
This is the first bearing block I've bored for the driver axle on a 1/8 scale steam
locomotive. The block was carved from a big blob of cast iron. This was all carved using an
end mill, when I should have been using a fly cutter for most of it.
The blocks were machined several years ago, but only found a used Sherline lathe
recently. These blocks were too big to bore on the ancient Unimat lathe, which has
been in the family for over 50 years.

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