Travis Dague said:
Really getting frustrated with these drive/side rods. Love the look of the brass, but I cant get the darn things to work right. May need to try something different…or just say…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBze1YFphRs
I understand Travis !
" Rooster " said:
David Maynard said:
Ray, many of the Civil War era locomotives had horizontal cosshead guides.
Sorry, I should have said “The War of Northern Aggression” instead of the Civil War.
NO you were correct the first time. It was called the Civil War
AH, to a Yankee like you, its the Civil War. To our southern friends, its the War of Northern Aggression.
David Maynard said:
" Rooster " said:
David Maynard said:
Ray, many of the Civil War era locomotives had horizontal cosshead guides.
Sorry, I should have said “The War of Northern Aggression” instead of the Civil War.
NO you were correct the first time. It was called the Civil War
AH, to a Yankee like you, its the Civil War. To our southern friends, its the War of Northern Aggression.
Coming from a man in Pittsburgh PA
Yes, I know the use of the word, but still, “civil war” sounds like “nonviolent detonation”
Rooster, just because I landed here in Pittsburgh, doesn’t mean I have always been here.
Forrest, yea, there was nothing civil about it. Maybe we should call it the uncivil war.
I cut these with a dremel tool and finished them with a X-axto saw by hand…
Then started to file them down to match…
I know if I do more of these in the future I am buying a small vertical mill…
To be continued…
This is what I used to cut the stock with…
I picked these up at harbor freight last year… Not sure if they are still available or not. They are very sharp…