Recent content by SCHallenger

I'm a Big Boy or Challenger or Allegheny fan. Diesels just don't do anything for me. Big steam is like a living beast coming down the rails!

How about the MS400.1 ?

I have a 241 & a 462 which have both received the "XS treatment". One day when the 241 had only used a few tanks (maybe 5 or 6), it wouldn't fire, & it was not because I wasn't giving it a good spin! I called Kevin & reported to him & said I was going to replace the plug "just because". Probably...

My 201 has a standard carb. He he, no solenoid to deal with, only the *!#%$!!?& rev limited coil to bug me. Thanks to Kevin, I can now tune it pretty well.

I knew of a J'red dealer a few years back who swore by Denso plugs.

Ouch!

That's beautiful stuff, David! Yeah, milling is very laborious. I've done a lot of it in white oak, sugar maple, beech, black walnut, red pine & honey locust (very hard & dense). Here is a thought about stabilizing. I know of a woodturner who turned massive tulip poplar stumps into bowls large...

That about saya it all! I have a PM mod.66 running a 3hp, 240V single phase & a Northfield 20 bandsaw running a 3hp Baldor (US made) via a triple belt drive. It weighs in at 970 lbs of all cast iron without the motor. You could write on the table when it is running! The PM 66 is also US made...

I didn't like the idea of my 261 having it until I had it ported & tried to give it a "he-man" pull after it had been sitting for a few months. The saw said NO, & I ended up in PT for 6 months with a torn rotator cuff & torn biceps tendon. The compression on that saw read 205. My ported 241 &...

VP is the same as reported above. I have used a lot of it with no problems.

And, matbe, the lubricating qualities of the bar oil?

Was that a 2253? Hi Tim!

Your spelling is right on Dr. Al. I'm doing reasonably well for an antique. A recent prostate biopsy confirmed the presence of cancer, but the detailed scores a la Gleason ( I think that is correct) were like two ones & a two & one six & a couple of sevens. My Urologist, prior to the biopsy...

I have quite a few of my old dental instruments still "hanging around". If you have a particularly "snaky" shape that is a favorite for certain applications, let me know, & I'll check my inventory. It's likely that I have several. Some years ago when Brad Snelling was doing a lot of porting, I...

A Christmas Carol. Of the 3 versions (#1 with Alistair Mc Kenzie as Scrooge: #2 with George C. Scott as Scrooge: #3 with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge), I like the George C. Scott version the best.