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mabloodhound
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USA
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 Posted - 12/25/2011 : 4:53:01 PM
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Work bench looks good Bill. Glad you had Christmas day to work on it.
Merry Christmas |
Dave Mason
D&G RR (Dunstead & Granford) in On30
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”~Benjamin Franklin
The 2nd Amendment, America’s 1st Homeland Security
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
7367 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2011 : 5:51:54 PM
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Geezer,
Your bench looks like mine does every day but the four day I clean it up for a new project each year. |
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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Frederic Testard
Engineer
France
16456 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2011 : 8:22:19 PM
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I should try to clean my benchwork too, to see if such Christmas miracles can occur in more than one place, Bill... 
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kirk
Fireman
Sweden
4526 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 01:49:12 AM
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| Now I see an advantage of having small means of finance... I know for sure that under the incredibible mess of my work table there are just layers of more mess ;-) So there's no need to clear it up. It has been difficult to find the cutting mat surface down there lately though ;-) |
Troels Kirk
Näsum, Sweden
http://coastline.no13.se |
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andykins
Fireman
United Kingdom
3880 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 05:02:12 AM
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| nice bentch bill :D read santa was good to you too ;) |
"Is it really "rivet counting" if it's regarding NBW castings?"
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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Tommatthews
Fireman
7278 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 09:30:10 AM
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Good morning all ... a fresh pot of coffee is on ...
Geezer it is nice to see the surface of your work bench. Glad you had a good Christmas at the lake.
We had a great day with our children and grand children. Lots of laughs, family love and a wonderful meal.
Wish you all a wonderful boxing day.
Edit: Got carried away. I was thinking I was in the lounge .... |
Edited by - Tommatthews on 12/26/2011 09:31:51 AM |
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
8186 Posts |
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BigLars
Fireman
USA
7367 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 6:44:57 PM
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OK Bill,
What did you say to Mrs Geezer to make her want to leave you at the lake.... write it down quick so you can use it again.... |
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elwoodblues
Fireman
Canada
4874 Posts |
Posted - 12/26/2011 : 7:08:41 PM
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Bill,
So that's what a workbench should look like
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Ron Newby
General Manager
Clearwater Valley Railway Co.
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
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Geezer
Fireman
USA
8186 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2011 : 6:04:22 PM
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Here's another project that was hiding under all that junk - and, it gave me an excuse to use the Tsunami750 Light Logging Decoder that I found
You all know what the steel cab forney's look like, so I didn't bother taking pictures from the start....Here you go:
Here, we have removed the rear truck and put it where I'll never see it again! LOL..Also uncovered the ashpan to get to the tiny board that is the junction box for the locomotive...Explosion in a spaghetti factory!![:-bigeyes]
The rear truck has been removed as well, and
the frame.footplate has been cut to allow a way to get the OEM Board and wires out of the way.
Looking at the speaker housing top, you can see the small
"V" notch that was cut to remove the wires....
It took quite a bit of courage and kajones to sever the bird's tail, but I did it!!![:-jump]
Before proceeding. I used the template from the instructions to drill 2 very tiny .08mm holes for
the stanchions that secure the hinge plate to the floor.
You have to trim away the doors and rear wall of the cab....Be very careful with the #11...[:-bigeyes]
Rather than dealing with all those little short wires in the ash pan, I elected to hard wire the Tsunami 750 Light Logging decoder...It went well, except that I had to reverse the wires to the front light....All is fine now. The sound is great!!!
Put back together for the most part & gave a test run around the layout, she passed!
Sitting in the yard, posing with a slopeback tender that I borrowed from one of my articulateds....I think this is the way I will go.....
So, that's where I have been all day....only distracted twice for a ice cold Coors!!
I'll be back tomorrow.....
Peace.... |
Bill
CC&BW
Wilani Lumber & Mining Co.
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=34275&whichpage=58
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=28172&whichpage=89 |
Edited by - Geezer on 12/28/2011 09:18:40 AM |
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milocomarty
Fireman
Netherlands
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visman48
Fireman
USA
4485 Posts |
Posted - 12/27/2011 : 7:40:37 PM
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Bill
Nice work, not hard at all to do that is it. It sure changes the look of the X forney now. I see you found the funny wiring them little chinese do.. I would have wired it directly too. Are you going to move the decoder into the tender? if you want disconnects get the TCS ones they are color coded right.
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