Recent content by T Mihelich

Time for the Supercharger.

And the last but not least final shot of the completed Hand Hold. One more to make now.

Last night I completed work on the Hand Holds which are mounted to the top of the End Sills. This would be my first bit of soldering on this loco. Being that I will be using a great deal of stainless steel and brass, I had to find the right kind of solder to do the job. I finally came upon...

Finally, the finished Drawhead Picture. :)

And the roughed out Drawhead.

CNC'ing up the Drawhead.

The coupler Draw Heads came next. This was by far the trickiest CNC work I had done to date on this Loco. They came out really cool looking. Here is the Base Plate.

Just playing catch-up here a little bit. Here is a shot of the beast End Sills all finished, drilled and tapped.

After a long break with this project I have picked it back up and am hitting it hard once again. With the Frame Rails completed I worked on completing the End Brackets next.

These parts are machined from blocks of ABS plastic.:hDe:

Progress on the dyno is coming along great today. :) This can be set up in two different modes. The first is the flywheel only for recording the motor data while in compressed air mode. I can then bolt on the electric motor module for testing and break in. This will also allow me to...

Worked on the upper block section today. The bearings lined up really nice and the shaft rotates very smoothly. It will be ready for a touch of Hemi Orange tomorrow.

Well I finally made some good progress with this engine. The first shot below is of the CAD assembly and the next two are of the actual parts completed thus far. Yes..you heard that right. Actual parts. :) Now with the foundation of the engine completed and mounted up all nice and sturdy, I...

If this does not win Project of the Month I do not know what would. Absolutely fantastic job Jan.

Well, I am back at this one again after a long break. Time for some design revisions.