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Building The 1920s 'New Shay' - In 3/4" Scale
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 Posted: 16 Mar 2023 09:00 pm
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I've been in metal working ever since I can remember. My Dad was a tool-n-die maker by trade. So I learned a lot from him. I majored in Machine Shop back in high school. Went to work in the machine tool industry for 30 years. Left at 50 with a heart attack. Been retired since I was 50. Worked for Gleason Works in Rochester, NY. In case you don't know the company is/was a major machine company producing gear cutting, gear grinding, gear lapping and curvic coupling grinders. Anything that has gears in it were probably cut on a Gleason machine. I carried that interest into model railroading with the machine tools.

A few years ago I finally decided I needed to stick with one hobby. I wasn't getting anything done with all my interests. I was into HO scale from the start but wandered into the Narrow Gauge. Worked with On30 when the first Shay came out. Also got in to TT scale (1/10"=1') for a while.

So ya there are now two machinists on the forum. Lets see if we can collect a few more.

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 Posted: 16 Mar 2023 09:14 pm
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 Bernd:

I don't have that history.  My interest was sparked in high school shop class.  I decided I didn't want to be a pro, but I did want my own shop.  That would have been 1964-65.

I finally was able to assemble my shop in 2017.  I had collected a few hand tools over the years, and I did some scratch building (many years ago) in 1/4" scale using hand tools.  The Mel Thornburgh methods.

So I am a true neophyte. 

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 Posted: 16 Mar 2023 09:36 pm
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 You have a head start on many modelers with getting interested in high school about machining. I'd have to say for a neophyte you are doing an excellent job from the pictures I see. 

You might find this guy's machine shop of interest. I think he's up here in my neck of the woods in the summer and in Florida in the winter. I watched all of his videos. 
(1) David Richards - YouTube

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 Posted: 16 Mar 2023 11:11 pm
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 Bernd wrote: You have a head start on many modelers with getting interested in high school about machining. I'd have to say for a neophyte you are doing an excellent job from the pictures I see. 

You might find this guy's machine shop of interest. I think he's up here in my neck of the woods in the summer and in Florida in the winter. I watched all of his videos. 
(1) David Richards - YouTube

Bernd

That is NUTS!  But it sure preserves the technology of a different day.  

Did you notice that he centered the work on that 4-jaw by eye?  Wow?
Maybe I should dig out some of my mistakes and post photos.  

Reg

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 Posted: 17 Mar 2023 05:04 pm
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 The number of videos he has done would keep you away from any project work for a while just to go through them all.

In hindsight 20/20 wish I had taken 3 years of machine shop rather then electrical shop (64 to 66).



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