That just gets them a "point cloud" that then has to be turned into surfaces. Someone then has to program toolpaths to cut those surfaces. It's been a long time since anyone has been programing "G

I believe Detroit had a beltway railway line over to the Grand Trunk tying those all together.  Al Kresse

Matt Herson contacted me this morning on the NP stock car decals. Charlie Duckworth

Tom Vanwormer wrote: There was a plant at Richmond, Calif., right at the harbor. It is still standing, though of course repurposed. I was just there last week. Tony Thompson Editor,

Al, NYC, Michigan Central had a yard, Livernois, I think, northeast of the Rouge plant, not connected directly with the Rouge plant. PRR didn't have a huge presence in Detroit they came in on the

Rapido Trains used laser scanning to get the contours and angles figured out for their upcoming model of the MLW FPA-4-- http://rapidotrains.com/scan.html Seems that laser scanning is becoming a

Complete? list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ford_factories In the San Francisco area... Richmond - 1930-1956 (now "Rosie the Riveter" National Historical Park) Milpitas - 1955 - 1984

Al, All of the above. I am still breaking down the various components along with what went where. It is also geared toward the years of production. I am specifically focusing on Seattle, 1930, at

At 09:01 AM 2/16/2013, Andy Carlson wrote: <snip> >It was once said to me that to digitally scan an EMD F unit nose for CNC tooling would create a super huge file and the scan would need to be set up

Guy, Did they send out sub-assemblies, kits or just carloads of parts? Al

Tom asked: "Ford also had a plant in San Pedro CA, on the LA-LB port area. Did Ford have any other plants along the West Coast?" Seattle Portland San Francisco Richmond Long Beach Los

1) GM had close by plant at Norwalk early on also.  2)  I thought the Pennsy also had a yard on the north side of the Rouge plant.  Al Kresse

Would if anyone of the list has an extra set of Champ decal HC-112 for the Central Valley stockcar they'd like to sell? Contact me off-list at omahaduck(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks! Charlie Duckworth

Folks, Ford also had a plant in San Pedro CA, on the LA-LB port area. Did Ford have any other plants along the West Coast? Thanks, Tom VanWormer Monument CO Guy Wilber wrote:

Dennis, I always enjoy reading your posts, especially where it concerns manufacturing. I have been given a short description of how you tooled the Accurail Canadin 40' SS car. Can I request that you

You are twenty years behind the times, Andy. The problem you cite isn't one of machine resolution,; it's bad programing. None of this stuff is developed from scans of the prototype; it's toolpathed

Larry wrote: "I didn't even know that Ford had an assembly plant in Seattle, Wa. It doesn't show up in Wikipedia as a place that Ford had an assembly plant. However, my dad told me that Ford had an

-Don Valentine, mentions the current way for toolmakers to make hard tooling for styrene injection molding. The wholesale turnover to the CNC/CAM method of tool making has nearly led to the extinction

Guy, I didn't even know that Ford had an assembly plant in Seattle, Wa. It doesn't show up in Wikipedia as a place that Ford had an assembly plant. However, my dad told me that Ford had an assembly

I second that. Joel Holmes