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I like the red wheels, nice contrast. Is it going to be a static model or do you have a place to run it.

This was our 1st time I took my son with me, he just started a 3 year class at the local vo-tec.

looks nice, I finally got around to rebuilding my work bench so that I could mount my SB 9. What model do you have?

What would be a good product to use to give a good overall cleaning to this new toy? would it be a smart move to tear it apart and replace the felts?

Well my brother and I picked the lathe up this am. It is a 405-z with a 3 1/2 ft bed ,it is an early one with a open tailstock. The machine was sold by the Hess-Schenck of Cleveland Ohio. I spoke with one of the gentleman at the shop(same location since 1938) and he said the lathe was probably...

I am going to pick it up on Saturday morning. I know it has 2 lantern style holders a right and a cut-off. The jacks chuck that came with the box is marked for armature support. It also came with 2 Van Norman cutters a 1 and 2 and a few cone shaped cutters( I guess they were used in making the...

Yesterday I purchased a SB lathe from an elderly gentleman. The lathe was used primarily to make armatures and came with tooling associated for that work. I thought it was a 9c but after I got home I now believe it's a model 5 made in 1934 (according to SN 54052) It's still at his shop because...

Beautiful work.Have fun at the range

My father-in-law and my self had a great time at the show. Made some purchases and met a lot of great people, the amount of talent leaves me speechless. I had the opportunity to meet Tin Falcon and watch him give a talk to a women and her 3-4 kids about is engines.The only snag came when we had...

Supposed to have a heat wave in the 40's so my father in law and myself will be attending (1st time). I am taking the rest of the family but they are staying at the hotel and swimming,so we will be able to look around and spend money :). What can we expect from this show? I have attended the...

My Father-in Law just gave me 3 books published in 1926 by the International Textbook Company of Scranton Pa. I now have the 3 part series on lathe operations.According to Wikipedia their were a total of 14 books in the machinist series.Looks like I have some reading to do.Anyone else heard of...

If it wore a suit you swear it was a politician :)

Thanks for the links. You are making great progress on the locomotive.My question is what kind of cars is she gonna tow?

What kind of o scale rail are you looking for tubular or solid?. Were did you purchase the plans from? I run O in 3 rail but it would be fun to have an outside RR

almost looks like a rifle barrel turned inside out.