Hi all I have worked as a watchmaker, and my broaches all work in a rotary fashion. Broaches are also slightly tapered, so you have to use it from both sides of the hole to get straight sides. It

I also have one of those three dome tank cars. It is lettered UTLX 1252. The 1955 Tank Book shows UTLX 1252 as a 6500 gal tank car, but the model is at least a 10000 gal tank car, per Tonys formula. I

Tom Madden wrote: I don't think so. Globe made a 12,000-gallon car and a 10,000-gallon car, along with a "shorty" 10,000-gallon fat tank, all single-dome and with prototype size large domes. These

Opps this was intended to be private to Brian, sorry about the interruption. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I don't have any problem extracting and saving individual articles (or even parts of articles) in MRH, with these caveats: 1. I am still using Windows 8 2. I always use the "Web Downloader" (the

As I recall from one of Al’s resin kits, it is better to get rid of the flash by sanding the “inside” of the casting on a piece of fine emory paper lying on a flat surface. That way, the boards

Bill, perhaps watchmakers use the terms differently but as a machinist, reamers and broaches work differently. Both modify the size or shape of a hole but a reamer cuts with a rotary action. A broach

All… I’ve purchased files from both McMaster-Carr and Otto Frei. I was easily able to look up my purchases at McMaster-Carr. I was also able to look up my past purchases at Otto Frei but they

Do any of the powered toothbrushes have a reciprocating action? I'm thinking most are rotary but perhaps there is an exception. Then make an adapter for the file shank. Ought to ease getting the

Now that I look at it again, it looks more like CM...E than the CW I suggested this morning. John Degnan Scaler164@...

Jack, I'm not sure if this is the password you want, but in on the Staff Credits (page 2 or 3 depending on version) page, at the bottom is has the "Issue password." It's been a combination of the

Just an update, based on suggestions from a couple of you I did go to the Otto Frei website. They actually had measurements of the actual file "blade" (What should I call this, showing my ignorance?)

If you are using Microsoft Windows 10 select the print icon (upper right) when the print page appears select pages enter the number of the pages you want to copy. Change from printer to microsoft

I was able to save the Hand Brake article as a pdf. I opened the issue in question, selected print, put in just the pages I wanted, 110-118, then selected the Microsoft Print to PDF printer option in

Why not take screen grab photos of each page? Bill Welch

Sure...open the article in a pdf reader and note the start page and finish page numbers for the article in the pdf reader software. Then go to File/Print and under "Pages to Print", click on "Pages"

Rio Grande has 4" files and I have sourced many unusual tools from them, excellent suppplier https://www.riogrande.com/search/go?w=micro+files made for reciprocating handpiece but are short length

---In STMFC@..., <mark_landgraf@...> wrote : Gesswein caters to the jewelry manufacturer. Their pricing reflect that. However they are the only folks that I know of that have a reciprocating hand

Could Garth's tank be a Globe? They made one- and two-dome tank car kits back in the day. This should be right up Denny's alley. Tom Madden

Garth Groff wrote: I too have a metal tank car with those exact domes (a three-compartment car), but don't know the origin of the car. I think it is NOT an Athearn, but don't know who. I too