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American Locomotive Jupiter
Jan 16, 2009
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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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
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
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