richhotrainHis 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.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
Poor Henry! His thread has turned into Diner II.
Rich
Alton Junction
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 hours
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
TF
Track fiddlerWe 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.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
PUCK HOG!!! PUCK HOG!!!
Kevin is a Puck Hog!!!
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 safe
After all, it isn't exactly Canada down there eh!
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
Brent
"All of the world's problems are the result of the difference between how we think and how the world works."
freeway3Kevin 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!
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 posts
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.
MisterBeasleyIs there a rink nearby where they play pickup hockey?
Backyard.
Front yard.
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.
ATLANTIC CENTRALThe 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Ed
Track fiddlerBut what are you going to do with the extra two pucks?
Why take up hockey of course!
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?
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!
SeeYou190What 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.
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.
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.
Mike.
My You Tube
BATMANI think I know the guy
Sure enough, that's it - kudos to you
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.
BATMANKevin, 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.
freeway3SeeYou190 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. 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.
BATMANThis 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.
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.
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?
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.
BigDaddyI 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.
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.
SeeYou190WOW, 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. Ouch.
freeway3Come 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.
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!