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  • #406
    quote:

    Originally posted by railman28

    It going to look so good when your done.

    Bob,

    Thank you. Your machine shop construction thread of a couple years ago has been a real help, both for inspiration and methods.

    Mike
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    Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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    • #407
      Mike,

      Love the massive internal posts and beams with the use of the horizontal studs.

      This is going to be a great machine shop!

      Dave
      Dave

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      • #408
        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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        Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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        • #409
          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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          • #410
            looks great

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            • #411
              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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              Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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              • #412
                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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                Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                • #413
                  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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                  • #414
                    Bernd,

                    Mine is from Michaels. I think most art and craft stores sell them.

                    Mike
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                    Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                    • #415
                      Nice tip. How many rafters do you have to do? Gpod job here, a nice, but often overlooked detail, these compression rods.
                      It's only make-believe

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                      • #416
                        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

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                        • #417
                          quote:

                          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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                          Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                          • #418
                            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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                            Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin

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                            • #419
                              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).
                              Bruce

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                              • #420
                                Mike, I find I occasionally use the lines on my mat to keep things square - better than trying by eye.

                                George
                                With sufficient thrust pigs fly just fine.

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