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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Roger Huber <trainpainter@...> #163977 Well, I guess someone needed to pick up where Tyco left off? Roger Huber Deer Creek Locomotive Works toggle quoted messageShow quoted text On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 10:51:15 PM CDT, Tony Thompson <tony@...> wrote: Ben is right. I’m reminded of the saying in past days: one’s greatest fear about any model is that Walthers will do it, it’ll be crap, and then no one will do it right. But we already have better models of these cars. Tony Thompson > Ben Hom wrote: > > The best thing we can do about these models? Don't sign up . . . >
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Tony Thompson #163976 Ben is right. I’m reminded of the saying in past days: one’s greatest fear about any model is that Walthers will do it, it’ll be crap, and then no one will do it right. But we already have better models of these cars. Tony Thompson toggle quoted messageShow quoted text Ben Hom wrote: The best thing we can do about these models? Don't sign up . . .
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Benjamin Hom #163975 Al Westerfield wrote: "Only one of the SS cars shown had a corrugated door, the Pennsy. And it had AB brakes. Home free? Nope – it was upgraded with a Hutchins roof. All of the cars should have doors the same of the DS and K brakes. And the sill steps are wrong." It's much worse than that. The model is a Pratt truss SS boxcar and nothing like any USRA SS boxcar. They're better off calling it a "1920s single sheathed boxcar" or some other BS description. https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated As I posted earlier, don't make reservations for these models. Far more deserving models died due to lack of reservations than these pieces of excrement. Ben Hom
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Robert kirkham #163974 Wow – those look atrocious. I hope Walthers doesn’t screw up the market and make it hard for someone to bring a legitimate 21^st century model to market. Rob Kirkham toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bruce Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:25 PM To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] New Walthers USRA based cars Folks, The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' double sheathed USRA boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' USRA single sheathed boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated - dang, look at those boards! SMH 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' Early Wood Reefer https://www.walthers.com/40-early-wood-reefer-ready-to-run-undecorated This looks like a USRA reefer. These cars are in the WalthersMainline series and have molded on grab irons. Interestingly the "single sheathed boxcar" appears to not have the classic USRA underframe that the other 3 cars show. These may make some interesting detailing and kit bashing fodder. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Benjamin Hom #163973 Eric Hansmann wrote: "That 'single-sheathed boxcar' has very little detail or hardware associated with a USRA Specification 1001-B: 50-ton Single-Sheathed Box Car. It looks more like the 1923 ARA XM-1 car design." https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated Except (a) I can't think of any cars Pratt truss built to the XM-1 design with 5/5/5 ends and (b) any variants built to 9 ft IH vice the default 8 ft 7 in IH. If I do my homework, I might be able to turn up a 9 ft IH prototype as a kitbash subject, but for $28 MSRP, I shouldn't have to. "How did they spend so much in tooling up these 'models'? I’d be hard pressed to add them to my guide to 1920s era HO scale plastic freight cars." The best thing we can do about these models? Don't sign up for any advanced orders. I'm sorry that Walthers would lose their tooling investment, but these don't derserve to hit the market. The DS car is the best of them, but for that market, why pay $28 for a model that's inferior to the better and less expensive Accurail one? The other two models are questionable at best. Modelers who are considering those models are better off handing me $28 and I can whip up something better from stuff that I have on hand. Ben Hom
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars al_westerfield #163972 Just got their sneak peek. As you know, I did every version of both the DS and SS USRA cars. Unfortunately, the are serious mistakes in every one of the Walthers. Most are easily fixable if they have the time. I plan to call them tomorrow. All of the DS cars shown had K rather than AB brakes. The TH&B car had an Ajax brake wheel. Although it’s not really clear, it appears that the brace on the door isn’t centered. And UP never had the cars. With dozens of roadmanes and lettering styles, why choose that? Only one of the SS cars shown had a corrugated door, the Pennsy. And it had AB brakes. Home free? Nope – it was upgraded with a Hutchins roof. All of the cars should have doors the same of the DS and K brakes. And the sill steps are wrong. In this day and age, there’s no excuse for these boners. All they have to do is look at the history sheet and photos in the Westerfield kits. I only hope that they used actual railroad blueprints, rather than the plans published in Railway age, because there are significant differences between planned and actual. Tichy and Kadee got it wrong because they used the published plans. Al Westerfield Sent from Mail for Windows 10 toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: Bruce Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:24 PM To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] New Walthers USRA based cars Folks, The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' double sheathed USRA boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' USRA single sheathed boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated - dang, look at those boards! SMH 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' Early Wood Reefer https://www.walthers.com/40-early-wood-reefer-ready-to-run-undecorated This looks like a USRA reefer. These cars are in the WalthersMainline series and have molded on grab irons. Interestingly the "single sheathed boxcar" appears to not have the classic USRA underframe that the other 3 cars show. These may make some interesting detailing and kit bashing fodder. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
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May 19th op session on the Alma branch Jared Harper #163971 I am hosting an op session on my Santa Fe Alma branch layout on Sunday, May 19th. Come for lunch and operations afterwards. Jared Harper Athens, GA
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Re: Manufacturers Railway Mather box Eric Hansmann #163970 LINK: http://magazine.trainlife.com/rmj_2003_8/ Time to shut down for the night. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Eric Hansmann Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7:33 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Here’s a link to the August 2003 Railmodel Journal. Richard Hendrickson’s Mather boxcar article starts on page 45. He features prototype photos of the cars produced by Proto2000. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steven D Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:19 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Clarification – The TC prototypes were 8’ 6” IH, taller than the what the P2K cars represent, which are 7’8” IH cars, if I recall correctly. Steve Johnson From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Steven D Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:56 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing that the P2K Mather boxcars were based off their Mather stock car, thus the boxcar models were of the lower height version. Steve Johnson Nashville, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:37 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Big surprise here, folks: proto2000 only made one height of Mather car. Tony Thompson On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote: Mather produced boxcars with a few different interior heights. There were also some 36-foot Mather boxcars rolling around before 1930. Just because it is labeled as a Mather boxcar, stock car, or reefer does not mean they are all the same. They came from the same builder. IIRC, at one point the AC&Y had two series of Mather boxcars with different interior heights. I suspect the Proto2000 models produced by Life-Like followed prototypes for certain time frames. Mather leased these cars and they were reused after leases expired. The cars returned to the Mather shops for repaint and reletter for the new lessee. You will need to consult the ORER for your modeling period to determine where the Mather cars were used. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:00 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box I can see an issue on the height, because from looking at the pictures of car bodies from the Proto kits on eBay, they all look the same even though there were some that were quite a bit taller. I found another good source in an ad for RY models in O scale, and there the cars are separated by height. The one I'm thinking of is 7'-8" IH, which seemed to be a common height, but others were as high inside as 10'-3" and the model photos of Proto cars seem to show that they're not. I found the Hendrickson article from August 2003 and unfortunately there is no table attached, but there the photos also seem to show height differences. But I thought those were channels (C-sections) on the diagonals, not Z-sections like a "normal" single-sheathed box had. Ron Merrick Ron Merrick
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Benjamin Hom #163969 Bruce Smith wrote: "The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated FAIL. This model has 5/5/5 Murphy ends and XLA roof, indicating an early rebuild reusing these components that did not increase the dimensions of the original car. Unfortunately, none of these rebuilds (ACL/C&WC, SL-SF) had 10-panel sides, but exhibited 8-panel sides. Also, the model lacks an inset side sill and brackets that are a spotting feature of almost all rebuilt boxcars. This, along with the Atlas "Rebuilt USRA boxcar" model, is an overpriced representation of nothing. Ben Hom
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Re: New Walthers USRA based cars Eric Hansmann #163968 Bruce, That “single-sheathed boxcar” has very little detail or hardware associated with a USRA Specification 1001-B: 50-ton Single-Sheathed Box Car. It looks more like the 1923 ARA XM-1 car design. How did they spend so much in tooling up these “models”? I’d be hard pressed to add them to my guide to 1920s era HO scale plastic freight cars. I might have nightmares about these tonight. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bruce Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 7:25 PM To: RealSTMFC@groups.io Subject: [RealSTMFC] New Walthers USRA based cars Folks, The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' double sheathed USRA boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' USRA single sheathed boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated - dang, look at those boards! SMH 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' Early Wood Reefer https://www.walthers.com/40-early-wood-reefer-ready-to-run-undecorated This looks like a USRA reefer. These cars are in the WalthersMainline series and have molded on grab irons. Interestingly the "single sheathed boxcar" appears to not have the classic USRA underframe that the other 3 cars show. These may make some interesting detailing and kit bashing fodder. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
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Re: Manufacturers Railway Mather box Eric Hansmann #163967 Here’s a link to the August 2003 Railmodel Journal. Richard Hendrickson’s Mather boxcar article starts on page 45. He features prototype photos of the cars produced by Proto2000. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of Steven D Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 6:19 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Clarification – The TC prototypes were 8’ 6” IH, taller than the what the P2K cars represent, which are 7’8” IH cars, if I recall correctly. Steve Johnson From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Steven D Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:56 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing that the P2K Mather boxcars were based off their Mather stock car, thus the boxcar models were of the lower height version. Steve Johnson Nashville, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:37 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Big surprise here, folks: proto2000 only made one height of Mather car. Tony Thompson On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote: Mather produced boxcars with a few different interior heights. There were also some 36-foot Mather boxcars rolling around before 1930. Just because it is labeled as a Mather boxcar, stock car, or reefer does not mean they are all the same. They came from the same builder. IIRC, at one point the AC&Y had two series of Mather boxcars with different interior heights. I suspect the Proto2000 models produced by Life-Like followed prototypes for certain time frames. Mather leased these cars and they were reused after leases expired. The cars returned to the Mather shops for repaint and reletter for the new lessee. You will need to consult the ORER for your modeling period to determine where the Mather cars were used. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:00 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box I can see an issue on the height, because from looking at the pictures of car bodies from the Proto kits on eBay, they all look the same even though there were some that were quite a bit taller. I found another good source in an ad for RY models in O scale, and there the cars are separated by height. The one I'm thinking of is 7'-8" IH, which seemed to be a common height, but others were as high inside as 10'-3" and the model photos of Proto cars seem to show that they're not. I found the Hendrickson article from August 2003 and unfortunately there is no table attached, but there the photos also seem to show height differences. But I thought those were channels (C-sections) on the diagonals, not Z-sections like a "normal" single-sheathed box had. Ron Merrick Ron Merrick
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New Walthers USRA based cars Bruce Smith #163966 Folks, The new Walthers flyer includes four new steam era freight cars: 40' double sheathed USRA boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' USRA single sheathed boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-usra-composite-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated - dang, look at those boards! SMH 40' steel USRA rebuilt wood boxcar https://www.walthers.com/40-steel-rebuilt-usra-wood-boxcar-ready-to-run-undecorated 40' Early Wood Reefer https://www.walthers.com/40-early-wood-reefer-ready-to-run-undecorated This looks like a USRA reefer. These cars are in the WalthersMainline series and have molded on grab irons. Interestingly the "single sheathed boxcar" appears to not have the classic USRA underframe that the other 3 cars show. These may make some interesting detailing and kit bashing fodder. Regards, Bruce Smith Auburn, AL
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Re: this nice shot of the GM&O freight house Aley, Jeff A #163965 Attached is a map and an aerial photo. The aerial photo shows the sheer density of steam-era freight cars in this part of Kansas City. Regards, -Jeff toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Claus Schlund $HGM$ Sent: Monday, April 29, 2019 4:34 PM To: STMFC <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> Subject: [RealSTMFC] this nice shot of the GM&O freight house Hi List Members, Consider for a moment this nice shot of the GM&O freight house surrounded by steam era freight cars... https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20988173 I have a question about how this all works regarding delivery of goods to the customer. Freight cars get parked here, they are unloaded into the freight house by fork lift or hand truck or elbow grease, right? Then what? How does the customer get their goods? Presumably they show up wuth their comapny truck (or in earlier days, with their horse-drawn cart). But I don't see any good street access to the building. Is it on the side of the building we cannot see? I'm thinking maybe not, since there are probably tracks there. This is not the first time I've seen freight houses with what appears to be inadequate or non-existant street access. How was this handled? Presumably every inbound carload of items that goes INTO the freight house has to leave as well, and it's not leaving in a freight car, right? Thoughts? Overall, if you omit the large yard in the background, and included only the three tracks in the foreground with the building, a scene like this is very model-genic, and could serve as the focal point of a very nice switching layout or a fun area of activity within a larger layout. Claus Schlund
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Re: Throwback Tuesday: Model Die Casting 40 ft AAR Boxcar, Model Railroader, October 1959 James Lackner #163964 It looked like a great deal, until I saw the 15 cents for postage. Deal breaker! Jim Lackner
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Re: Cornel University collection Nolan Hinshaw #163963 On Apr 29, 2019, at 3:17 PM, James SANDIFER wrote: Interesting piece of trackwork. https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:20864642 The straddle loader between the Cadillac and the flatcar takes me back... -- ^<@<.@* }"_# \| -@$&/_% !(^I@\|=> ;`+$?^? ,#"~\|)^G
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Re: Manufacturers Railway Mather box Steven D Johnson #163962 Clarification – The TC prototypes were 8’ 6” IH, taller than the what the P2K cars represent, which are 7’8” IH cars, if I recall correctly. Steve Johnson toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Steven D Johnson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 5:56 PM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing that the P2K Mather boxcars were based off their Mather stock car, thus the boxcar models were of the lower height version. Steve Johnson Nashville, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:37 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Big surprise here, folks: proto2000 only made one height of Mather car. Tony Thompson On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote: Mather produced boxcars with a few different interior heights. There were also some 36-foot Mather boxcars rolling around before 1930. Just because it is labeled as a Mather boxcar, stock car, or reefer does not mean they are all the same. They came from the same builder. IIRC, at one point the AC&Y had two series of Mather boxcars with different interior heights. I suspect the Proto2000 models produced by Life-Like followed prototypes for certain time frames. Mather leased these cars and they were reused after leases expired. The cars returned to the Mather shops for repaint and reletter for the new lessee. You will need to consult the ORER for your modeling period to determine where the Mather cars were used. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:00 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box I can see an issue on the height, because from looking at the pictures of car bodies from the Proto kits on eBay, they all look the same even though there were some that were quite a bit taller. I found another good source in an ad for RY models in O scale, and there the cars are separated by height. The one I'm thinking of is 7'-8" IH, which seemed to be a common height, but others were as high inside as 10'-3" and the model photos of Proto cars seem to show that they're not. I found the Hendrickson article from August 2003 and unfortunately there is no table attached, but there the photos also seem to show height differences. But I thought those were channels (C-sections) on the diagonals, not Z-sections like a "normal" single-sheathed box had. Ron Merrick Ron Merrick
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Re: Manufacturers Railway Mather box Steven D Johnson #163961 Proto 2000 produced the Mather boxcar decorated for Tennessee Central, but the TC prototypes were the taller version. Sunshine produced the taller and correct TC model. I seem to recall hearing that the P2K Mather boxcars were based off their Mather stock car, thus the boxcar models were of the lower height version. Steve Johnson Nashville, TN toggle quoted messageShow quoted text From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io [mailto:main@RealSTMFC.groups.io] On Behalf Of Tony Thompson Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 11:37 AM To: main@realstmfc.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box Big surprise here, folks: proto2000 only made one height of Mather car. Tony Thompson On Apr 30, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Eric Hansmann <eric@...> wrote: Mather produced boxcars with a few different interior heights. There were also some 36-foot Mather boxcars rolling around before 1930. Just because it is labeled as a Mather boxcar, stock car, or reefer does not mean they are all the same. They came from the same builder. IIRC, at one point the AC&Y had two series of Mather boxcars with different interior heights. I suspect the Proto2000 models produced by Life-Like followed prototypes for certain time frames. Mather leased these cars and they were reused after leases expired. The cars returned to the Mather shops for repaint and reletter for the new lessee. You will need to consult the ORER for your modeling period to determine where the Mather cars were used. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN From: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io <main@RealSTMFC.groups.io> On Behalf Of mopacfirst Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 8:00 AM To: main@RealSTMFC.groups.io Subject: Re: [RealSTMFC] Manufacturers Railway Mather box I can see an issue on the height, because from looking at the pictures of car bodies from the Proto kits on eBay, they all look the same even though there were some that were quite a bit taller. I found another good source in an ad for RY models in O scale, and there the cars are separated by height. The one I'm thinking of is 7'-8" IH, which seemed to be a common height, but others were as high inside as 10'-3" and the model photos of Proto cars seem to show that they're not. I found the Hendrickson article from August 2003 and unfortunately there is no table attached, but there the photos also seem to show height differences. But I thought those were channels (C-sections) on the diagonals, not Z-sections like a "normal" single-sheathed box had. Ron Merrick Ron Merrick
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Re: Manufacturers Railway Mather box mopacfirst #163960 Probably the only Mather boxcar I would ever have use for is the MRS car. I picked up one of the MRS low height cars, which could just barely fit into my timeframe. The taller one, I'll have to be watching for but its prototype lasted long enough to truly be appropriate for me. If Anheuser-Busch shipped byproducts of brewing to Kansas for ag use, I'm there. I think I have enough Proto Mather stock cars for my needs. I now need to build some of the others so the Mather cars don't unduly dominate the roster. Same thing was true of gons -- I built enough of the Proto Bethlehem gons that it's taken me years of Tangent gons, and building F&C and Sunshine gons, that the proportions are now finally getting close to right. Ron Merrick
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Re: grab iron ladders steve_wintner #163959 Thanks Paul, I've not thought of that approach. George, very nice technique, thanks to both for sharing. Steve
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Re: grab iron ladders frograbbit602 #163958 George I like the stops and will add to my jigs. Thanks for sharing. Lester Breuer
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