Thread: C P Huntington Locomotive

Your Locomotive is Absolutely Magnificent

The amount of detail is outstanding

I am really looking forward to see it completed

WoW John thats looking fantastic, great detail, keep them coming

A few years ago, (30) there was a bloke on the snowy scheme who was going to retire, he was a diabetec who had lost one leg, as a retirement present I had wanted them to buy a precision woodworking combination set, (german made) that he could have sat on his kitchen table and done very fine detailed woodwork with it, um, yeah, um year they decided to buy him a colour TV instead, I was wondering what sort of tools you use, to do such small intricate work? I have a radial arm saw with a hundred tooth saw blade which aint going to do small work like that, nor my wood lathe or band saw.

Do you use magnifying glasses, tweezers. clamps etc? Aussie said that he has a heap of dremell tools, do you use these? Some photos of your tools would be interesting to look at.

Phil

Sorry I am an inquisitive *****.

Phil, To fill you in on what equipment I used for the Loco includes, Woodfast lathe, Ryobi scroll saw, Makita Tradesmans saw bench,these are at least 20 years old. Also a small metal lathe, Dremel (for sanding), a fine tooth saw used by model makers, bandsaw, and long nose pliers, a must, as I have only partial us of what fingers I have on my right hand.
The saw bench was fitted with a Irwin 210mm ,40 tooth , fine kerf blade, and a sliding top. All these are used for my every day work. John.

thank you for your reply John.
I think if I tried to cut small pieces they would all end up in the dust extractor. A 3/8 dowel for a radiator cap is about as small as I go.

Phil.

Its finished.:
Phil, the smallest pieces were the oilers, 5mm diam x11 high.
John

Magnificent, no doubt about that.

Fantastic work John.
Cheers Elderly

I forgot to mention on the last post, it's sitting on a track about 1800mm long so that the loco can drive back and forward. A toggle switch is fitted facing down underneath , as the engine goes forward the switch bumps a block ( can see it in a photo) and reverses direction of the motor so back it goes until it hits the reverse stop to change direction again. Also fitted an emergency stop button on the back. John.

John
Fantastic work thanks for sharing
Tom

Woah, that's brilliant.

Fantastic work John,

I've been a professional model maker for film, T.V, museums etc; for many years and your locomotive and track is of the standard that many of my peers aspire to achieve but few ever could. I know it's not a toy but wouldn't it be wonderful if more kids had models like this around to inspire them rather than 'playstations' and computer games.

... and thanks for the advice regarding veneered timber - I think I'm on the right track now.

Cheers,
Paul