New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. (HOn3 coal line + HOn30 Quarry Line)

[Bernd]

Great start Bernd.

Thanks Curt. More to come. perhaps slow.

Bernd

[Bernd]

Dave,

Came across my Suydam Two Stall engine house I did. I made .010" thick brass window casings. I used my ROBO CNC router/engraver with a jig to hold the thin brass. That's what I'm going to make for the car sides.





Bernd

[tom.boyd.125]

Frank, looks like you have this metal working thing down pat...Tommy

[Bernd]

Frank, looks like you have this metal working thing down pat...Tommy

I don't know who Frank is but he does great work.    

I worked in the machine tool industry for over 30 years. Ran every kind of machine making parts from raw stock in the machine shop. Then worked on the assembly floor and learned machine assembly. I'm pretty familiar with the process of making parts for assembly.

Bernd

[Bernd]

Raw stock came in today. I ordered from McMaster-Carr Friday. Got a conformation it'll arrive Monday. Came home today after a lunch with some friends and there it was stacked next to the door.

Two sheets of .020" thick by 4" wide by 36" long brass and one slab of 1/4" thick by 4" wide by 36" long aluminum plate. $152.39 later I'm ready to start this project.



Time to get working on drawing up the holding jig for the brass sheet.

Bernd

[Philip]

I really like McMaster-Carr! Nice purchase! Shavings will be fling soon! 

[ACL1504]

Bernd,

Wonderful work going on at Kingstone Model Works. I enjoy following this thread and your work with brass.

Keep it up.

Tom

[Bernd]

Thanks Philip and Tom. Will definitely be keeping at it. It'll get slower as the warmer days arrive. Soon it'll be time to open camp up on the St. Lawarence River. I'm looking at getting some projects together that I can do when it rains up there. Nothing too complicated.

Bernd

[Bernd]

Back in post #154 I showed the raw stock to make my quarry cars. Here's a picture of the first three of forty quarry cars with the developing rotary HOn30 dumper. Some assembly required. Using my resistance soldering rig to solder the boxes together once it's bent around the soldering jig.



Bernd

[Michael Hohn]

Let the journey begin . . .

[Bernd]

Let the journey begin . . .

It's going to be a long journey. With summer coming up there won't be much time in the shop. Right now, I'm always looking for the next rainy day.   

Bernd