NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 128, Issue 15

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Mon Dec 14 12:16:03 EST 2015


Jim, 
Any lumber yard that does custom millwork should be able to provide any size lumber you would require. We do it hear in Roanoke all the time. Take a sample with you and they can tell how to make it.


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>Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2015 17:14:39 -0500
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>To: NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org>
>Subject: CF 518216 restoration
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>This morning I had the great pleasure of meeting with fellow N&WHS member
>Dave Moorehead at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati, where he is
>hard at work restoring N&W caboose class CF #518216.  Dave has made some
>great progress, but is in need of some help/information to help him move to
>"the next level" on the restoration.  According to Dave, he hasn't been
>able to find a source for "full-size" tongue and groove siding or for
>correctly-sized lumber for reproducing the end doors.  A little Googling
>educated me to the fact that standard sizes for dimensional lumber have
>changed (shrunk) every couple decades since 1900.  Since this caboose was
>constructed in 1917, the boards used to build it were considerably bigger
>than what you get at the big-box lumber yards today.  Does anybody out
>there have experience with such restorations projects and/or know where to
>obtain "over-sized" dimensional boards?  I believe some of you also belong
>to/work with the Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS.  Can someone give me a good
>contact for that organization who is involved with their restoration work?
>Also, does anyone know of any sources for CF parts, perhaps from one that
>has been deemed irreparable?  Any and all help/information will be greatly
>appreciated.
>Jim Cochran










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