Hope everyone had a good weekend.
Monday started well, decided to fit some new light switches (6). 1. Multitester kaput! 2. Emergency/work light kaput! 3. screws for securing new switches 5mm short! 4. Job stopped pending a trip to Maplins and the Cartridge shop, yep, printer dried up on me. New audio card won't download updates/drivers, says it can't find ActiveX controller, I have the latest version via Microsoft automatic update wotsit. Dear Lady is poorly with some kind of chest infection and my catarh won't go away. Wasn't it Hank Crummit made a record many years ago called 'Life Gets Tedious' or summink!
Tuesday has to be better. Forecast is fine, gentle breeze and 12C. I think I'll go and photograph a pub (on the inside).
John Baker
thor wrote: Thanks Brent - good luck on the house - I modified the original post and got them in after all! Its a scruffy couple of shots, a before and after of FasTrack with the enter rail replaced with a copper wire and a second shot from a different angle, so you can see how it sort of 'disappears' from above.This is remarkably quick and easy to do once you've figured it out and I should probably lose the end connectors for an even better look but then I'd have to put in jumpers at every rail end and that would be a pain. It still connects to the regular track and its been run for several hours and is holding up well.If you are very careful there is enough room under the end pieces to accept both the regular pin and the wire, just flatten it and insert then solder, the rest is held by CYA glue to the plastic tabs. Once figured out its a ten minute job though I wouldnt do it on all my track, I might for a showpiece or two, maybe a 30" straight closest to the viewer, I haven't tried curves or more tricky yet, a switch, though it shouldnt be all that hard to do.IF Lionel wanted to they could easily get the production process altered to make a sort of neo Super O without changing the molds. Its remarkable how good it looks, better than the pictures suggest.
Thanks Brent - good luck on the house - I modified the original post and got them in after all! Its a scruffy couple of shots, a before and after of FasTrack with the enter rail replaced with a copper wire and a second shot from a different angle, so you can see how it sort of 'disappears' from above.
This is remarkably quick and easy to do once you've figured it out and I should probably lose the end connectors for an even better look but then I'd have to put in jumpers at every rail end and that would be a pain. It still connects to the regular track and its been run for several hours and is holding up well.
If you are very careful there is enough room under the end pieces to accept both the regular pin and the wire, just flatten it and insert then solder, the rest is held by CYA glue to the plastic tabs. Once figured out its a ten minute job though I wouldnt do it on all my track, I might for a showpiece or two, maybe a 30" straight closest to the viewer, I haven't tried curves or more tricky yet, a switch, though it shouldnt be all that hard to do.
IF Lionel wanted to they could easily get the production process altered to make a sort of neo Super O without changing the molds. Its remarkable how good it looks, better than the pictures suggest.
Sturgeon-Phish wrote: Hi all,Just a quick check in during lunch. The house hunting seems to be working for you. Hope you find what you want.Cold (18) and windy. Told the guys to be careful on outside rounds today. LaterJim
Hi all,
Just a quick check in during lunch. The house hunting seems to be working for you. Hope you find what you want.
Cold (18) and windy. Told the guys to be careful on outside rounds today.
Later
Jim
Hi All, You can't beat Sears Craftsman gear. My Dad's got one of their routers. They used to make stuff for the UK market so its 230V. Sad that Sears will no longer ship abroad. My Mum used to get the catalogues when I was a kid. They had it right when they called them "Wishbooks" Lots of cool stuff that we had not seen in the UK at the time like snowblowers for garden tractors! That's where I first saw a Lionel Train. Just took about 20 years to get one
We wanted to visit a Sears when we were in Florida last year but didn't get the chance, Us guys wanted to go to see the tool section! "House of Chainsaws" as my Mum calls it. LOL
John B, "I think I'll go and photograph a pub (on the inside)." I like the cut of your jib Sir! Hope to have a Pint (or Two) with you if you come to the LCC UK show at Ilkley. Hope Tuesday is a better day.
Nick
I called and signed up after your first post. 6-8 weeks. Oh well. It's on sale this week.
I have an air compressor plumbed in my workshop and my basement already, as well as a three way switch so I can turn it on in either location. That's pretty nice.
I have a nice old Craftsman saw with a $200 fence to get rid of now.
Wes
THANKS CHIEF FOR HOLDING US TOGETHER!
HOG
Celebrating 18 years on the CTT Forum.
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Jelloway Creek, OH - ELV 1,100 - Home of the Baltimore, Ohio & Wabash RR
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Hope Reggie and his family are all present and accounted for soon! John B - hope your day is going a little better, these things come in threes: like Tequilla - 1 Tequilla, 2 Tequilla, 3 Tequilla, Floor! Brent - good luck on the house! Howdy all the rest and thanks for all the help and info. Well, my latest buy on ebay showed up - derrick car. It was from a breakdown - I guess the same one that I got that flatcar from (diff sellers though). :( Plastic trucks. I don't like them at all. I'll avoid cars like this in the future. Maybe I'll find some replacement diecast trucks and fix these in a couple weeks. It will be surgery, though, because these plastic trucks are attached permanently. Also got my stuff from ttender! Great deal and I just mailed the check this morning!
RIP Chewy - best dog I ever had.
Hi guys,
No trains today. Been busy with other things.
Still no news from Reggie.
Very COLD here & windy.
Take care,
You just never know how long it's going to take. My wife was in labor for 72 hours...mainly because they tried to slow down the contractions to give Jack as many hours as they could to grow before he came out. He was 7 weeks early. Everything was fine!
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Good morning from New England!
I hope we hear from Reggie soon with an update on his wee little baby.
We ran lots of trains last night. Also shot some videos of them running around the layout.
After I put the kids to bed, I worked on a tunnel portal project for the Chief. Huge portals for his monster trains! As for the design, I make it up as I go along. The smaller of the 2 has all the stonework scribed. Tonight I will cut it out and begin painting it. Fun little project!
Valentine's Day is coming. Don't forget your better half! You know, the one who puts up with you running trains, buying trains, talking about trains, . . .
Have a great day, everyone! Time for some apple pie!!!
Modeling the Baltimore waterfront in HO scale
HI GIZ,
17 and cold here to get some snow today and then a bunch of friday.
Any news from REGGIE? Hope all is well? Probably out looking for pink bubblegum cigars?
Ran trains last nite, all ran good. Painted up a Hi cube box car and added another CHICAGO BEARS decals to it looks real good. Painted the sides navy blue, top and side were orange so it looks like their colors.
All have agood one.
laz57
Good morning all,
It is cloudy, snowy, cold and miserable in SE Indiana with temps in the teens again today. It goes along with my mood. I was a little bit hungry last night so I had a bagel around 9:30. About 2:30 this morning, it woke me up saying I should not do those things! I slept upright in my chair until I had to get up this morning. I probably should have taken a sick day, but I got a lot of work I need to get done today. Before all that happened, I did get to run the 8E last night, and I went to the YMCA for some treadmill work. Lucas had his girlfriend over for a while last night as well. I am going to try to post some pictures this evening. I will send the dining car to "Points East" with a full load as I did not eat much this morning. I hope everyone, including me, has a good day, especially reggie and his family.
Keep on training,
Mike C. from Indiana
Good Morning from Blueberryhill....
It is a cold 23 degrees. Going up to only 27 today with a few more snow showers. Looks like winter is here. January is almost over.
Today, I will do a few things around the house, this morning, and work in the train room this afternoon. Need to make some more benchwork for the back room and hook up the 4 switches for the 2 reverse loops. Once that's done, I can consentrate on the bridge installations. This will take time to finish. But, it's a fun job.
looks like a full Dining Car today. Lots of goodies. Time for breakfast.
Y'all have a great Tuesday.
Chuck
Mornin' boys. Any word from Reggie?
jaabat - make sure those tunnels can fit a scale sized NAWTHERN steam engine. Did you notice the Chief is displaying his missile again...
Good Morning Everyone !! Not much going on here today, just waiting for the 16 inches of snow to start falling between today & tomorrow morning they say. I can't wait !!
Well, hope we hear from Reggie soon & hope all is well.
Maybe today I will try to light up my new signal bridge !!
Hope every one has a nice day & The Chief's portals turn out nice !! Of course I know they will be Masterpieces when Jim gets done with them !!
Thanks, John
The tunnel portal specs are huge, John. The openings are 8" from the table top, and 7.25" from the top of the rails. He must plan on hauling real watermelons!!
jaabat wrote: The tunnel portal specs are huge, John. The openings are 8" from the table top, and 7.25" from the top of the rails. He must plan on hauling real watermelons!! Jim
Yep, Jim !! Those are big alright, but he must be planning on running Triple Stack container trains & really increse revenue !!
Mawning!
Sunny and cool---our overnight low of 27 was equal to Bluberry Hills' high today in SE Ohio. No precip until Thursday when the dreaded freezing rain is predicted. Hopefully it warms up some and just rains. Off to cardiac rehab this morning to aggravate the "torture" Nurses. [Lisa-n-N.C. a RN will get on my case for saying that].
Got to replace traction tires on MTH N&W "J"---may let Jeff at Train Loft do it. Meanwhile Williams "J" [with TM/RS] is toting the 7 car N&W Powhattan on track #3, sharing with and trying to catch MTH Ps-4 {TM/RS] and 9 car Southern Crescent.
Craftsman Table Saws. My 10" Craftsman out at the farm shop[now a son's place] may be ready for retirement or backup status since I see a slight wobble beginning to show in the blade. Indicates that the mandrel sleeve bearing needs replacing [again]. A friend and Sears employee bought the saw for me in Spring 1956 for $120 at the Sears Mail Order Warehouse employee's store. The 1-1/2 HP[ball bearing] motor has been rewired once and the centrifiical start/run switch has been replaced twice. I mounted two extensions each side [with angle iron support braces] to enable 30" rip capacity.
I have bought a couple of improved fences and rails for it over the years and the last one cost almost twice as much as the saw itself in '56. While in college, at night, a friend and I built a zillion Formica covered sewing machine table tops and consoles for Blue Bell maker of Wrangler Jeans [now VF Corp]. So, it has ripped a lot of 3/4" plywood over the years.
I have a Penn State 4" mini-table saw that has been handy for kit bashing projects over the years. It needs a new motor and blades but my kitbashing days are about over. This is one where you really need to pay attention to the position of your fingers when ripping scale 2x4s,etc.
Doug Murphy 'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...' Henry V.
Congratulations....Reggie !!!
Glad wife and daughter are doing well.
Congratulations on your daughter's arrival, Reggie!!! (Bengal colors)
While it is true, you will be deprived of sleep for a short while, it does go by fast. Learn to sleep when the baby sleeps is my best advice. My little girl used to sleep on my chest when she was just an infant. I wouldn't trade those memories for anything! Love her, teach her, nurture her, and most of all - spoil her! People can say what they want, but to a dad, the love of his life is always his daughter!
Congratulations Reggie !! Glad all is well with the family !! You may experience a little lack of sleep down the road now !! But it's a good experience !!
Great News Reggie! Congrats and well wishes! And congrats on the contract - does that mean we all get front row seats to the home opener? Weather Update - 19 degrees this morning... SNOW this afternoon! House Update:1. Offer accepted by the seller, now waiting for the bank to accept the offer (has to be accepted by the bank since this is a short sell due to pending foreclosure).2. Realtor was out last night to 'inspect' the house so we can get it on the market.3. Nothing needs to be done to the house except, my wife has to box up her papers in the study (she has all her PhD research strewn all over the study floor), and the train layout has to be removed from the basement floor! .Should hear whether this is a 'go' or 'no-go' from the bank by noon... 75% chance of a 'go'... don't fully understand all this, because the bank and seller supposedly agreed to the selling price a month ago... guess it is more a formality than anything...But I get to run the trains through Friday night! Then I have to wrap them up nice and tight, put them in their boxes and tuck them in till we move. Closing is slated for 3/15/2007 - two days before my B-Day, so it looks like moving day will be either the day before or the day of my B-Day!We are supposed to be going to the house on Saturday to take pictures, measurements (wife wants to buy curtains and stuff - NO TRAINS!!! I couldn't figure this one out! ), etc. I'll post exact dimensions of the train room with some pics to give you all an idea of what I'm up against...
dwiemer wrote: Jim Fortner wrote: I need to get some track clips or something to keep the track from pulling apart. I had it screwed down to just the foam underlayment before, but pulled all the screws to put on some white flannel for Christmas.... Anyway, the kids are sleeping at friends' house, so TTFN!....The other way to do it, and probably better would be to get some black wire ties and pull the ties together and use the wire tie to keep them approximated. Or you can do it the old fashioned way of either screws or the old track clips.Dennis
Jim Fortner wrote: I need to get some track clips or something to keep the track from pulling apart. I had it screwed down to just the foam underlayment before, but pulled all the screws to put on some white flannel for Christmas.... Anyway, the kids are sleeping at friends' house, so TTFN!
I need to get some track clips or something to keep the track from pulling apart. I had it screwed down to just the foam underlayment before, but pulled all the screws to put on some white flannel for Christmas.... Anyway, the kids are sleeping at friends' house, so TTFN!
....The other way to do it, and probably better would be to get some black wire ties and pull the ties together and use the wire tie to keep them approximated. Or you can do it the old fashioned way of either screws or the old track clips.
Dennis
K-line sets come with black wire ties holding the stuff in the box. They are perfect for this purpose.
Jim H
Congratulations Reggie and Family!!! May God Bless each of you. I remember those days and hope I never forget how wonderful it is to hold your new born child and just be still. As the others have said, sleep while you can and *** feeding is the best (lets us dads sleep while mom takes care of things). We will keep you in our prayers.
TCA#09-63805
Morning all!
Reggie - congrats! Welcome to the ranks of the sleepless! Glad all went well for your wife.
Cold and cloudy here. Maybe 42 today.
Waiting for the foundation engineer to arrive and do a survey on our sagging foundation. Same guy that we used when we bought the house in '95. Hopefully he has the "knack!"
Have a great day all!
Regards, Roy
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