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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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Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]