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Posted by BigDaddy on Friday, November 27, 2020 10:03 AM

richhotrain
His thread has turned into Diner II.

Thanks Mr B, but I moved to the Shenandoah Valley.

This is as bad a thread mutation as I've seen, but it could be worse.

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Posted by richhotrain on Friday, November 27, 2020 6:40 AM

Poor Henry! His thread has turned into Diner II.   Crying

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:56 PM

I still skate like a dream Kevin.

Ice skating is like riding a bike and I left off when I played hockey.

The only difference with my bum knee is I last about 2 minutes instead of 2 hoursLaugh

That frisbee size air hockey sounds fun and I would really like to do that.

We have Top Golf up here.  I didn't know it was Nationwide.  Judy and I have gone there three times and had a really great time.  The ball collector was out on the field collecting balls in his little car.  I hit my golf ball and hit him square and everybody cheered and clapped.  It was like a Caddyshack Movie and Judy and I had a lot of fun that day.

With drinks and food it's a much spendy day but so well worth it

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:41 PM

Track fiddler
We used to play broomball in the summertime on dry pavement.  But that was with brooms and balls.  A slap shot in the driveway with two extra hockey pucks in Florida wintertime could hurt!

There is a local party rental place that has a life size air-hockey table for events. The puck is about the size of a frisbee and has no friction.

We rented it at work one time for a stupid "team building" excersize. It was a hoot, but Top Golf is a lot more fun, and you can drink more beer.

We could have rented the arena where the Everblades play, but then we would have needed to learn to ice skate... no thank you.

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:29 PM

PUCK HOG!!!  PUCK HOG!!!

Kevin is a Puck Hog!!! Pirate Laugh

I don't know for the life of me what you're going to do with those extra two pucks Kevin?  But so far in the world the numbers of people that have Hockey Pucks you have them all with 50!

We used to play broomball in the summertime on dry pavement.  But that was with brooms and balls.  A Slap-shot in the driveway with two extra hockey pucks in Florida wintertime could hurt!

Maybe it will be well advised to save those two extra hockey pucks for a couple of beer coasters inside your house where it's safeLaugh

After all, it isn't exactly Canada down there eh!

 

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 7:14 PM

This guy read about my hockey puck idea and wrote about it in his blog and I think he included some refinements.

http://dandhcoloniemain.blogspot.com/2017/10/finished-benchwork.html 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 5:50 PM

freeway3
Kevin is a puck hog!

Yeah, but they are barely over a buck apiece. It seemed silly not to order a whole box of them.

Reading the reviews of hockey pucks on Amazon was hilarious. It seems no one who writes a review uses them as hocky pucks.

Five Stars: These make great isolators for our industrial lathes.

Five Stars: I use these as shipping spacers for concrete castings, and they work great.

I can't wait to write my review and say how great they are for train table feet!

-Kevin

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, November 26, 2020 5:28 PM

That is a heck of an ice rink Brent.  I remember it because I remember it last year too.

Berore the laughy face, I would have posted it twice too.  It deserves two postsWink

 

 

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, November 26, 2020 4:47 PM

Henry, if you're still somewhere in Maryland and want some pucks, let me know.  I'm retired and a short road trip might be in order.  I'm in southern Delaware.

As a goalie, I've answered the call numerous times, but the best was a night I got the call about 15 minutes before game time.  It was late enough that I couldn't even confirm it, so I packed up and went.  It was the only time I ever got a standing ovation, just for walking into the rink.

After the game, one guy laughed and said, "Yeah, but I bet you didn't bring the cheese and crackers."  I reached into my car trunk, pulled out beer, cheese and crackers, and said, "Oh yea of little faith...."

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 4:35 PM

MisterBeasley
Is there a rink nearby where they play pickup hockey?

Backyard.

 

Front yard.

Laugh

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Thursday, November 26, 2020 3:43 PM

Is there a rink nearby where they play pickup hockey?  Is it open?  As a former hockey player, you can usually walk in to one, walk around and just pick up pucks from under the seats, around the rink and so on.  They're everywhere.  It's been 2 1/2 years since I played, but I still have a bag full in my garage.

We had a co-worker when I worked in software, a young lady from Texas.  She had never seen a puck, so one day I brought one in and hid it in her purse.  She still has no idea what it was.

It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse. 

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 1:45 PM

ATLANTIC CENTRAL
The other way to make curved millwork is with a router and a swing arm, or a pattern jig. Sheldon

That is probably how they did the ones on the house as they look pretty perfect.

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Posted by ATLANTIC CENTRAL on Thursday, November 26, 2020 1:37 PM

BATMAN

I always wondered how they cut those two cedar arch trim pieces above the upper and lower centre windows on my house, so I asked Google and some Youtube videos on how to do it came right up and they used a circular saw on a string. Needless to say the trick worked well in the trainroom. 

I had the circular saw set to maximum depth and just finish off the 1" x 4"s with a hand saw.

 

The other way to make curved millwork is with a router and a swing arm, or a pattern jig.

Sheldon

    

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 1:31 PM

I just remembered something about my hatch. The foam piece I cut out is in two pieces. I made the hatch larger than needed for construction of the layout purposes with the idea that once things are wrapped up and I am unlikely to have to use it except in some rare instance. If it were to happen I needed it, a hatch half the size would work in a pinch.

I am a pretty skinny guy and the hatch size was designed to fit me specifically. Also, that space between the benches is 17" and I can walk straight through it easily. I wished I had made it much narrower and that would have allowed a larger radius on the two benches. The benches are 6' wide as they stand.

 

 

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Posted by freeway3 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 1:17 PM

Kevin is a puck hog! (That's actually a thing, especially in pick-up hockey - someone who often refuses to pass the puck).

My appologies to Henry, we've taken the whole hockey puck thing way off track from his original question. But yes, they can have a model RR use.

 

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:55 PM

Track fiddler
But what are you going to do with the extra two pucks?   

Why take up hockey of course!Laugh

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:53 PM

I always wondered how they cut those two cedar arch trim pieces above the upper and lower centre windows on my house, so I asked Google and some Youtube videos on how to do it came right up and they used a circular saw on a string. Needless to say the trick worked well in the trainroom. 

I had the circular saw set to maximum depth and just finish off the 1" x 4"s with a hand saw.

Brent

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:38 PM

Well that's a hefty order Kevin.

According to my calculations you have enough casters for 12 1/2 tables and chairs.

But what are you going to do with the extra two pucks? Laugh

 

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 12:22 PM

Well, I just ordered a case of 50 hockey pucks. That is a purchase I never dreamed I would make.

Thanks for the great tip guys!

-Kevin

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Posted by freeway3 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:57 AM

SeeYou190
What is it like to hit a hockey puck with a lawn mower?

Never had that experience, but I don't think it would fly out. Would likely be VERY damaging to the mower deck and blades. And loud as all get out.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:42 AM

What is it like to hit a hockey puck with a lawn mower? I know that if you hit a golf ball it will shoot out of the lawn mower like a bullet.

I would imagine hockey pucks are harder to see when mowing than golf balls are.

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Posted by mbinsewi on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:41 AM

Track fiddler
If a radius is not too extreme Mike you can set the depth of the blade just slightly past the thickness of the material you are cutting and a circle saw will cut a radius quite well.  Way faster than a jigsaw.

Yea, I've done that building form work, around concrete pipe.  I guess the part about sawing through the 1x4's threw me off, that means the blade was set deeper than just the plywood.

Whatever, it works. Yes

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Posted by freeway3 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:40 AM

BATMAN
I think I know the guy

Sure enough, that's it - kudos to you Bow

Hockey pucks aren't as available to "borrow" from a neighbor's driveway around here in Maryland as I imagine they are in your neck of the woods. Even tougher for Kevin.

 

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:37 AM

BATMAN
Kevin, what's this thing about buying hockey pucks, they are just laying all over your driveway, go look.

Just went outside and looked, same as for the past 21 years I have lived here... no hockey pucks. I will keep looking.

I do find the occassional golf ball. I found a basketball once.

-Kevin

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Posted by BATMAN on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:32 AM

freeway3
SeeYou190 This is a brilliant idea! I wish I could give credit where due, but this is one of the many things I picked up on this or another forum years ago.

I think I know the guy.Laugh We have talked a lot about the hockey puck castor over the years. Here are the instructions. The longer the bolt you use the more height adjustment you have. When I came up with the idea it was for a really uneven concrete floor.

 

BATMAN
This is a great method and is one I have used in the past. The only thing I do differently is, I go out to the driveway and pick up steal four Hockey Pucks and drill a hole through them for the carriage bolt. I drill a counter sink hole for the bolt head so it doesn't scrape the floor. I put a nut and washer on the other side of the puck to hold the bolt firm. This enables me to adjust the bolt height into the "T-nut" by hand easily as I can grasp the Puck to turn the bolt. Using Hockey Pucks saves the bolt from digging through carpet or gouging up other kinds of flooring.                                                                         Brent

One Magazine even asked me if they could post my idea in the tips section.

Kevin, what's this thing about buying hockey pucks, they are just laying all over your driveway, go look.Laugh

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Posted by Track fiddler on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:31 AM

mbinsewi

 

 
BigDaddy
A nail and a circular saw to cut a curve is one I didn't see coming.

 

Same here, the circular saw part, jig saw or sawzall I could see, but a circular saw?

Mike.

 

It's funny being a carpenter for a living how many years it took me to learn that.  If a radius is not too extreme Mike you can set the depth of the blade just slightly past the thickness of the material you are cutting and a circle saw will cut a radius quite well.  Way faster than a jigsaw.

Great looking modeling here and a lot of great ideas.  I really like the hockey puck one. 

My benchwork is on carpet with casters.  The casters that flip are kind of a pain though.  They resist when they're turning around when I reverse direction.  I think I'm going to replace them stationary casters that don't swivel since I just pull the layout straight out and back in to the wall.

 

 

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Posted by freeway3 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:28 AM

BigDaddy
I hadn't intended to ever move the modules apart, once assembled

Henry, I didn't plan to do this either. I made the layout in the 2 sections just to be able to move it to a new location. But I've found it very useful to be able to separate the halves as I work.

overall

Her's an overview of my setup - you can see the section similar to yours on the right. They connect where the scenery work and the painted fascia ends.

It's roughly two 4x8' sections laid out in an L shape (4' being the loops - remember, I'm in HOn3. The areas with straight fascia are not that wide). With the "puck sliders", I can slide the entire layout around, even bolted together, pretty easily. Piece of cake with two people.

 

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Posted by freeway3 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:21 AM

SeeYou190
WOW, you can buy 50 hockey pucks for less than $60.00 with shipping. They cost less than golf balls!

I bought a dozen from an eBay seller. for the layout feet At 67 years old, I don't have much interest in getting hit by hockey pucks any more.Crying Ouch.

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Posted by SeeYou190 on Thursday, November 26, 2020 11:11 AM

freeway3
Come on, man! The 2020 Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning are practically in your back yard!

I have been to hockey games. I had season tickets to the Florida Everblades for two years, and one of my friends has a box in the arena. I have only been to one Tampa Bay Lightning game.

Big Smile

I meant I had never seen one in a retail store, sorry for being unclear.

WOW, you can buy 50 hockey pucks for less than $60.00 with shipping. They cost less than golf balls!

-Kevin

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