You learn a lot working in the trades and it's good money. Prepare yourself for the elements and it will be a lot easier to work in plus I'm older which makes it a little more difficult to work in extreme conditions. The basement is all brick and I hope this water blocking paint works. It'll look good when it's done

Thanks Mike

Thanks Frank. We're getting a break from the heat now so its more bearable to work. I can't wait to get this basement done, one heck of a project.

@knappstrains.7176 that's where i cut the track but didn't squeeze the pin hard enough into the rail. Excuse to buy new tools now

Thanks Ed,

How old is the drill and battery? Batteries typically go bad in 3 to 5 years depending on the abuse. Keeping a battery on the charger 24/7 can shorten its lifespan. Yes, the chargers stop charging but there might be a trickle charger that keeps going depending on who makes your drill. What voltage is your drill? I worked for Home Depot for 5 years in hardware and people will always go for the cheapest cordless drill to tackle projects meant for an 18 volt drill. Small motors can burn up. Though you pull away from your work surface, the drill spins fast but no muscle because the windings are burned up. Finally, this has happened, the transmission is bad. The motor spins fast but the chuck and bit are slow or stopped when you work. People have switched gears while the drill was in operation. This can strip the gears in the housing causing poor performance.

@@TheCreativeMind 18v drill. Batteries are good. 3 years old. Seems like a broken gear/transmission the way it stops with a clink.

A little too much

🤣

Legacy units would be jealous

No I didn't. I've noticed that it's been smoking better than usual lately

@@TheCreativeMind I’ll be working on my 773 Hudson’s smoker tonight

I should have done a pass by on the ZW. I'll get a shot if it

@@TheCreativeMind just something fun to mess with yeah.. from an electrical perspective not as a train enthusiast, at WOT we'd be checking where the xfmr plugs into the wall, the thumb nuts on the load side, lock ons and maybe even the center rails all the way around looking for steel pin hot spots.

I havent rewound one yet

Thank you Julie

Thank you John

Thanks Rich, haven't had a pin bend yet

When I was a kid, I had no one to help me pull pins so I learned the hard way. Got easier when I became a teenager but now it's another excuse to buy a new tool 😁

I think with a microwave transformer as well

These locomotives are from 1992 with one "A" unit being conventional powered AC Pullmor motors while the rest are non powered. I left the steamer in the neutral position and was just lazy not to take it off the tracks.

It's a clip from NJ Transit pulling into Suffern Station.

Cancer. Ass cancer for sure. Potentially AIDS transmission as well. Think of all the dirty places those electrons have been!

That is correct

Try to get killed by 0.2v 5000A supply, won't exactly do anything