Steam Engine & Tender

Pretty nice, How long did it take to make?

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Took about a month

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Nice job buddy.
You should have the whole train now right?
All the train pieces you made are nice.

Very nice, cool job

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Cool job. Looks fun.

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First of all, great job, next this is amazing considering how you made it. From one toy maker to another Awesome build.

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Great looking Steam Engine & Tender. Nice work!

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Really smart job nitewalker41 – especially without using a lathe.

I sympathise with your efforts to get the wheels rotating fully – when I made this simpler version

for my grandson, I innocently assumed that I could put side rods (or coupling rods) linking the wheels on each side to make it look more authentic. However, no way would the wheels rotate without the rods jamming. After lots of failed attempts, I started thinking about the geometry involved. I realised that there could be very little tolerance on the lengths and diameters involved for the system to operate, which would be difficult to achieve in metal, let alone wood! So I gave up on the rods, but I don’t think my grandson noticed :-)

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great looking train. I really like all the nice details.

-- Peter, Woodbridge, Ontario

great job on the train nice detail

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That’s a champion.

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I won’t pretend I constructed this, but someone sure did.
This is 4 feet long and the wheels turn the piston rod in the cylinder.
I had purchased this from an Antique shop in our town.The woman said it was included in an estate sale.
This had to take months to construct as it is very detailed. One of the bumpers was missing and I duplicated a new on on my lathe.
It sits on the shelf I made in my woodshop.

Beautiful toy!

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G’Day “nitewalker”,
You’ve certainly done a fine job on the train & tender…...well done.
Very good detail and it looks like it’s been done by a seasoned toymaker.
How did you do the white wheels please….
Cheers, crowie

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