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Guff
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USA
2037 Posts |
 Posted - 12/07/2016 : 7:53:20 PM
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Mike,
Love the massive internal posts and beams with the use of the horizontal studs.
This is going to be a great machine shop!
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2016 : 8:19:49 PM
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Dave,
Thank you. Some of the post dimensions follow prototype, others are a little oversized to accommodate building the shop as a series of assemblies so that the roof and sides can be removable.
Mike |
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Tyson Rayles
Moderator
USA
13393 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2016 : 07:32:18 AM
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Somehow I have missed your threads before, probably because I haven't had a real interest in that time period (even though at my age I should  ). Is this HO standard gauge? |
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engineerkyle
Fireman
USA
1050 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2016 : 08:56:26 AM
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2016 : 1:05:35 PM
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Kyle, thank you.
Mike, thank you for stopping by. Yes, HO standard gauge, although everything is so small I've had visitors to my layout think it was narrow gauge until I cleared things up.
Mike |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2016 : 3:12:08 PM
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I remember a few months or more ago, somebody asked about cutting mats, whether we used the grid imprinted on most. Was that grid really necessary. I recalled this conversation today while drilling holes in trusses for rods. It is not such a critical operation as to require a jig. I found the mat useful for lining things up, shown in these photos.
I line up the base of the truss along a grid line, then line up my drill bit along a perpendicular grid line:
Inserting the tie rod, I align the truss along the edge of the mat, again using a grid line as a reference for my drill bit:
The result once the ends of the tie rod are trimmed:
Not exact, but pretty darn good.
Now if there was a mat marked off in HO dimension. Yeah right. That will happen about the same time somebody manufactures a metal scale rule with HO dimensions on all four edges so that however you pick it up you have the scale you need.
Mike |
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Bernd
Fireman
USA
3894 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2016 : 7:22:46 PM
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Well you impressed me enough with that tip to finally go get one. Sources?
Bernd |
New York, Vermont & Northern Rwy. - Route of the Black Diamonds |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2016 : 8:23:47 PM
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Bernd,
Mine is from Michaels. I think most art and craft stores sell them.
Mike |
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railman28
Fireman
USA
5695 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2016 : 10:57:22 PM
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| Nice tip. How many rafters do you have to do? Gpod job here, a nice, but often overlooked detail, these compression rods. |
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jbvb
Fireman
USA
6694 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2016 : 11:10:38 PM
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| I got a mat with the same yellow-on-green color scheme from a tool dealer at W. Springfield a couple of years ago. |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2016 : 08:12:39 AM
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Originally posted by railman28
Nice tip. How many rafters do you have to do? Gpod job here, a nice, but often overlooked detail, these compression rods.
Bob,
Thank you. I did a total of 8 truss assembles. Many more and a jig would have been the way to go.
I find the rods add a lot to a model, similar to nbw's on trestles etc.
Mike |
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Michael Hohn
Fireman
USA
6993 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2016 : 08:16:58 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by jbvb
I got a mat with the same yellow-on-green color scheme from a tool dealer at W. Springfield a couple of years ago.
James,
Good point. I think I've also seen them at shows.
Mike |
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Dutchman
Administrator
USA
33029 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2016 : 08:25:37 AM
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I have a few mats of different sizes. Michaels, A.C. Moore, Hobby Lobby, JoAnns, all carry them. I got my last one on line (Amazon).
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George D
Moderator
USA
16585 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2016 : 08:53:50 AM
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Mike, I find I occasionally use the lines on my mat to keep things square - better than trying by eye.
George |
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Philip
Fireman
USA
3438 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2016 : 09:00:59 AM
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I find the rods add a lot to a model, similar to nbw's on trestles etc.
Mike
And block style gussets/bolts too sometime!
Looks like you'll be ready for tar paper soon?
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Edited by - Philip on 12/12/2016 09:02:05 AM |
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Projects in Progress on the Southern Central RR