Wood Shop

The title line sounds like something you might hear in your favorite carry out deli.  But no, we are making the call for any of our volunteer project workers who can see a need for upcoming wood shop work.  Every year at this time we try to look ahead to the coming winter season when a lot of our time is spent indoors in the woodshop.

GET IN LINE NOW if you are plannig a need for shop time, either on your own, or to have our regular staff do the work for you.

The shop area is open to all regular volunteers at IRM, based on your ability to work safely.  Any wood work project has a few requirements. The project bears the cost and effort of acquiring the appropriate hardwood or softwood raw materials, and other consumable supplies for the project.  Simple requests are processed as fast as we can get to them and any IRM equipment or B&G project is eligible.  Larger or more complicated work MAY be assessed a fee for shop time, this to help maintain the tooling and shop in prime usable condition.  It is very minimal and perhaps is about 20% of what a project might pay on the open market.  Last winter season saw car siding made, four large doors, and probably over 100 windows, along with many, many additional wood items, including seat parts, tack molding - the list is endless,

HURRY!   HURRY!   HURRY!

Contact me with your e mail address if you want to get in at the top of the waiting line for this once in a lifetime offer.

I am still playing catch up with BLOG entries.  Here is a short post covering early October for the restoration work in the Barn 4 areas.

Tacking Canvas

The new canvas roof for the Michigan Electric 28 is making strides.  As a of a few weeks ago Jeff Brady, Norm Krentel, and Tim Peters were tacking the new roof on the south side of the car.  The sequence (simplified) is to stretch the canvas to eliminate wrinkles, then trim the waste, fold and tuck the edges, and tack it down.  All without loosing the 'stretch'. The work continues and is much farther along by now.

On the Job

Work continues on several areas for Chicago Rapid Transit 1024.  Here, Jim Heinlein is ON THE JOB and has moved his needlechipper to the north side trucks.

The Gates

Gerry Dettloff and Frank Kehoe were working on the gates on the west end.  As more and more parts get re-installed it becomes obvious that some adjustments are needed to eliminate interferences and get smooth swinging gates.

Front Ceiling

It is beginning to look more like a finished car all the time as the first of the large new ceiling panels is lifted into place inside Cleveland Transit System 4223.  Jim Leonard, Dave Rogan, and Lorne Tweed are 'reaching for the sky'.

There It Is

Lorne Tweed breathes a sigh of relief as the panel is supported and finished.  There were some anxious moments trying to manhandle this ten foot long panel and hold it over your head.