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By J. Rustermier · #176609 ·
Drop Step for RS11
Are there any currently available grate style drop steps for RS11s? I have an undecorated AM that I recently bought because K4 came out with some NKP decals. Old habits are hard to break. Tom
By Tom Potthast · #176608 ·
Re: drill bits?
Hello I have found that they break easily I used one just today to drill a very small hole into a thin brass metal boxcar step. The hole size is about the diameter of a straight pin. I am very
By Roger Haag · #176607 ·
R Bruce Tibbetts
Is anyone here in the Northern Virginia S-Gaugers Club? The RS11 I just finished was originally owned by R Bruce Tibbetts. I sort of knew him and did some painting for him 30+ years ago. I just saw
By Bill Lane · #176606 ·
Re: drill bits?
Having worked with them for many years as a Toolmaker and Manufacturing Engineer, carbide drills require very high rpms and a true running spindle. Not really suited for soft materials like brass and
By robf06 · #176605 ·
Re: Logging Corner I (left side)
Ed, When I saw your logging listing, it piqued my interest. Alas, I have built almost all of Bill's McCabe Lumber Co. series of kits, including both the Coon Gap and Slatyfork sawmills, both with
By David Heine · #176604 ·
Re: Logging Corner ; plus this and that!
My lifts and cranes are easily removeable.? They are not permanently built in place.? All it takes is a check to budge them loose.? Cheers..........Smiling Ed L. -- Ed Loizeaux Los Altos,
By Ed Loizeaux · #176603 ·
Re: drill bits?
I have a bunch of them I bought in small sizes from Drill Bit City, including some smaller than #80. Because they are carbide, they are very brittle and will break with any side pressure. I only use
By David Heine · #176602 ·
Re: drill bits?
Further to my previous comment, you can buy sets of HSS micro drill bits from China on Ebay for $3.00.? Harbor Freight sells a set of 30 HSS drills from 0.5 to 3 mm for $3.99.? So why fart around
By John Hutnick · #176601 ·
Re: drill bits?
I agree with Mr. Kinder.? Carbide drills are made for use in very small drill presses or mills.? If you need to drill small holes by hand or by Dremel, get regular steel bits.
By John Hutnick · #176600 ·
Re: drill bits?
These are either like printed circuit board drills, or similar.? Yes, extremely brittle and designed for use in good quality industrial CNC machines or something that is accurate enough to avoid any
By Charles Kinzer · #176599 ·
Re: drill bits?
Harbor Freight also sells them. Due to breakage I only use them for plastic never brass. Mike Swederska
By Mike Swederska · #176598 ·
Re: drill bits?
Bob, You¡¯re right, those bits are great for avoiding the collet change. I have a small battery powered Dremel that is easy to control that I use them in. They are also very sharp! They are easy to
By Roger Nulton · #176597 ·
Re: Logging Corner ; plus this and that!
As I've been paying attention to much of what Ed has been offering for sale, I can only think and wonder about the mixed feelings he probably has about all this happening!, Then I'm not that far from
By Bob Werre · #176596 ·
Re: drill bits?
I buy HSS or Cobalt micro drills instead of carbide.? They cost money, not like a batch of carbide at an extremely low price.? You can search Ebay and find HSS for a little less.
By John Hutnick · #176595 ·
Re: the Flasher
Hi Ken, Which issues of S Scale Resource did your article appear in?? ?I have at least two, if not more, engines to add on a Stratolite 8911 beacon. I just purchased the last available 8911's on
By SDL39FAN · #176594 ·
drill bits?
I was changing a few mis. items in a drawer just a few minutes ago.? I once bought a box of carbide drill bits from a train-show exhibitor.? I think Micro tool people also sell the same
By Bob Werre · #176593 ·
Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
While some might consider this off topic, I think that since most of us have been married to a lady who has put up with our weird preoccupation with "toy trains" will appreciate this. My gal has
By William Winans · #176592 ·
Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
My experience with the Stanton drives under my Oriental Ltd SW1 which weighs about a pound is that they can easily pull close to 20 "free rolling" cars on level track (about as much level track as I
By William Winans · #176591 ·
Re: NWSL STANTON DRIVES.
Tommy, This is from the NWSL Stanton Drive, S Scale, Model 1615 instruction sheet: ...more weight means better traction and so another key design feature of the Stanton drive is that each unit can
By Matt Hogan · #176590 ·