Wood Shop

There will only be a few short reports this time.  In the areas I frequent there was not the typically large turnout of volunteers - maybe they were all out shopping for their Halloween costumes.  But still a LOT of activity around the campus.  If any of you would like to see more reports or more coverage, why not grab your digital camera and come out as a REPORTER?  We could definitely use the help in this respect - in the areas I cover and for many of the other departments where work does not get reported and shared on a regular basis.  Heavy lifting NOT REQUIRED!

Steam Team

We were happy to welcome some members of the Steam Department into the wood shop, including the smiling Nigel Bennett, esteemed BLOG REPORTER for that department.  They were making a sort of gauge stick, or story stick to assist with measuring each individual tube length for the FRISCO 1630 decapod.  There are minor variations in the 'flatness' of the front and rear tubesheets and they hope to custom fit each tube to a particular opening.

Gaskets

Eric Lorenz was working to replace bottom rubber gaskets on the over 50 windows needing it for our Cleveland Transit System 4223 PCC car.  They are a very special cross section, found by Lorne Tweed and now on hand.  Getting them into place is another story, but Eric has worked out a procedure for both the upper and lower windows.