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Sunday, April 4. 2010IRM-TV
IRM is coming to Public Access TV! If you live in one of the suburbs listed below, you’ll be able to watch a new show called IRM-TV. Richard Schauer, Julie Piesciuk and I are certified Comcast public access producers and are all contributing to this new show. We hope to make it a mix of reporting and promoting the museum. Time slots are given out based on a waiting list, so we were not sure when the slot would become available. For that reason the April and May shows are pretty generic, footage of last year’s July 4th Trolley Pageant. The June show will more accurately reflect what you can expect going forward.
The show is scheduled to air on Wednesdays at 7:00pm, debuting this Wednesday 04/07/2010. The gathering of video will be an ongoing project, so if you see one of us around the museum with a camera, smile, but go about your business as usual. We'll do our best to try not to disrupt things too much. We are on the waiting list for a time slot elsewhere in the Chicagoland area, but for now here is the list of towns where it will be on the air: Comcast Channel 19 – Buffalo Grove, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Inverness (parts), Lincolnwood, Maine Township, Morton Grove, New Trier Township, Niles, Northfield, Northfield Township, Palatine, Rolling Meadows, Wilmette. Comcast Channel 35 – Arlington Heights, Bartlett, Des Plaines, Glenview, Golf, Hanover Park, Mt. Prospect, Northbrook, Park Ridge, Prospect Heights, Schaumburg, Skokie, Streamwood, Wheeling. If you don’t see your town, don’t fret. We also have a website www.irmtv.org which will contain the above information and direct you to the IRM-TV show page on a website called USTREAM, which like YouTube allows video viewing. Broadcasts/videos will be there shortly. Sunday, April 4. 2010URTX 26640 Update - April 3, 2010 Staining Earlier in the day we finished machining four boards destined for URTX 26640. In this case the wood is being stained by Victor with a custom formula black.  The Results The results speak for themselves as the boards are laid out overnight for drying. Finally - a project that did not take weeks or months to complete! Sunday, April 4. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 3, 2010The major focus today was to begin to fabricate 12 replacement windows for the recent arrivals from Trolleyville, cars 409, 451, and 460.  Planing Once the lumber is on hand it gets rough cut to length, jointed, rip sawn, face jointed, planed, and then profiled for beading and glass openings. Rich Witt has a sly grin as he planes one of the rails to finished thickness.  Rabbetting What could be more apporpriate than discussing a rabbet on Easter weekend? Er - no not that kind of rabbit. Victor Humphreys and Rich Witt have the table saw set up to cut rabbets in the rails. Note the stack of pieces wating to be run through that spinning blade.  It Looks Straight A total of 48 pieces of rails and stiles were produced today with Rich and Victor doing a final check before we take down the fences and jigs on the saw. The next steps will be to plunge the mortises and saw out tenons for each sash.  More Paint Buzz Morisette went about more work for the new windows for MILW 01984. Window beading strips were cut and mitered, and then they and some more frames got a coat of white primer. |
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Thu, 05-16-2013 21:52
Looking good Bob! I hope to come out soon once I'm done with school.
Wed, 05-15-2013 21:28
I was not around at the time. General discussion suggests that it was "pretty marginal" in a number of areas. Nigel
Mon, 05-13-2013 11:08
"THUMBS UP!"
Fri, 05-10-2013 02:15
No, it will not be necessary to hold any of the work waiting for the plow to be turned, end for end. Weather will be the major factor, but there will [...]
Thu, 05-09-2013 19:54
The CGW X-38 plow is really coming to life. Bob Kutella and Vic and crew need to be very proud of your collective efforts. I am very appreciative of [...]
Thu, 05-09-2013 15:20
The snowplow looks great! Are you going to apply the door and upper windows befor it is turned to continue work?
Thu, 05-09-2013 09:09
Max, Is there any progress to report yet, in regards to the installation of the poles and overhead wires? Have a good day, sir.
Wed, 05-08-2013 18:40
Thanks for the update! I still don't understand why Commonwealth #5 was removed from service. Do you know why?
Tue, 05-07-2013 09:28
Mr. Kolanowski.....I was just wondering if the Spaulding webcam will be up and running soon for us stay-at-homes. Thanks!2FP
Mon, 05-06-2013 23:04
Max, Has work begun yet on the construction phase of erecting the poles and putting up the wire? Wish I could be there to watch it happen.
Mon, 05-06-2013 23:02
Keep up the good work, Bob. Wish I could be there to help!!!!!!!
Sun, 05-05-2013 18:53
Ah yes, I have made such Jibs myself. If it were me, I would add in each corner an angled piece from the base to the Jib to act as sway bracing. [...]