Eric,
I showed your bernie to my Facebook friends. He was a hit.
I’m back from my adventures. It was nice and cold up there in snow country. It sounds like snow country is coming here tomorrow, so maybe we can have some more snowy fun!
Having returned, I got out my camera and snapped some shots of the latest addition to the challenge done last week.
So, when Joe was out ice fishing, for Smelt, as one does, he got to thinking. What if he used his beloved ice fishing shanty for a shelter on HIS chariot?
Back in the shop there was plenty of tin knocking around after building Joe…I mean Bernie’s Chariot; enough to build several more wagons. We had so much fun with the first, why not keep at it. Maybe we can do some things better this time.
When making the previous car, the frame ended up narrower than planned (no sketch with dimensions remember?) and wheel sets only just fit between the frames. So, the journals had to be mounted inside out from what was originally planned. This time we would do it right.
The journal boxes could be bolted on INSIDE the frame using two screws each.
Soldering worked well before for assembly so we did that again here.
Joe is much more pleased with himself now…
…and he, Bernie and Tinman can have a nice little train ride in comfort
The photos are all on my freight shed…i hope that is OK. Extra photos are included. They are named so perhaps you can figgure out what is what.
I have a small but rugged table saw which uses industrial slitting saw blades. these are made to cut slots in metal, but work just fine in wood too. in this case I used my thinnest blade-maybe 1/32" thick or less. I set the fence so the saw would cut a slit in the middle of my tubing. the copper tubing is 3/32". then just run the tubing through the saw in one pass. on one of the tubes it jumped out 3/4 of the way along so I just said good enough.
I spent a couple hours with Joe’s shanty chariot. first i painted the trim green to match Bernie’s. Joe likes green and that other was his FIRST dang it!
a nice tin roof is in order too. no sense in letting the rain leak through the wooden roof. it looks like a can but is metal duct tape…made for ducts not ducks.
I also painted the Chassis for Joe, he was kinda pissed off and wanted some one else to do it this time.
the shanty was then fastened to the chassis after making a bench seat for Joe to recline on in style! just a wooden bench none of that sissy upholstery stuff.
Joe is a little happier now you can tell by his eyes!
Eric Schade said:
I have a small but rugged table saw which uses industrial slitting saw blades. these are made to cut slots in metal, but work just fine in wood too. in this case I used my thinnest blade-maybe 1/32" thick or less. I set the fence so the saw would cut a slit in the middle of my tubing. the copper tubing is 3/32". then just run the tubing through the saw in one pass. on one of the tubes it jumped out 3/4 of the way along so I just said good enough.
Eric,
I assume that this is for the “piping” that goes around the top edge of the metal.
If other people want to do this, there is a very easy alternative that is far more comfortable for the riders.
Just go on the bay and search for “car door edge molding.” It comes in black, white, red, chrome, and probably other colors and the small stuff scales out correctly.
Yep that will work too. I also made a test using house wire. I slit the insullation with a utility knife and peeled it off. It worked pretty well but tended to pop off my curves.