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Thursday, April 8. 2010Wood Shop Update - April 7, 2010 Stripping Parts We welcomed the return of Bruce Plaxton to the shop and put him to work removing hardware and glass from some of the CA&E windows.  The Glue Press We have a wonderful tool, an 80 plus year old gluing table manufactured by Greenlee in nearby Rockford. Optimistically, we hoped to be able to glue up a few of the new windows by days end, and Steve Holding and John Faulhaber have just set up the rails and dogs to work on the dimensions of these windows. Bit first we went to our mortising machine and did 16 slots for an additional four CA&E windows slated for the 409.  Tenons Next, Rich Witt, John Faulhaber, and Steve Holding began cutting the tenons on the window rails.  The first THREE At the end of a long day three new frames had been fit and glued, in the press. Rich Witt, Steve Holding, and Victor Humprheys are checking the squareness and seeing that the frames are held tight and true. WOW!  Aliens Randy Hicks and Mike Alterio stopped in to exhange info and parts for new hardware that Mike will fabricate for the cars in the Trolleyville collection. Is it just me, or do they look out of place in a room dedicated to making sawdust? Thursday, April 8. 2010Upcoming WW II Days Planning Rebecca Tulloch was in the wood shop meeting with Henry Vincent. Who knows what evil plans they are hatching, but look for some exciting enhancements and additions to the WW II re-enactments which will occur throughout the Memorial Day weekend. I would have guessed the better category for this was more properly "News and Publicity" but as of now I do not have access to that, and they were meeting on our Shop! |
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Wed, 09-11-2019 06:37
Sam--I'll shoot you an e-mail with more information. -Chris
Tue, 09-10-2019 21:16
Exciting news about your new pit! We at Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum are planning a pit in our Car Barn extension project. Any information that you [...]
Tue, 09-10-2019 16:25
The Shay will be running both days. Thanks for checking!
Tue, 09-10-2019 07:32
Hello! I'm coming in for the big event this Saturday and had one quick question: On the Showcase event page it says the Shay will be on a caboose [...]
Thu, 08-22-2019 16:35
Very nice things indeed for IRM. The new model train and archive building is done, the Shay came back, you've got a new U-boat to play with (and [...]
Sun, 06-30-2019 12:45
Eighty feet if I remember right.
Sun, 06-23-2019 11:40
How long is the pit going to be? Ted Miles, IRM Member
Tue, 04-23-2019 01:12
One Step closer to recreating "The Varsity" Circa 1950's.
Mon, 04-22-2019 09:22
Does the Shay also require a similar inspection before it can be put into service in 2019, or is this inspection on a 12-month basis rather than a [...]
Sat, 04-20-2019 19:46
Good Job on the 1630 steam update 2019. Sincerely, Ethan A.
Sat, 03-23-2019 16:23
Good Job on the MT-Harvard Coach update March 2019.
Mon, 03-18-2019 16:33
Good Job on the 2019 Coach update.