INSTALLED MY FIRST TURNOUT TODAY!

Nicely done, Hal.

Nice work!  When you drill the hole hold both sides of the throw bar tight so it doesn't lift up on the drill bit. 

Don't ask how I know this!!

Nice. What is the dial caliper for?

Two thumbs up.  Nice job!

Larry

Elementary, my dear Hot Water!

The Dial Caliper is for measuring the diameter of the actuating pin of the Ground Throw, which is 0.051".

Thus, I am able to select the proper drill bit (#55) for the turnout throw bar.

Thanks for asking!

Bad Order Hal

Thanks for the compliments, all of you!

Harold Pollner (Bad Order Hal), age 01001101

Heck at 77 you have a lot of great turnouts ahead!!!

Age:  00110100

Chuck

HEY CHUCK,

At age 52, I was in a different Century, and heck...even in a different Millenium! 

Thanks for the good wishes, DAWG!

BAD ORDER

You got a great dawg!

I think we all look back 25 years and say "What EXACTLY was I thinking???"

Thanks, Chris!

Bad Order Hal  (or Harold, or Harry)

Nice job Hal. Knew you could do it.

THANKS, MATT!

I knew I could do it too!

I built my first crystal set 63 years ago, I built many Tesla Coils over the years, but the latest ones were too dangerous, so I switched to High Voltage Electrostatic Generators instead.

I built a motorbike from an old lawnmower engine, built a 1.16-million-volt Van De Graaff Generator of my own design, fabricating the parts in my garage machine shop.

I built a 300,000-volt rotating-disc Electrostatic Generator, a Laser Rifle and a Potato Cannon, and other science and physics-related projects.

I spent 36 years in Aerospace Engineering Labs running tests and developing antennas for Military and Commercial aircraft Communications, Navigation, and Weapons Control systems. (Boeing has thanked me by depositing pension checks in my account every month for 16 years so far.)

I have a First Class FCC Radiotelephone License, and I was also a Ham (N6CEY), but gave it up out of boredom. 

BUT...this is my first turnout! 

BAD ORDER