Making Train Wheels - Pennsylvania A3 Switcher, Part 15

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[@HyperactiveNeuron]

Fun fact: I used to build and rebuild bearings for trains. They were all roller bearings. Every surface had to be meticulously prepared and tolerances were very tight. They were also huge... 7.5 inch, 9.5 inch and 12 inch inner diameters. The rollers were chrome plated. Fully assembled, 2 roller bearing assemblies, 2 end caps, a bearing cup, a spacer and pumped full of grease... They ended up being over a foot long and quite heavy.

[@KimberlyB-x8y]

While I do enjoy and learn a lot from your videos, Your sense of humor is what makes it that bit more fun. I especially like some of the stickers I see in the background. (Caution: Spinny Thing Go Fast, for instance). Keep up the good work, good education and most importantly the good humor.

[@ibey01]

I'm an industrial air compressor tech in Texas. We joke that most days are like an episode of How its Made. The variety of customers we have is amazing. Everything from a Yoga studio, to machine shops, to power plants. Last year I went to a shop in Waskom, TX that makes the wheels and axles for trains. The process was similar to yours, but on a much larger scale. I enjoy watching your videos. Keep up the good work.

[@oregonexpat]

Ohh Quinn, you were just itching to get your Phalanges on those flanges, weren’t you? 😂 I bet you’re feeling pretty Chuffed about it too! Sorry if I’ve derailed your train of thought, hope I haven’t gotten you too steamed up about my comments 😅 but it’s certainly nice to see lathe back in service. Love from Germany. ❤

[@norm5785]

Whatba fantastic job on the wheels and axle assembly. Back in the 1970's, inworked dor a company named Brenco Bearings in Petersburg, Virginia. We machined train bearings and caps. They had to be spot on and polished when we removed them from the lathe. It was actually fun to machine the. Thank you for sharing your awesome project progress. Stay safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

[@aperturecontrols7463]

I've had great results using this procedure with spray engine paints: - Clean the part with brake cleaner. - Wipe it down with a lint-free cloth. - Spray the part. One light coat, wait 10 minutes, then final coat. - After 10 minutes, put the part in the oven at 200F for 30 minutes. - Let cool. I use VHT paint over Duplicolor, but this procedure makes a very durable coating that can even take a splash of brake cleaner later (but if it's gloss, the cleaner will make it flat.) Been following you since the Veronica project. Thanks for your content! :)

[@CMunch827]

Fantastic work as always, thanks

[@derekblake9385]

Beautiful work

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Turned out great Quinn, thank you for uploading! 👍👍

[@customfabrications]

Why don’t you just use a 5 axis cnc? You should use a climate controlled paint booth. If the wheels are fixed to the shaft, how do they turn at different rates when going around a curve? Why didn’t you just simply tig weld the boiler? Paddle time😉? Seriously though, I look forward to your videos more than any other KZbinr. Keep up the excellent content.

[@MeSoyCapitan]

Recently heard about the story of the dramatic rise and fall of paper wheels for locomotives. Does that stray too close to woodworking?

[@lorenkoehler5704]

Loved the puck / baseball equivalence!

[@jochenreichl796]

@@royreynolds108 What were you thinking?!? You can't measure pucks in bananas. Pucks are a Canadian unit, so you need to measure them in maple syrup bottles!

[@jimsvideos7201]

I grok how big the boiler is but seeing the wheels really gives a sense of scale for the whole thing.

[@MadeInGreatBritain]

Another great video. I liked that you told us how long it actually took. Maybe that’s something you could do from now on? Helpful for someone who wants to make whatever it is you are making.

[@Blondihacks]

It averages out to about one hour of shop time per minute of video. Over the years I’ve noticed that’s about the pattern

[@MadeInGreatBritain]

@@Blondihacks wow! Is much of that because of having to film?

[@arkadybron1994]

One of the most weirdly satisfying things to watch, is a wheelset being rolled on a set of rails around a curve. It's like engineering sorcery.

[@danbarone7643]

I love this project. I’m a 34 year retired railroad employee and just wanted to add, regarding wheel flanges. The rounded edge is there to prevent the wheel from picking a switch. The term for describing a flange That has lost the proper roundness is called a “sharp flange” and is responsible for many a derailed car at a switch point.

[@sonkeschluter3654]

do you know at what intervalls the wheels are checked? by time or by miles / kms ?

[@danbarone7643]

@@sonkeschluter3654 I worked for a passenger railroad. Cars and wheels are inspected daily. Daily inspections are mostly visual, periodic maintenance, every 120 days, the wheel profile is measured with a gauge.

[@sonkeschluter3654]

@@danbarone7643 thanks

[@alun7006]

This channel is an absolute paradise for detail-obsessed nerds like me. Thanks for sharing your passions!

[@CleverMonkey-jd3du]

Those wheels look great. It's going to be a sweet ride. A real going to town rig.

[@billmoran3812]

I’m glad you mentioned the bearing clearance as a factor in railroad wheel tracking. This is a big factor for locomotive wheels. I’ve actually done the bearing shim adjustments on a diesel locomotive to stop its tendency to walk from side to side. The axle travel is limited by rubber cushions at each end. Spacer shims are added as necessary to maintain the specified free clearance between the axle and the cushion. Too much clearance and the locomotive will rock violently side to side, possibly even derailing! It’s hard to believe a few thousands of an inch of shims can have that much effect on a 425,000 lb locomotive.

[@theprojectproject01]

One of my favorite podcasts is hosted by a huge train nerd, and he often cites "walking oscillation" as a giant problem in developing high-speed rail locos and cars.

[@robertpearson8798]

Happy Canada Day Quinn!

[@Blondihacks]

🇨🇦

[@drt4618]

The shop that I used to work in would grease machined surfaces before painting (with epoxy paint). After the paint is dry you can wipe away the grease and paint. Be sure to use enough grease. Much faster than masking.

[@Michigan_Tactical]

My neighbor's kid stole some grease and paint and defaced a few cars. Luckily he greased the cars first so it just wiped right off.

[@Blondihacks]

That’s clever!

[@DrFiero]

Good thing you got the lead free steel. You just NEVER know when the urge to lick your wheels might kick in - safer this way.

[@vaderdudenator1]

@@shadowmancer7040 it’s not in many steels but it is added to specific alloys for machinability.

[@bridgetshepherd5202]

Also you’d be surprised how easily heavy metals get around. Diffusion, evaporation, reaction- always wash your hands carefully after handling leaded solder, ammo, machining blanks, or what have you. Your nervous system will thank you!

[@theprojectproject01]

​@@bridgetshepherd5202My dad was a gun crank all his life, and I really do wonder what all that exposure to lead did to him.

[@carlhitchon1009]

Paranoia about toxic metals has led to a lot of misunderstandings.

[@truebsalgeblaese]

Don't be too concerned about paint quality - have a close look on the originals - most of them have a way poorer paintjob...

[@TonyBridges42]

Ain't no ISO low enough, ain't no F-stop high enough, ain't no aperture small enough...

[@irishwristwatch2487]

Another tip for masking - put a big piece over, and gently run a stone/fine emery around it, it leaves a nice clean mask

[@19855342]

Also, you can hammer over the tape with a rubber mallet. It tears the tape pretty clean at the edges

[@irishwristwatch2487]

@@19855342 Ive not heard of that, might have to give that a go

[@ALAPINO]

Hey, Quinn! FYI, Knipex makes soft jaws for those pliers. They've made my life easier when I have to work in a non-mar constraint. Cheers! (I purposefully waited to binge the heck out of this series-- I love it!)

[@timmitchell8784]

I did some machining classes back in high school. Some 5* something years ago. And enjoyed it. Im really enjoying watching this project thanks for sharing.

[@LordPhobos6502]

If you're not sure about black paint... may I suggest a semi-gloss / satin black? The reason I suggest this is I painted a test piece for my loco about a month back... I looked at the reference photos and it was clear that gloss black would just be too much, so I got a flat black... and I HAVE REGRETS!!! So I will be getting a spray satin black in the near future once I'm ready to re-do that part. You are of course welcome to disregard this, it's your loco, and it looks FANTASTIC thus far 😊❤

[@Blondihacks]

Good to know, thanks! I’m still waffling between the two

[@borderreiver7259]

@@Blondihacks You could get flat and if too flat, varnish it.

[@plepgeat]

@@Blondihacks Have you considered powder-coating? It seems like it might be ideal here.

[@davidtaylor6124]

Satin is definitely the way to go. The satin I got was a bit flat - they vary a great deal. But gloss makes it look like a toy. People around here seem to like Caterpillar semi-gloss.

[@LordPhobos6502]

@@Blondihacks If you're dithering between flat & gloss... then they are both the wrong answer. Try a satin, I am sure you will find one you love ❤

[@curtdunlap6818]

I need more horseshoes like yours. Mine are defective! 😁

[@BetweenTheBorders]

Me, at the start of the video: No die filer and no boiler? I don't know what to do with myself. Me, at the end of the video: Those were really fascinating. What else will have obscure little details to love?

[@mrimmortal1579]

That’s the beautiful part about Quinn’s videos: all of it will have obscure details to love!

[@plepgeat]

The pucks rolling across the table-top looked happier than almost anything I've ever seen. Gleeful little pucks of ferrous joy.

[@Nemozoli]

Bob, is that you?

[@plepgeat]

Nope, @@Nemozoli - Chuck Testa!

[@whitehedr]

Beautiful work. The wheel sets look wonderful!!

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

can't wait for 20 years from now when blondihacks singlehandedly revitalizes the american rail industry by building a whole ass 300 ton steam locomotive

[@davidtaylor6124]

There's a guy in South Australia building his own full size steam loco. Hell of a project.

[@VintageTechFan]

The first time I really understood how trains center and roll through curves was a video where Richard Feynman explained it. Especially the part that it would NOT work if you had a differential, or freely rotating wheels on each side.

[@Blondihacks]

Feynman is amazing. Love his talks. 😄

[@oldfarthacks]

@@Blondihacks Very true.

[@davidtaylor6124]

A guy in our club tried that, and no, it didn't work. Who knew Feynman was right?

[@theprojectproject01]

​​@@davidtaylor6124ell... Feynman, for one

[@MrAnviljenkins]

I worked for a company for several hears that made "high rail" stuff. Some of it was designed to run 80 ton cranes directly on rail. Big rollers picked the rubber tires up and placed rail wheels down onto the tracks. The rubber wheels drove the steel wheels. Some Railroads apparently used stuff like front end loaders set up this way and controlled by remote control for switching maybe. Anyway many of these setups the axles were fixed and each steel wheel had it's own individual bearings. Some wheels we used a plastic sleeve in the wheels so that the machine had the ability to NOT activate signal devices, or you could flip a switch and it allowed the electrical connection between the two rails that activated the signals. The cranes of course probably did not navigate switches at high speeds so maybe the individual wheel bearings worked OK then ?

[@rabbit1k973]

@colinfurze should know about that differencial propertie. His latest vehicle failed partly because of low torque and that...

[@BrunoWiebelt]

ah that was relaxing ... excellent

[@madnessbydesign1415]

Using a Simpsons reference that I also use constantly? You better believe that's a paddlin'... :)

[@notsonominal]

Puck to baseball conversion ... much love!!!

[@lexdmitriew1452]

Tell me which blue marker is better suited for metal surfaces?

[@Mobius81]

Never had the time or space to do anything similar but I'm always impressed by the work and progress you're making. Your video's are always a highlight of my weekend.

[@c0rr4nh0rn]

Ain't no F-Stop low ecnough, Ain't no F-Stop high enough, to keep your contrast with me.

[@SIB1963]

May the unicorn of fortune kick me as it has kicked you, and may my bowels receive the gift.

[@lindonwatson5402]

heh, you said "zed", thank you very much. Grins in Australian

[@duanedrouillard2495]

Can't wait to see you at Iron Horse Park. Really enjoy your channel

[@mikelskelley]

I would like to thank you for all the time you have taken to produce all these video's, the amount of time and editing must be longer than making the items, I am a retired engineer and due to disability I'm no longer able to work, but there are people far worse than me and thankful for what I do have, I'm looking forward to seeing future video's

[@joeo6378]

Do you think that rounding the flange makes them less likely to get large chips and crack when in use? Fun video, thank you for sharing.

[@donaldsutherland244]

I was flipping through some old LIVE STEAM magazines yesterday, (Calliope articles.) and seeing some of the much larger train engines, boilers, I have new and better-informed admiration for their work thanks to you and yours! Thank you!

[@steveman1982]

They came out looking really good!

[@orangetruckman]

In response to being able to paint on both sides because the surfaces are both recessed…that horseshoe is working some magic for ya!

[@OGTtom]

Another great video , really enjoy this

[@robertdrake5502]

I’m kind of curious on how you plan on going about making the trucks for the wheel sets are you going to get some cast trucks or are you going to machine everything and press fit all the parts together

[@jcarlile8279]

I absolutely am loving this series. It’s genuinely getting me more excited to start my progress to something like this.

[@johnapel2856]

Ooh...shiny metal parts. Nice! Thanks, and Meow to Sprocket.

[@KaminKevCrew]

If you want to get perfectly cut tape around any kind of relatively sharp edge, you can tape over the whole surface, then tap a rubber mallet around the edges. Those edges will end up cutting the tape perfectly around the entire shape. It’s a quick and easy way to get very sharp edges on the paint job, and saves a fair amount of finishing work later. It’s something that a lot of people seem to use when taping off automotive engines for paint.

[@3rdaxis649]

When you're masking off area's for painting you were correct in using one big piece of tape but instead of cutting the tape away you can instead use the edge of the blade and scrape it along the corner down to metal there by giving you a perfect edge. In some cases you can even use a file. Works like a charm.

[@vicbartsch351]

Leaving the edges sharp allows this technique to work even better. Then cut the chamfers after painting.

[@3rdaxis649]

@@vicbartsch351 Yep, when I paint lathes, mills, etc I usually use a file to cut the tape then paint it, then hit the chamfer with the file again. Razor sharp edge.

[@lindonwatson5402]

foreshadowing rolling enjoyment

[@OtherWorldExplorers]

Love the jump cuts Show the details on one and then jump cut for for the rest of them. Fantastic.

[@erikastjarnstoft]

Those are some great looking parts! I really like the color of that red paint. ^.^

[@richardlincoln8438]

Quinn, i hope that You are having a wonderful Canada Day. Best Wishes.

[@Blondihacks]

🇨🇦

[@AnonOmis1000]

These are beautiful! I have a few questions, and one I hope isn't one you've been asked a lot. 1) in the real world, would these wheels have started as cast or forged blanks before machining? If cast, it'd be fun to make them cast when doing this project, though I know you're not able to. If I were to do it, I might try and make castings for poops abd chuckles. 2) have you considered using a dehumidifier in your shop to help prevent rust, or would it be a fools errand since yours doubles as a garage for your car? 3) instead of doing an undercut on the axle journal, could you have instead chamfered the hole on the inside of the wheel? I feel like that would be a safer operation, at least for me. I don't have nearly as much experience as you, and I feel like I risk blow the dimension for the length of those journals if I tried undercutting with a small grooving took like you did.

[@KevinAmatt]

I suppose that metal bar could be cut with a mitre/chop saw with a metal cutting blade.

[@Blondihacks]

You could, but you might only do it once. Wood saws aren’t sealed against metal chips so while you can do it, it will ruin the motor sooner or later

[@russtdodd]

While I do not have an interest in model engineering, your workflow and techniques are 100% transferable to what I do. Once again, very informative. . . Thanks!

[@noisyboi87]

I used your soft jaw method the other day to turn some threaded bar! If I'd owned the lathe, the better way is the Cutting Edge Engineering trick to tap your chuck jaw front face and mount an L-shaped piece on each with a lil screw. Check em out, great Australian machining channel!

[@johnmoorefilm]

The “coning” on train wheels serves a similar purpose (I think) to a fusee chain cone in a watch…equalising tension in the let-down is about adjusting diameter in-train (pardon the pun) so, it’s a similar ball-park as in, how do you have infinite adjustment in a thing that doesnt adjust…? As you say : kinda brilliant😮

[@jenntek.101]

Once upond a time; I worked in a little CNC factory; I made HO Scale train wheels. If I"m not mistaken, they were for LIfe-LIke trains. We also made parts for Chevy ABS brakes.

[@rweaver90]

That’s a paddlin’ 🤩💀

[@knucleon8483]

I've been catching up on your videos after being out of machining for a while. For the paint I can strongly vouch for cerakote ceramic paint. It takes a little more equipment than something like VHT but it's durable, heat proof and chemical proof. When I first got a sample bottle I sprayed some old rusty tools (wrench and chisel) with Armor Black 2-part and it was impervious to everything I threw at it (steel and brass wire brush, gasoline, alcohol, acetone, xylene, brake cleaner, engine degreaser, brake fluid, etc.). I am working on another kind of model engine (4-cylinder OHV gasoline engine) and planning to use the black cerakote on the exhaust system and a few other parts. I am applying it with a $40 HVLP gun from Amazon and an old toaster oven with excellent results.

[@jeffwallace2201]

Chattercebo! 😂😂😂

[@RichardBetel]

For the outside of the flanges: would a form-tool have worked, instead of filing? Colours: OK, I had to go look at photos. In my mind, CP's livery is a burnt orange type of colour, but looking it up, I don't really entirely know how I got that idea. Only watching one Blondihacks video isn't just a paddlin', it's an Abomination unto Nuggan.

[@OceanViewLocomotiveMachineCo]

Excellent work! For years now I've heard the small scalers' laments that no domestic North American live steam hobby manufacturer makes ready-to-run 3/4" scale wheels. I keep telling them that making these Kozo wheels isn't an insurmountable job, and now you've just proved it. Question: would you know if that grade steel is friendly to acid etching compounds? I'm in close to the same boat as you turning wheels from steel round stock, except I want to acid etch the wheel web around where faux casting data would go.

[@andrewfanner2245]

Having cut 4 x 50mm x 20mm blanks for wheels by hand I can primise you, its not character building but make you question why you don't own a bandsaw!

[@Jim-fe2xz]

Note to self: Never make a technical comment or ask questions (wo having watched every single video first)! (LOL). I often say of myself "If you can't be good you've got to be lucky!" I'll take luck every time!

[@andersgrassman6583]

Fun thing about train wheels, is they actually also have a "S" curved crossection, to make the wheel somewhat springy in diameter. This is instead of spokes making the wheeldisc springy, the way it was done on early trainwheels. Of course only really ambitious model train wheelsets also model this crossectional feature. Personally I love the beatiful early types of spoked wheels. There is a lot of technology going into real trainwheels! Among the most problematic things in the 19th century, was trainwheels failing, breaking or loosing their steel tyres. This was a very serious safety problem, but a German Physicist Helmholtz finally came up with a clever statistical concept of "mean time between failiures", which drastically reduced these accidents. A concept many of us recognize in relation to computer harddisk drives, where the number of hours "MTBF" gives you an idea of expected servicelife. This way of turning the wheeldisk tapers is very good! Some people resort to ground form turning tools, but that isn't a great idea on many small hobby lathes.

[@phuzzygreene]

I have so many smart-ankle comments to make, but I believe you when you say "that's a paddling". I will say, selfishly and in spite of the fact that I am enjoying the model train PRO-ject (your Canadian is thick now and then), it's nice to see chips aGAIN.

[@stevecallachor1]

These were common in the carriage works and loco sheds that surrounded Sydney(Australia) in the 1950s. Most if the steam locos were of British design. Today, even, our metropolitan stations look like they were lifted, wholus bolus, from the British countryside. To me, as an old Bloke, they don’t look odd or out of place…………..you only found Thomas in a picture book, not everywhere in the media , as you do today. Stavros, letting off steam.

[@AdrianPardini]

"Disciplinary paddle" typical Japanese customs. (I like that technique, though)

[@DavidLindes]

23:01 - YKINMKBYKIOK. :D

[@raymitchell9736]

I have a mild form of dyslexia, I thought we're making training wheels for the A3 Switcher... Like I aways do... I Hit this video in a hot second, but wasn't disappointed. And no, I didn't know about the geometry of train wheels, again you're educating me on this, the clever bit that they don't need a differential because of that geometry... unless you're in the train business or make models, who would know or think of this!?

[@Thats_Mr_Random_Person_to_you]

Re: cutting the pucks... I think Artisan Makes channel would say 'boo hoo' to you suggesting it cannot be done with a hacksaw!!! He cuts like most his stock with a hacksaw.... his arms must be like... popeye huge!

[@pst3615]

When drilling stainless steel I'll always rely on Rocol RTD liquid, it prevents workhardening and keeps the tools sharp. I don't know if it's available in Canada, but it works realy great, even for cutting threads on the lathe. It might not be the healtiest option, but it sure works. Keep up with your great videos, I'm always looking forward for the next one.

[@advil000]

This video kind of grossly understates the amount of work involved. Such a short video to condense 40-50 hours into. If you had not made the final comment about the time many people would be forgiven for thinking, "Hey, musta had this done in a couple of evenings after dinner." HA! Yeah. Dream on.

[@richosukrc5776]

Lol. not that I'm going to teach my grandmother how to suck eggs. But will you be quartering the wheels when you set the drive gear. And rods on the wheels. And yes I know this will be something happening in the future. Let the chips fly . Mr Keith Appleton and mrpete222 will be loving this.

[@Jehty_]

How important are all those dimensions on a model train? I get that on a real train going 100+ Km/h you probably don't want any imbalances or deviations 😬. But on a model train? (I don't even know what the max speed of those model trains is?!)

[@DunderOz]

A cheap ND filter (neutral density) would fix the high sunlight issue. Lovely work, as always 👍

[@billdoodson4232]

More years ago than I care to remember, a shaft failed on the main sewage pump on the ship I was 3rd Engineer on. The only material I had to hand, about 1,000 miles from land, in the Indian Ocean, was some 125mm dia steel bar of unknown origin. I had to cut off the amount needed with a hand hacksaw. To make matters worse, we only had a couple of spare blades. I had managed to put the horrors of cutting that in the dim recesses of my mind, then you managed to reawaken them. Looking back it was "Character Building".

[@voodoochild1954]

In my opinion, The real problem with making these wheels is the X8. After the 3rd or 4th one, boredom would set in and mistakes might get made. Great work Quinn!!!

[@matrix626]

5:00 Excuse me, we do have Hockey here in the states.. Granted, its not as popular as football or baseball, but us in Massachusetts do love it. Aside from that, its more like one whole baseball just squished flat.. Those hockey pucks are heavy as the dickens.. I have loved this series so far as my friend and i made a steam locomotive for senior project in High School Machine shop class. We made bronze wheels but so far its been pretty much the same work.

[@FoxMacLeod2501]

It's still a little weird seeing the top of Quinn's head, after years of seeing only the Hulkamania bandanna... I don't know what I was imagining might be up there, but this is better than whatever was in my mind! Even if I'm faintly scandalized for the first half a second, I'm digging it.

[@PendragonDaGreat]

Seeing the little Puck to Baseball conversion: Happy Canada Day to those "up north." That's in quotes because over half of you live further south than I do here in the Seattle area.

[@paulwomack5866]

Looks like for outdoor shooting in sunny weather (when you run out of aperture, shutter speed and ISO options) you need some ND filters. Fortunately they're common and cheap.

[@JoeMorrison]

My copies of the ASTM standards are at work, so I'm commenting from memory. For paint adhesion cut or scribe lines about 3mm apart to create a checkerboard pattern, then press 3m scotch tape on the area and peel it up. If any squares of paint are removed that a failure. For durability use different grades of pencil lead, most paints shouldn't be marred by a 6h lead. And for the equipment you don't have, a gravelometer test could be done which basically fires a bean can of specific gravel from a calibrated pitching machine at the painted surface. I don't think the standard distinguished between fancy or French cut beans as the source of the can to measure the gravel though.

[@palpytine]

Get yourself a neutral density filter! For video you really want to lock the ISO to whatever gives you maximum dynamic range, lock your shutter speed to twice the frame rate, and use your aperture only for controlling depth of field. So basically *none* of the traditional ways for controlling exposure in photography are much use. The only control you have left is the amount of light... which means more lights or neutral density filters.

[@seanhilliard7995]

Have you ever tried 1144 steel? Often referred to as “stress proof”. It’s also free matching. Not as buttery as 12L14, but a bonus is it can be heat treated.

[@Cashatoo]

Learned a lot about train wheel engineering from my skateboarding days. The trucks on a skateboard and train car are very similar mechanically, and are both susceptible to harmonic oscillation (or speed wobbles). I love all the springs and suspension on trains to prevent that from happening. On a skateboard, I was all the spring and suspension.

[@fladder1]

To be fair, the paint job on an actual full size steam locomotive wouldn't be perfect either. They where workhorses, not showponies. And at least on screen they look awesome, especially with that polish.

[@mrpaint055]

During ww2 the railroad tracks width in Europe was different from American track width causing a lot of confusion when American train engines and cars were brought to Europe. Food for thought.

[@brucematthews6417]

A buddy of mine did his engine cases on a vintage motorcycle with engine enamel and backed it at around 150F to 180F for about two hours. It withstood motorcycle boots for quite a few years. Let it dry for a few days then bake it and you'll have no issues for many years. I believe he used the same brand you showed.

[@staceyjarvin7046]

How to cut 2" round bar without a band saw? I used an angle grinder in a chop saw configuration.. Works surprisingly well.

[@rpavlik1]

It's nice getting parts and stock from viewers, but it has to be intimidating getting parts left over from when people couldn't finish or gave up on the same project you're now attempting...

[@jamest828]

Happy Canada Day!

[@Blondihacks]

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