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Hi Have found the answer. Good old Wikipedia. Looked up the loco and there was a reference to the trucks. Searched on that and found a document from the University of Queensland in Aus. It showed a drawing that had a patent number (5263420). Went to US Patent site, typed in the number and got...

Hi All A friend is building a 1.5" SD70ACe loco and is trying to find plans of wheel sets no build the steering function into his model. Does anyone know where we can source plans to do this? He is a very skilled CNC machinist, so complicated is no problem. How everyone is staying safe tucked...

http://www.strictlyic.com/ser01.htm will help

Search Amazon and such for slow twist drill. You seem to scrape brass more than drill it. I have managed to get a hold of some slow twist and they are great for brass. Just don't have a sharp edge like you normally have

Hi Just a point about Youtube. There is an option to view your channel as others see it. It can help to see how changes you make on settings actually work.

One thing to remember when scaling drawings. If the length is doubled the areas are squared and the volume is cubed. The way I remember it is if you have a cube that has 1" long faces, the area of a face is 1sq inch and the volume is 1 cu inch. When you increase the length of the sides to 2" the...

Brad nailers can be nasty when using long brads and harder or variable density timber. I also have learnt to keep my holding hand the length of the brad away from the gun. It really smarts when you suddenly get attached to the work when a brad deviates.