Wood Shop

Finishing Touches

Both members of the Windmeier father and son team were out to continue work on the replica stepboxes.  Tom is sanding and assuring level standing for the box in the picture, while Jim was busy starting to paint the first six boxes.  Later Tom began cutting pieces for ANOTHER six boxes.

George Clark was in and out of the shop making some new pieces to continue work on restoring the second side of the LSE 810 interurban freight trailer.

Late Buletin - several members of the electric car department spent the day crawling over and under the CNS&M 354, inspecting and hoping to get it to run again.  First steps, move it over our Barn 4 inspection pit for a thorough inspection and check out.

Finally, thanks go to Bob Sundelin who was somehow coaxed into helping me do some wiring work on the Sand Springs 68.  Years ago (twenty) a number of the 15 lights inside the car were jury rigged with low voltage bulbs and jumpers to be able to run off of a 120 volt extension cord.  This was to provide enough light to continue the interior restoration, and at that time no thought to if or when the car would see 600 volts or be able to operate.

Now is the time to turn those circuits back to DC operation as it is may be one of the last car wiring jobs to complete.  For three days there has been mostly detective work, using a schematic I prepared in 1992, and after going down a few false paths, it appears now they have been figured out.  About 17 feet of wiring is missing for one of the series circuits and with Bob's help, new wire has been pulled in and the first connections made.