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American Locomotive Jupiter

comments (2) January 16th, 2009 in Reader's Gallery

Ron_Messersmith Ron_Messersmith, member
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I posted a picture of this project a couple weeks ago but it was underconstruction.  This was a 300 hour lathe project with 70% of the locomotive turned.  It is made of claro walnut, curly and quilted maple, bloodwood, white oak, curly sycamore and ash.  I make many toys but the American style steam locomotive is my signature piece.  I made this locomotive after traveling to the Golden Spike Museum in Promontory, Utah and spending a day taking digital pictures of the actual locomotive.  I am currently working on its Tender.  I wrote an article on the construction of the Jupiter but it is 16 pages long so I will not include it unless someone asked me on my blog to discuss how I build a locomotive like this one.


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Ron_Messersmith Ron_Messersmith writes: Hi Tom,

Thanks for the comments. I build many toys and the American style 4-4-0 steam locomotive is my favorite. I have traveled to Promotory, Utah several times to vist and take photos of the Jupitor and I also obtained all the blueprints used by O'Connor Engineering to build the Jupitor. If you are still looking to build a similar project, let me know. I have written a 16 page article describing the process I used to construct this locomotive.

Thanks,
Ron Messersmith
Messersmith Woodworks.com
Posted: 12:02 am on October 14th

modelnutz modelnutz writes: Hi Ron,

Beautiful piece of work I would like to try and build one too, I have been an enthusiast of this type of loco most of my life.

Sincerely

Tom
Posted: 3:34 am on September 15th

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