Crank Pins and Powder Coating - Pennsylvania A3 Switcher, Part 40

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[RonCovell]

Quinn - you're making great progress. Congratulations for all the dedication it takes to faithfully release a new video every single week!

[cardmodeler]

Quin. I've been a secret watcher of your channel for several seasons. I just wanted to say that I love your channel! Your explanations are straightforward and you methods are rock solid and practical. Your sense of humor also infuses your presentations and makes them very 'watchable'. As a railroad fan and a wannabe machinist, I will continue to check in on your progress with the switcher and your other projects. Thanks for providing such a gem of a YOUTUBE experience! Best Regards from Minnesota!

[willshen]

Good save on that Yahtzee! It's that sort of attention to detail that makes this channel special!

[danarbuckle]

Quin, You are such a craftswoman. Thanks for taking us along. There are machinists and then there are machinists. I see you as an ABomb with smaller tools.

[joeybobbie]

Hi Quinn, you’re getting closer and closer. Great Job on the Pins. It’s looking great.

[phillipmetcalf]

And we have the reason for why you are a great YouTubers. That” Sweet, Sweet chip flying action “. Love your videos. You do rock.

[cayde]

Hello Quinn. I always love watching your videos, but I’ve never had a method for doing things that was better than yours that would lead me to comment…until now! I’ve been restoring a lathe so I’ve had to tape off countless machined surfaces, and the two best ways I have found to do this is to tape the whole surface and either: 1. Use a file and drag it along the edge of the tape /machined surface to weaken it enough that you can peel it off (this leaves a bit of a chamfer which may not be ideal in all cases) or 2. Use a rubber or plastic mallet to gently hit the edge of the machined surface to cut the tape and allow you to pull it off. Either method I have found to work really well in almost any situation. It leaves really clean lines and is generally faster than cutting the tape. Hope this helps and thanks for the great videos!

[grahamebell]

Another superb Quinn production with all the educational gems lightly sprinkled throughout. Oh and the 'Circlip fitting scene' narrative had me laughing out loud..! 🤣 Brilliant, thank you!

[ColinWatters]

Back in February I had chance to visit the railway works at Jamalpur in Bengal (North East India). The museum there has a collection of wood pattens used to cast wheels. I've done some small scale casting myself (so I know how patterns work) but it was still a surprise to see how much the patterns look like finished wheels right down to lettering cast in.

[laumuseka]

Quinn, you do incredible work and describe your process very well. Thanks mostly to you (this old Tony got me started) my mill and lathe skills have advanced incredibly. I have made some beautiful parts and much more easily because I hear you in the background. Thank you for making such high quality videos! (Your humor is another huge quality by the way!)

[DanSHJ]

Love the content Quinn! Gun show and sweet chip flying action and everything!

You are absolutely right the full size locomotives have centers in the pins and axle ends. Both because that’s how they were made, AND because you use that center later to measure and adjust the drivers, rods and valve gear so that the engine is square and in tram.

I watch this and I’m like “oh no, how will she shim the drivers into tram without shoes and wedges?!?” And then I realize you can just machine it all on one machine so you can hold MUCH better tolerances on the frames than Baldwin ever did!

[SaturnYT]

9:42 Yahtzee has now been (rightfully) upgraded to a verb.😁

[mapgeek]

Some of the narration approaches the Red Green Show, which I consider to be a compliment (with respect to the narration). The machine work is just top notch! Videos like these are a perfect blend of craftsmanship (or craftswomanship) and humor. Awesome!

[LewHarriman]

"..sweet, sweet chip cutting action...!" Yeah! Love it.

[notquitecopacetic]

Oh how I wish there were a double like button. The learning and the humor are great. Ordered the special pliers and did not need them. That is good stuff right there.

[Froobyone]

Week in, week out. Exceptional engineering.

[manythingslefttobuild]

5:16 been there, but it was a 400lb-ish fence panel. Great video Quinn, looking forward to the side rods, and finding out what the cube on the tool sharpener does.

[Brians]

"Can't argue with results. You can, but I wish you wouldn't." I'm laughing, Quinn, but ... yeah.

[Wyllie]

Oh no (home alone face)
After watching this series pretty much most days I’ve caught up to releasing dates. A very enjoyable series.

[ManCrafting]

Great job on saving the part that fell. It happens. Fortunately it’s not to hard to strip.