jorge
Gandy Dancer
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Post by jorge on Jan 24, 2008 7:25:54 GMT -5
Hi,
I am Jorge living in the middle of "Old Germany". After setting up my workshop I am prepared to start A3 Switcher in 1" scale and 5" gauge in March this year.
Saludos
Jorge
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Post by pkastagehand on Jan 25, 2008 12:27:18 GMT -5
Welcome to the board.
Always amazed that folks will start right in changing scale. It's all I can do to follow the plan as written... :-)
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Post by toolman1951 on Jan 30, 2008 10:52:20 GMT -5
I'm still working on converting the 1-1/2" scale drawings for the A3 to CAD. I usually do a page of parts a day. I enjoy drawing very much. I've been doing it for years. The drawing helps me decide how I'm going to make thing and what material I want to use. In the mean time, I'm working on my electric powered locomotive. It's coming along great. I'm building it mainly for my grandson. He love trains and I know it will be quite some time before the A3 will ever produce steam so the electric loco will fill the gap for now. I'm powering each of the two trucks with 24 volt 1/2 hp motors. I've found a controller and batteries and pretty much all the electrics I need. I'm hoping to have this thing up and running by the end of March so that Steven and I can take it up to the Cincinnati Cinder Sniffers track in Dover Indiana and give her a spin. If I could figure out how to put some pictures on this forum, I'd do so and show the progress I'm making.
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Post by billyum on Oct 12, 2008 17:11:17 GMT -5
I started building the old Shay in 3/4 " about 3 years ago. I used 12L17 steel for the wheels. Then I had them and some other parts nickel plated. I found a torch at McMaster-Carr for $80 that put out 500,000 btu's It's intended for melting snow & killing weeds. Bill Chicago
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Post by edward on Sept 8, 2009 9:02:19 GMT -5
Hi every one I'm startinga new hobby. Metel working I found the A3 book and think it's a very good start to learn metel working. I have a compleat wood working shop. I've syarted to gather tools metel working ones (small ones ) my first question of many. I'm looking at the Grizzly 12x36 in lathe and a lot of their mills. It's hard to deside looking at a 3in sq picture.I would like to get started soon as soon as I get a lathe. I've been looking at the catalogs for a year or so time to do some thing. Thanks for any and all help.
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Post by Harlock on Sept 14, 2009 0:09:20 GMT -5
The 12x36 lathe from Grizzly or Enco is an ideal item for live steam work. It will handle anything up to 2 1/2" or small 3 3/4" scale and give you lots of rigidity for 3/4" scale work.
For a companion mill, a used bridgeport would be good, or a Taiwanese Maxmill. Or in the slightly smaller range, an RF45 for Grizzly / Enco clone of such.
Good luck!
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Post by choops00 on Oct 1, 2009 9:05:52 GMT -5
Winter is coming. I hope to be able to stay after work a few hours a week and start building a shay engine. I have been working on drawings of the engine in inventor. I am converting the dimensions and making some changes to make machining easier. Wish me luck. Steve
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Post by Dan Rowe on Oct 8, 2009 15:03:12 GMT -5
Steve, Nice to see some one making the first Kozo Shay. Nice drawing I hope to improve my 3D skills soon. I see a part that you should add that is stops to keep the tumbling shaft from shifting in the bearings. Two collers with a square head set screw were used on protytipical Shays. Good luck with the project. Dan
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Post by soldierblue23oct67 on Apr 8, 2012 13:47:57 GMT -5
Following the advice of my mentors, I am currently gathering the parts for the A3 Switcher in 1.5" scale 7 1/2" gauge. I have the main frame metal and driver castings from Yankee Workshops. Currently awaiting for the new cylinder castings. From there everything else except the couplers will be made by me.
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Post by danw on Sept 8, 2014 23:18:43 GMT -5
I built the Heisler locomotive in 1 1/2 scale following Kozo's plans to the letter. First a little background. I am not a machinist the little machining skill I have were from high school in 1965 where I learned how to make a center punch. I completed the Heisler last year and it took me 7 year to build. I do not have a machine shop only a lathe mill combo with manual feeds purchased from Harbor Freight on sale and with coupons for under $400.00. I also have a Shurline lathe that I used fro making some of the smaller parts. I learned a lot from watching video's from Keith Fenner and mrpete 222 on You Tube so a special thanks to them for their efforts. I did take some photos along the way but not a step by step method of building. I will try and post some photos and answer any questions.
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Post by danw on Sept 8, 2014 23:38:58 GMT -5
I started with the engine cylinders and steam chest made from cast iron bar.
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Post by danw on Sept 8, 2014 23:49:51 GMT -5
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Post by danw on Sept 9, 2014 7:18:09 GMT -5
Crank shaft was made from steel rod and flat bar silver soldered together which failed seven years later on the second run of the engine. I removed it and turned on from a solid piece of steel. One of the few times I didn't follow Kozo's plan and it came back to bite me. also including a photo of a real Heisler crank shaft.
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Post by danw on Sept 9, 2014 7:38:38 GMT -5
So a jump ahead here seven years later making the crank from solid steel bar stock. OK used my new camera for some of the later photos and they are over the 1MB limit so I may not be able to post all the photos for my Heisler project unless I can figure out how to resize them. For those of you with Facebook accounts you can go to my page Daniel R Wroblewski and see all the photos their. I will continue my thread here and post what I can.
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Post by danw on Sept 9, 2014 7:43:51 GMT -5
Crank case turned and milled from solid 6 inch aluminum.
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