What have I been doing today !! Prkmpted by Why haven't I posted anything. !!!!!

[Harris Creek Central]

So this is sort of totally off topic, as it does not relate to machining .. Maybe a little electrical. I have a basement HO Scale Model Railroad. (14x26 ft in area) I have been having problems with Two engines. One engine has a QSI Sound decoder which has a glitch in the lighting system. Also this engine was hesitating and finally it just stalled and refused to move. On taking the unit all apart, I found there was one axle in the rear truck that had got overheated, and it had warped so bad it could no longer turn. I found Athearn parts fit a Life Like Engine, so the axle was replaced, the wiring for the lights re-routed and now it is running fine.

I then moved on to engine no two, but I won't bore you with all the details. So this is a little insight into my day.. And as many of my day are Railway orientated, that is a big reason why I do not add to the postings very often.

I enjoy this site. I do have a little Unimat DB200, and I do hope to get to doing some lathe work soon.

Thanks to all that contribute to making this site so enjoyable.

 

[DAN_IN_MN]

Who said you were boring us/me? (no mouse in my pocket so it's just me here!) :rofl:

IMO, post up about the trains stuff!

 

[toolman]

I woke up this morning 160 mi. from home in Sonora, Tx. after a night of very little sleep (been going on for several days), went out into a 12 degree F. windchill day, checked the straps on my new lathe, checked the tires on the trailer and truck, drove to San Angelo, ate a mediocre/overpriced lunch, and drove home. Once here, I dropped off mama, picked up the cherry-picker from my son's shop, and started calling all of my buddies for help. After arriving at my shop and unloading the lathe by myself, I came home and started planning tomorrow...

 

[Bill C.]

I woke up this morning 160 mi. from home in Sonora, Tx. after a night of very little sleep (been going on for several days), went out into a 12 degree F. windchill day, checked the straps on my new lathe, checked the tires on the trailer and truck, drove to San Angelo, ate a mediocre/overpriced lunch, and drove home. Once here, I dropped off mama, picked up the cherry-picker from my son's shop, and started calling all of my buddies for help. After arriving at my shop and unloading the lathe by myself, I came home and started planning tomorrow...

What kind of lathe did you get? Is it up and running? Good luck with your new machine.

 

[toolman]

What kind of lathe did you get? Is it up and running? Good luck with your new machine.

Hey Bill, it is a Vectrax(MSC house brand) 14x40 that was built in Aug. of '03 but has apparently never been used unless it was for demo purposes, although it is a tad beat up. It is in place and has made a few chips- I started making a replacement X-axis handle for it, but that got converted to a spindle for the tramming tool for my mill, so I get to make another one! )

 

[chuckorlando]

My pops has been a train nut all my life. He's built some huge sets. Even our glass top coffee table had a train set in it when I was a kid. Show us what you got going on. If it bores some, they will not read it and thats not who you posted it for.

Nice lathe man

 

[Kevinb71]

Harvey
Please do post your trains. I would enjoy seeing them!