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Can someone explain why, every time I attempt login, it indicates redirecting to be logged in, then the new screen indicates I am not. I repeat the process again, and usually it "takes". This time it took 4 tries. This is aggravating, but if I'm doing something wrong, I will rescind my...

In 1965 I had the good fortune to experience driving an NSU Spyder powered by a Wankel rotary engine. The car was marketed out of Germany, and my company had bought one specifically to investigate what market might exist for sealing products used in this engine. I worked for Victor Manufacturing...

Has anyone here built an Elbow Engine? I made one up from a magazine article years ago. Two rotating cylinders each containing holes, the engine's cylinders, the rotating ones being mounted at right angles to each other, connected by "elbows", also bent at right angles, which enter the holes in...

Well, for those who wrote the following comments, I wish to address them and explain their futility. Here's the story. The quotes below date back to late 2009/early 2010. I have been unable to answer. I was banned from the Forum, due to my insolence (?). Recently, 4 years later, my email...

Found, old stash of Live Steams, list follows. 1974 Nov. 1976 Mar, Sep 1979 Jun 1980 Apr 1981 Apr, Jun 1984 Dec 1985 Feb 1995 Mar/Apr 2003 Sep/Oct 2004 Jan/Feb; Mar/Apr; May/Jun; Nov/Dec 2005 Jan/Feb; Mar/Apr; Jul/Aug; Sep/Oct; Nov/Dec 2006 Jan/Feb; Jul/Aug 2007 Jan/Feb; Mar/Apr They are in...

Right post, wrong place? If covered before, delete. I mulled over the water question pretty thoroughly before deciding distilled water was the way to go (for me, anyway). $ 0.88 a gallon at Wally-World, though. So how about making your own? But first, why distilled? Crud dissolved in water gets...

When the shop activity is closed down for the day, what do you usually pursue, in order to not be 100% wrapped up in your work? Anyone like a nice, cold beer? jack

A neighbor uses an access to his house which passes by my shop, across our property. The access road lies between my shop and track layout, so the track spur laid from the main layout to the shop must cross the access road. A crossing capable of heavy truck passage was needed as he expects to...

Long, long time ago, as a heavy cut produced those curly, continuous chips, like springy-thingies, they wrapped around the tool post, tool holder, etc., and I thought, "Those things will wrap around the workpiece and scratch the finish all up." I learned that day the cost of grabbing that long...

I pretty much can't view videos off the internet. I have a 56kb/sec modem, which seems to run at about 25kb/sec most of the time. In downloading a video or program software, it seems to go no faster than 3 or 4kb/sec, 1/8 the speed of usual internet stuff. Can anyone explain this? Is this...

Regarding the various information put forth in the thread about India, this fact I believe I heard on Discover channel: One out of every 6 human beings living today depends on the Ganges River for his/her fresh water. Think about the enormity of that statement. Could the conclusion be put...

First I started seeing the term, it basically meant, to me, building without drawings prepared by someone else. Now, I don't think I really know if "scratch" defines exactly at a 100% level. My locomotive was scratch built. Evidently, this process is attempted for several reasons; in my case...

I knew my lathe and Bridgeport mill were just about big enough to go 1/8 scale, 1-1/2 inches per foot. Not completed, but the bench was really needed to avoid crawling around on the floor all the time, to work on it! And, it's heavy! About 900 lbs., just the loco. Sharp eyes will see where...

I grew up around trains, as the main line of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy (now BNSF) divided our community west of Chicago in half north-to-south, all 3 tracks of it! It was unusual to drive somewhere, and needing to cross those tracks, to not be stopped by a train, freight or passenger...

Hello! I am a builder of a live steam locomotive, modelled after the one which pulled a steam excursion I took as a teenager, years ago. Please, is there sufficient interest in this sort of venture, to warrant posting my story about designing & building? Thank you for your input! jack