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Restoration of an 1897 railroad car.
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Initial evaluation, or, are we really gonna do this?
So here is a pictorial listing of what’s wrong. starting on the left side, you can see how broken the lower frame is [IMG_2510.jpeg] A little farth...
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What we have to work with. ( this entry is out of sequence, Operator error!)
Some of you are aware that I volunteer at The Nevada County Narrow Gauge RR Museum restoring late 19’th/ early 20’th century railroad stock. This i...
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Splicing an intermediate sill
I’ve almost finished making the first replacement for the intermediate sill. We chose a splice used in shipbuilding. I am not opposed to using trai...
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Finished cutting the scarf joint, added reinforcing plates to the joint.
Quiet week for us. I finished cutting the scarf joints and fitted them up. Unfortunately the beam twisted so things went a bit slow. [IMG_2540.jpeg...
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Wrapping up the intermediate sill.
Sorry I missed last Wednesdays update, we were camping on the coast with family. I got all but one of the mortises cut when I reinstalled the beam...
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Picking up where I left off and an excuse!
Needed a better picture for the first pic, the next one maybe not the best intro :-) [IMG_2989.jpeg] I have been extremely distracted of late. I g...
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