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You guys should start a separate thread, this one needs to get back on track. Thanks.
That's my fault.
You guys should start a separate thread, this one needs to get back on track. Thanks.
That is some great looking riding Sub! I am envious. Back on track it is. Thanks for posting some knobby porn.Hey we had a little fun. The cops came and now we're back on track. I started a thread for bikes in members hangout.
View attachment 143727 View attachment 143726 Here is a 12" gauge railroad turntable project I've been working on since last summer. Got stalled in October went we went on vacation, and still awaits completion once the temps warm up enuf to work in the shop. (27 F this morning).
The deck (upside down in the second photo) is 11' overall, 30" wide. The main vertical supports are thin wall 10" x 3" I beams I scratched up as Craigslist Freebies, recycled from cutting apart an old 40' house trailer frame. Light weight and plenty strong when reinforced with 3" channel iron supports. The center pivot (first photo) is a 2 1/2" OD pin mounted on four threaded 1" rods and an adjustable baseplate. The baseplate is meant to fine tune adjust the height of the turntable. I plan to cement the rods into a foundation block this spring, and weld roller mounts on both the ends of the turntable so it will turn on a length of curved 12 # rail.
I plan to lay 12# rail on 4x6x30" wooden ties on the top of the deck, then nail or screw 3/4" fir decking along both sides of the rail- prototypical style.
The purpose of the turntable is to connect three or four railcar sidings I've located along the side of my shop, with the mainline - a short 500' loop around the backyard.