dang, that’s looking good…
Hi all,
More pictures of the progress. These first two are of the finished dump trestle with the mill building in place.
An overall view of the mill building from the front
An inside view of the “riffle” deck with the roof on. You can see the riffle table shaker arm coming down in the center.
With the two sections of removable roof taken off you get a good view of the workings of the mill. Just to the right of the center rafter/beam you can see the shaker arm that moves the riffle tables back and forth when the mill is in operation.
Through the upper roof opening is a good view of the stamp banks themselves. There are two 10 stamp banks each with it’s own motor and gearbox. they are driven by belt and pulleys. The crank arm for the riffle shaker is seen in the center of the picture.
A closeup showing how the lift arms pickup each stamp in turn and let them drop. In the back can be seen the input ore chutes, the stamp beds are below and the out put chutes in the front. From the output chutes the crushed rock is directed to the center and down the troughs to the riffle tables where the ore and rock is separated.
In another thread guys were discussing how sound in locomotives can drive you crazy after a while. Well, you ought to give a listen to this sucker for an hour or so. Hee Hee.
Thanks for taking a look.
Rick
Rick Marty said:
In another thread guys were discussing how sound in locomotives can drive you crazy after a while. Well, you ought to give a listen to this sucker for an hour or so. Hee Hee.Thanks for taking a look.
Rick
Yea, I can imagine. At one of the GR layouts at the Sacramento Convention one of the places had a small 2 stamp mill run by an electric motor, busting up rocks for this guys ballast and emptying it into a bucket. It was quite the racket. Nice job on the stamp mill and the whole scene for that matter.
Wow! Looks awesome!!! Great pictures- post more!!!
-Kevin.
That’s quite a model, Rick. I’ve often had the pleasure of listening to the real thing operating at the Barnes Steam Power Show (held annually near Belgrade, MT, until the insurance co. lawyers shut it down just recently.) Only five stamps, but I can confirm the noise would drive anyone crazy after a while. This model captures the essence exactly!
Backing up a few pictures, how did you make the stone (concrete?) retaining wall at the end of the trestle?
Keep the good work coming…
Steve
Wow Rick, that stamp is awesome! I like the way you incorporated the debris field in the wall for the raised bed. Lots of planning showing here. Is the sound for the stamp some sound card or is it literally the sound coming from the mechanics of the model. Beautiful work, both you AND your friend!
Beautiful… 
Rick;
Awsome modelling!
I once worked in a weaving mill that had rank upon rank of Jacquard looms. That was enough noise for me. Even the Reading T1 4-8-4s and N&W 1218 were relatively meek compared to that place. Don’t care to find out how loud a stamp mill can be. Still have pretty good hearing for a 66 year old.
Best,
David Meashey
Thanks guys,
Steve,
Yes the stamp mills were a killer. I interviewed an old fella years back that had lived in Kennett before the lake covered it and he claimed the stamps could be felt through the earth up to a mile away.
The Stone wall is poured in place (plastic cement and #30 grit sand) then carved before it cures too much. It was still pretty green in that picture it has dried more since and the color (applied with washes) shows a little better.
Gary,
Not planning, just luck. The noise is from the machinery not a sound card. Any way I have added the power house. To get the power to run the stamp mill I built a pole and transformer to go between the power house(battery cover) and ran the wiring through and on them. This shows the power house platform with the battery in place.
With the power house sitting down over the battery.
A closeup of the transformer box and the power pole. I added a 3/4 inch high band around the bottom of the power house and changed the door framing trying to bring the building a little closer to 1:20 from it’s 1:24 origins. I didn’t want to alter the buildings noticeably but want them to fit in with my 1:20 scale railroad as well as possible.
Thanks for taking a look.
Rick
Really nice, even close up!
That’s pretty clever. Wiring it from the building, up the pole and over to the mill.
Nice work Rick. I too, like the wiring in from building to building
Amazing work Rick
Rick, if I send you a plane ticket, will you come out and build my railroad for me? I’ll throw in some free sandwiches and all the beer you can drink.
Great stuff!
Steve,
P.S. It would have to be a one-way ticket, of course… :lol:
Steve,
What kind of sandwiches?
Baloney, can’t you tell? :lol:
I’ll send you a contract off-line.
Steve
Hi Guys,
I had a little time so I added a “back porch” to the Shaft House. It looked a little bare so I added a hand winch crane on a pivot. The small boom can reach track center to load or unload material from the rail cars then spin around to set it in front of the doorway into the shaft house. The pictures are not very clear but the crane is all “Armstrong” power both hoisting and swivel. It looks a little bare right now because the shaft house and other buildings are stored in the barn for the winter.
This project is finally winding down, just a couple more things to work on, other than details. The detail adding seems to go on forever.
Later
Rick
This whole mining area of the layout is really turning out great!
Hi all,
Back with another installment. This is the last structure for the Mining District and one I actually built myself. I thought we should have a small engine shed at the turn table to get the little gas-mechanical locomotives into for servicing, something out of the rain. First I ripped a bunch of 1/2 inch square stock from Redwood and built a box frame with a recessed floor that would accommodate the ME flex track.
With the basic wall framing done we test fit it on the pad in front of the turn table or is that behind the turn table? Looks like it will fit and work so on to the next step.
The roof framing is done and a couple of the walls are boarded.
Will post a couple more pictures when I get it finished up.
Thanks for taking a look.
Rick
Nice! And I really like that wood-block turntable pit. I hadn’t noticed that before.