Flat Car Stake Pockets???

I may use brass sheet to make the flat car body, has anybody used one of the Harbor Freight sheet metal brakes:

http://www.harborfreight.com/1...ing-brake-39103.html

Bob,

I use stake pockets from Grandt Line and have bought them in the past in bulk amounts.  They are styrene and come in a 1 or 2 bolt style both of which can be mounted very securely to a styrene car side with Tenax, or to a resin or wood side car using CA.

You might be able to get away with using one of the old Berkshire Valley // Chooch resin flat cars for the basic car - they do show up now and again....

PSC makes brass stake pockets.  If you want brass, another option could be to have the Grandt pockets invested and cast in brass.

Jay

Thanks Martin and Jay!

I went ahead and bought the Harbor Freight brake, I'll use it even if it's not on this project.  It's a fairly heavy piece and I need to bolt it down to my workbench in the garage (if I can clear off a space that is).

  It's a fairly heavy piece and I need to bolt it down to my workbench in the garage (if I can clear off a space that is).

Reminds me of my wood lathe; mounted onto a seriously heavy duty table.....

The table and lathe make a great place to pile everything.....

Ha! So does my recumbent bike!!!

Warren Calloway provided me with drawings of the flatcar, w/o the bent rail assembly, so I should be off to a good start.  Between this, photos, and the N&W drawing I should be able to get close.

The bender will bend up to 16 gauge (.051 in brass), would that be a good thickness to use or should I go for something a bit thinner?

I took the 2 drawing parts Warren provided and cobbled them into one:

Hard to read unless you have a program that will enable you to change the size and resolution.  I'm using an old version of Adobe PhotoDeluxe Home Edition that came with another program I bought years ago.

I got an email from two of the other ACL/SAL guys and they are going to send me what I hope is a better drawing.