Wood Shop

I do not think I can compete with the Steam Shop news posted by Nigel Bennet, and in any event the turnout of volunteers was lower than recent weeks.  Perhaps due to the evening event scheduled.  On the down side we now have torn sandpaper on two of the three drums on our Berlin Sander and work will have to commence at once to dismantle the machine and replace the media.  Can it be done in a day?

Many to Go

With the Berlin out of service we moved to Plan B, that to continue milling stock for new roof boards for Michigan Electric 28.  Paul Cronin and Bill Peterson are set up run all those slats through the shaper, and that is only PART of them.

Done

WHEW!  Over 100 pieces done with new grooves milled to match the tongue side.  Bill and Paul look as proud as new parents.  Maybe that is only the relief at completing the shaper work on the third similar shop order in the last month.  Three differing profiles totaling about 2000 linear feet.

End View

Here is what they look like, each only two inches wide.  But there was still one more operation since these are to installed above the curved carlines on the roof and need to fit together closely.  Just as the carbuilders did, we ran than all through the table saw to create an 8.5 degree bevel undercut on the groove side.

Stacking Off

Finally Paul and Bill stack off the completed work for the last time.  You would not think that too hard a job, but it gets old and tiresome when every day starts by picking up the over one hundred pieces and now for the last time, stacking off the completed stock.

Locks

Victor Humphreys and Bill are pawing through the BUCKET-O-LOCKS to pick out door hardware for the new Chicago Great Western X 38 doors.

Glass

Victor measured and cut some glass for the new CGW X 38 windows and here shows that off to to Bill and Paul.

Second Door

Tim Peters was working on the second door to be restored for Chicago Rapid Transit 1024.  How many doors are there on that one car?  Maybe FOUR I can count right now.

Lamp Sockets

Keith Letsche was repairing lamp sockets for the 1024.  That includes cleaning the many layers of paint, inspecting, and repairing as needed.

Lamp Bases

On a different bench Bill Wulfert, now becoming known as the King of Lamps, was doing many of the same operations to a production line of lamp bases.

Molding

Finally, here is a picture of molding produced by the Pullman plant over 100 years ago.  Two similar types are found in many places throughout the 1024 and of course, nothing even close is contemporary today.  It presents several challenges to make and will require special tooling to be ground for our machines.  All of those steps may take several weeks so it is timely to start contacting suppliers now.