The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #IX.. Stop In!!!

[nachoman]

Designed and ordered a couple of things to be 3d printed from Shapeways yesterday. I'm told there are cheaper options than Shapeways, but I haven't explored them yet. Of course, I will probably get a small resin-type 3d printer in the future, but right now I 1) can't justify the expense 2) have no place to put it 3) don't need another thing/hobby to tinker with. I do have an online friend who is starting his own 3d printing business and is printing some neat stuff in HOn3 and On30, and I may partner with him in the future. The two items I ordered are a generic oil bunker to convert some coil tenders to oil, and a motor/gear mount that I think will allow me to mount that larger motor with flywheel into my MDC 2-8-0. Perhaps I can make that another "challenge" project.

Challenge project #1 is stalled waiting on parts that have been delayed in the mail for two weeks. Challenge #2 needs me to actually get out of the house. Hopefully I will be working from the office again a few days per week soon, because there are a bunch of railroad-related things I can see within walking distance from my office, including an old Soo Line caboose hidden in a salvage yard behind a wall.