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MACHINE SHOP / Re: Another tool brand gone the way of the dodo!
« Last post by bonneyman on May 27, 2024, 09:48:15 AM »Yeah, I watched that Epstein video as well. Another tool to start collecting while they're still out there.
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MACHINE SHOP / Re: Cold bluing
« Last post by bonneyman on May 27, 2024, 09:45:32 AM »Since discovering gun bluing I've started using it on lots of bare steel projects. I like it.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: There was life before calculators and computers...
« Last post by bonneyman on May 27, 2024, 09:41:57 AM »My pride and joy is a K & E made out of mahogany. I found an appropriate manual, but need to find a proper leather case for it. I've been told by an expert it's worth about $100 with a case. I paid like $6 for it and then $40 for the cursor.
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MACHINE SHOP / Re: Cold bluing
« Last post by Uncle Buck on May 27, 2024, 08:48:58 AM »I have done 4 more C clamps with another half dozen in the works. I had not planned to do so many of them, but found these Rusty and half plasti coated ones really cheap since they are so nasty looking. The plasti coat made them appear very undesirable combined with the rust.
I am on the fence on keeping the coating or whittling it all off with a pocket knife. The coating is too thick for bead blast to remove. I might leave the coating since it totally covers both clamping surfaces of the clamps which reduces the damage to whatever the clamps are used on. While not pretty, I like the purpose the coating serves. I don't know, I will figure out which way I want to go with them. One thing is for sure though, the rust will get blasted off, and the clean steel will be blued!
I am on the fence on keeping the coating or whittling it all off with a pocket knife. The coating is too thick for bead blast to remove. I might leave the coating since it totally covers both clamping surfaces of the clamps which reduces the damage to whatever the clamps are used on. While not pretty, I like the purpose the coating serves. I don't know, I will figure out which way I want to go with them. One thing is for sure though, the rust will get blasted off, and the clean steel will be blued!
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: what did you do today?
« Last post by Uncle Buck on May 27, 2024, 08:24:06 AM »I know very little about Marx trains. Marx had some great accessories though that play well Lionel size wise. Quality and detail wise, American Flyer was no slouch. I had never even seen Flyer trains until 10-12 years ago. About that time I added a basic vintage AF set that was just stupid cheap.
I really want to setup a layout in my basement incorporating all the O & O-27 stuff, the S gauge stuff, and a massive gauge slot car set that I have been sitting on for some years too.
I really want to setup a layout in my basement incorporating all the O & O-27 stuff, the S gauge stuff, and a massive gauge slot car set that I have been sitting on for some years too.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: what did you do today?
« Last post by pep on May 27, 2024, 07:51:48 AM »Quote from: Uncle Buck link=topic=24.msg55064#msg55064
date=1716605814
Virtually positive all Marxs trains were O27. The biggest difference is that O27 trains can turn a tighter radius than O meaning easier to fit a layout in a smaller space.
Would you know the difference(s) between O & O-27? I have an old Marx set from the early to mid 60's. I haven't looked at it in ages but I believe it has 3 rails.
After 1935, Marx trains were 0-27. Prior to that, they were O gauge.
Lou Manglass
Thanks for that info.
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GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION / Re: There was life before calculators and computers...
« Last post by goodfellow on May 27, 2024, 07:39:22 AM »Still have mine as well, but lucked out Big Time because my school (George Washington Univ) at the time was one of the first to allow the HP-35 calculator to be used instead of the slide rule. What a marvel that thing was to us students.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: what did you do today?
« Last post by 34_40 on May 27, 2024, 06:25:02 AM »Quote from: Uncle Buck link=topic=24.msg55064#msg55064
date=1716605814
Virtually positive all Marxs trains were O27. The biggest difference is that O27 trains can turn a tighter radius than O meaning easier to fit a layout in a smaller space.
Would you know the difference(s) between O & O-27? I have an old Marx set from the early to mid 60's. I haven't looked at it in ages but I believe it has 3 rails.
After 1935, Marx trains were 0-27. Prior to that, they were O gauge.
Lou Manglass
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Thanks for that info.
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: Computer guided tractors
« Last post by fatfillup on May 26, 2024, 08:24:55 PM »I'd guess and say the GPS guided tractors save fuel, seed, fertilizer, pesticides etc
Absolutely
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GENERAL DISCUSSION TO INCLUDE OFF TOPIC / Re: what did you do today?
« Last post by The Magic Ratchet on May 26, 2024, 08:20:32 PM »Quote from: Uncle Buck link=topic=24.msg55064#msg55064
date=1716605814
Virtually positive all Marxs trains were O27. The biggest difference is that O27 trains can turn a tighter radius than O meaning easier to fit a layout in a smaller space.
Also, either gauge O or O27 3 rail trains will run on the same track, but on an O27 simple oval layout you really have to dial back the speed on an O locomotive to take it through the curves or it will jump the track.
If O gage is the future, then I have been leading the charge for decades! LOL
American Flyer, and O and O-27 3 rail post war Lionel.
Would you know the difference(s) between O & O-27? I have an old Marx set from the early to mid 60's. I haven't looked at it in ages but I believe it has 3 rails.
After 1935, Marx trains were 0-27. Prior to that, they were O gauge.
Lou Manglass