me on the layout today - we spent most of the day getting the bugs out of the wiring for the yard.  At the end of the day we had every issue figured out and need to make a couple more soldier joints to have everything fixed.  The yard is 99 % functional at this point - a real milestone.

[S&S RR]

The crew got right to work on the Mt. Aiden Trestle with the new shipment of lumber. Here are a few progress pictures.

[gnatshop]

Boy, the Mt. Aiden crew would be in deep doo-doo without all them self-clampin' tweezers!
Although it put the Ledbetter timber monkeys out of a job climbin' the bents and holdin' them
braces in place while they were nailed or bolted.
At least, they didn't get a hole in their hands like usual!!!

[Mark Dalrymple]

Really looking excellent, John.

I'm still getting over that whole pint of AI!

Cheers, Mark.