Wood Shop

The driving was certainly poor in the morning but many hardy souls came out to help.  It did not help that GATE 5 was inoperable when I showed up (the first one?) and I was not dressed to brave the snowy winds to unlock the secrets and get it reset.  But I did - I wonder what I did right?

Cupola Windows

Victor Humprheys is applying the first coat of finish grey interior paint to the cupola windows for Chicago Great Western X 38.  It is very satisfying to see this taking place, remembering the rough boards and resulting sawdust that got us this far.

Fitting

John Faulhaber is starting the fussy work of fitting together the first pieces for the new doors for the X 38.  Earlier we did the trim work to prepare the rails and stiles at each mortise.

OJT

Bill Peterson is working his way into our graces every Saturday.  He is willing and seems quite able to take on additional tasks.  Here he is demonstrating how we fashion double tongue tenons to fit two matching mortises for the mid rails of these doors.  The OJT caption?  On the job training!

Panel 3

Victor also assisted in gluing and clamping 9 pieces of wood for the third panel to be made for the new X 38 doors.  It is a good thing the glue we are using has a good pot life and we can usually find the seven or so extra sets of hands to do the assembly and clamping.

Coming Attraction

Buzz Morisette is holding two small pieces of wood.  The old brown ragged one is from the head lining of MILW X 5000, our dynamometer car.  The new one is a test piece for cutting the profile and groove on new lumber.  The shaper is set up now with the proper tooling and ready to go once the new lumber is delivered.

Molding Profile

Here, Buzz is routing a fancy profile on a curved piece of new molding that was created for his restoration work on the private car ELY.  I am sure the car builders did this mass production fashion, but when there is a will there is a way.  We have some very talented and creative volunteers willing to share some of the tricks of the trade.

Windows

Lorne Tweed is going over the many windows needed for the Cleveland Transit System 4223 PCC.  We are all eager to see enough of the interior panels and trim installed to allow windows in the car sides.  Glass is a GOOD thing!

Wood Windows

Tim Peters is in the final stages of his window making marathon for Chicago Rapid Transit 1024, with some help here from Bill Wulfert.  The few left on this bench are all that are remaining to be able to say they are ALL glued and assembled.

Clean Up in Barn 4

It reminded me of the announcements often heard in supermarkets, but here Bill and Tim are cleaning up layers of old paint from the brass lamp bases and window lifts fro CRT 1024.  Someone should be taking time lapse photos of this project, it is moving along too fast to capture everything on these BLOGS.

Engineering

And of course Rich Witt continues in the Engineering Department.  Sometimes we push him pretty hard and are set up and cutting stock as the lines go down on paper.  And of course Rich also does a lot of the shop work and finished up a very nice piece today.