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Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

I have one additional suggestion in addition to Jack's excellent advice. With repeated use, the blade creates a grove in the Chopper I and Chopper III fiberboard mat (if that's the version you use).

By Nelson Moyer <ku0a@...> · #111664 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

Doesn't Georgia have some airplane (or airplane parts) manufacturing ? With Boeing up in Seattle, could some of this traffic be parts or castings for aircraft? Valuable parts can travel very long

By Tim O'Connor · #111663 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

I modified my NWSL chopper by putting down two parallel pieces of brass with just enough room between them for the razor blade. This harder surface combined with the blade sinking through the slot

By Tim O'Connor · #111662 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

My thought was somewhat similar, would it be the clay used to make glossy paper? Richard Wilkens

By railsnw@frontier.com <railsnw@...> · #111661 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

Jack, In my experience I do believe the blade does deflect on my Chopper 2. There is too much play where the lever pivots on its axle. I intend (someday, I need to get one of them "round to its")

By John Hagen · #111660 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

My Guess, would be paper, based on a comment I found in a presentation to a gathering of railroaders. Found in the files section as: Biggest XM Shipper_South001.jpg Of couse, this being correct

By np328 · #111659 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

There used to be some chopper type cutters that not only cut down, but sliced through the material. I wish I had one as I am sure they would do a much better job. Slicing is better than chopping.

By Steve SANDIFER · #111658 ·

Re: Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

<I'm working on the excellent Boaz resin flatcar kits and wanted to get <some feedback on making consistently straight cuts for the styrene <channel material for the stake pockets. I use an NWSL

By Jack Burgess <jack@...> · #111657 ·

Straight Cuts using a NWSL Chopper

I'm working on the excellent Boaz resin flatcar kits and wanted to get some feedback on making consistently straight cuts for the styrene channel material for the stake pockets. I use an NWSL

By asychis@... · #111656 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

I just double checked this flow and it's real, not a typo. It is consistent with the state to state table for Georgia that I published earlier (an excess of 35 tons to Washington from Georgia in

By Charles Hostetler <cesicjh@...> · #111655 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

<< A real oddity on the state-to-state forwarder flows: 4300 carloads a year from Georgia to Washington State? It's by far the largest flow to or from either state. --- Bill in Seattle >> My guess

By C J Wyatt · #111654 ·

Re: FGE/WFE/BRE at Naperville

Too many photos? I'm not sure that's possible. If the final book is thick enough to frighten small children, I believe you're doing it right :-) Glad to hear of your progress --- Bill Sornsin,

By billsoman · #111653 ·

Re: Freight Forwarding

A hearty "second" to this, I've been enjoying the blog tremendously. A real oddity on the state-to-state forwarder flows: 4300 carloads a year from Georgia to Washington State? It's by far the

By billsoman · #111652 ·

Re: red caboose 1937 aar sq corner

Richard is correct this was a late in life NKP sidesill reinforcement to strengthen the sides for loading by fork trucks general. Many roads did this. However, if as far as a roster of 1937 AR cars

By Brian Carlson · #111651 ·

Re: L&N and NKP gons and flat

All,I have added finished photo's of the cars. Chad Boas

By Chad Boas · #111650 ·

Re: Another Shapeways report

Not just we STMFC modellers interested in RP work and Shapeways. Here is a piece from UK author George Dent on a depressed flat car using rapid

By midrly <midrly@...> · #111649 ·

Re: red caboose 1937 aar sq corner

Mark, those sills were reinforced very late in life, and the door is not original either. I'll send you off-line an in-service photo showing the cars as originally delivered. However, note that

By Richard Hendrickson · #111648 ·

Re: red caboose 1937 aar sq corner

Years ago, Des Planes Hobbies had IMWX do a special run of the square end 1937 boxcar with a specially-commissioned Viking roof. They did several roads, including a NKP car (I still have one kicking

By Bill Daniels <billinsf@...> · #111647 ·

red caboose 1937 aar sq corner

Purchased two of these and found the Nickle Plate had something similar http://rr-fallenflags.org/nkp/nkp15797aga.jpg The sill is interesting and wonder if they were built or this is a

By Mark · #111646 ·

Re: Railway Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 25

Oops. Meant for Ed, not the group. Apologies. Rod -- Custom 2-rail O Scale Models: Drives, | O Scale West / S West Repairs, Steam Loco Building, More | 2013 Meet is Jan

By Rod Miller · #111645 ·

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