GUYZ,   Is it possible to warm and bend a sheet of reasonable thickness Evergreen styrene over the wood streamlined roof material offerd by Northeastern Scale Products?  How hard can the seaming be

The only radial 40' roof I'm aware of that Al has in his inventory is the MP single-sheathed boxcar kit. Charlie Duckworth

Tim, The US Army Ordnance Depot south of Baltimore had what appeared to be an old USRA (or later knock-off)flatcar in their yard for years, archbar trucks included. I got the B&O Museum interested in

Of the machines mentioned, the Sherline is most likely the best, with the Taig a very close second. Sherline does have far more accessories available, and you can also purchase a package that includes

It looks like the Climax roof will be my stumbling block. Ah well, another potential project pushed to the back burner. Gene, doesn't Al offer a radial roof with his C&O USRA SS box cars? I think

The current discusion of milling machines is in scope... so far. STMFC is about freight cars and HOW TO MODEL THEM. If the topic wanders too far afield, or goes on for too long, Mike or I will let

Armand, in the archives I think you will find many conversations about tools, adhesives, paints, lighting, etc that are not directly or exclusively about freight cars but are of very great interest

In Scope?Armand Premo

Bill W wrote: tool should be held for solid and accurate work and "mill end holders" designed for specific sizes of shanks is the only way to go. . . . Collets and chucks are not to be used for

Yeah, drilling is a special case. Since the chips have to flow back up the drill flutes to get out of the hole, by definition they are rubbing the work, and if they pack in the flutes at all, they'll

Harbor Freight has a fairly good milling machine. While I have never done any accuracy tests with mine it does have good speed control. Two positions, 0-1100 and 0-2500. It's $600 so don't

I didn't say it was cheap :-)  Todd Horton ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 10:34:18 AM Subject: Re: [STMFC] Milling Machines   What a

Buy machines and accessories from sources where parts and repairs where assurances of parts and repairs will be available years from now (that is how long you will have these machines!). I do not

What a bargain!  All that for only $50.000!  TomWarne

Hmmmmm, I wonder if anyone makes "Mr.Slides" decals....:) Nice rivet detail... Otto

If you are concerned about accuracy then this should satisfy your demands. You can roll this one around and plug into a 220v outlet. 30,000 rpms and you can cut wet so melting isn't an issue. Todd

Thanks to all that have contributed so far. Regarding the concern I expressed about melting styrene, my experience did happen when drilling into styrene which is obviously different than working on

"Unimat" is almost a generic term when they had 3 models all with different designs and flaws. The old SL is the most numerous and recognizable and guilty of most of the negatives attributed to the

Self correction:  The brake RESERVOIR should be directly under the AB valve.  The cylinder is where it should be. Lou Whiteley ________________________________ To: STMFC@... Sent:

The Octoraro Branch of the PRR, which I am modeling, had a Gas-Oil Products LPG distributorship in Oxford, PA.  Ed Hawkins helped me track down the different lots of GOPX tank cars.  The Atlas