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Started grinding all the bed frame rivets off and putting the thin unusable leg and bracket metal in a bucket. Then trade them with my recycler friend for used lumber. A win, win for everyone and even more recycling of materials happened in the process!   
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Got some more donated bed frames today and took inventory of my Re-recycled pieces from the old TRON room set that is no more(pictured in the pre-2017 section). Close to having enough metal to build a custom train lift like the one pictured below. Thank you to the people that donated, it is much appreciated! If you would like to donated materials such as metal or lumber please E-MAIL us at Darth_moose74@yahoo.com    Clthe railing and grill are on tap to work on this weekend. Going to make bending jigs for the round bar so all sides look the same to each other. For the grill I am going to practice brazing aluminum for the first time!
 WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY! Roof is on! Now to weld the grill insert together and attach all three big body sections to each other then to the frame. Then after all that make the railings. Still waiting on some detail parts to come in the mail.    Got the hood attached and the windows roughed out and ready to be routered smooth. Should have another video update this Sunday!    Some long over do upgrades for Jen's R3-TL are finally done! Can you spot them all?   When we were just running the Snoop Express cover a flat box under it looked fine, but with a switcher body we wanted to be able to see the wheels some and have a more correct sub frame profile, After laying out the lines I cut the 45 degree angles with a Jig Saw and a very good blade that would not twist or bend.  Next I set up the table saw for the long cut at 1 1/2 inches from the top. I then slowly raised the blade up into the wood while holding it securely to the fence.  The corners were finished with a flat saw as a round blade would cut too deep on one side.  Even with no sanding it all looks smooth and straight.  Now you can see the wheels go round and round!  The hardware store was out of table saw metal cutting blades but one and it cut like poo-doo. Should have just ordered a good one online at that point but I didn't.
So to fix the problem I used my hand held grinder and cleaned and straightened the cut off lines.
Next I cut the holes in the panel to clear the batteries and motor so I can take it on and off the main frame.
With a test fit, I made sure it was centered to the lower frame with the correct overhang revile around the edges. On to the next piece!
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