I’ll take that under advisement.
That’s what I’m doing, alright. I’m beginning to think that I may not need a jig (I originally expected too), because one of the two pieces is now half-way in (I haven’t finished sanding the other end of the joint) and shows no signs of wanting to leave!
That’s what I was doing already.
Sometimes you gots to do what you gots to do 
Sometimes…
One of these days I’ll sand down the epoxy and paint it black so that it looks nice.
You do know that PC7 epoxy is close to black, and that epoxy can be ‘loaded’ with a colorant like carbon black, right?
Yes, but I had a nice can of white epoxy on hand that was already open… no sense buying epoxy. I didn’t think of the colorant until after the epoxy was mixed up, but, honestly, I’m not too concerned about appearance with this thing. That train left the station while the transformer was in transit. Sanding down the epoxy and some quick brushwork will be all that I need.
Good to see you have the case reassembled and functional. The Gilbert Bakelite has a finish that black epoxy will not match. No harm using tinted epoxy but it will still be necessary to paint over it with the proper sheen paint. The 18B is not expensive at $25, the epoxy repair approach was a good one to use.
Hey, whatever works!
I did kind of suspect that.
I don’t know if I mentioned it or not, but, because of the shipping damage, they dropped the price so I only wound up paying $10!
Mark, that was a bargain! Worth the effort to repair the case.
Thanks!
Man, for ten bucks I’D buy it! And I don’t even do American Flyer!
Hey, it’s AC output and it looks cool, I’d figure out some use for it!
That’s kind of my point of view–O gauge trains do run very nicely with it. It’s kind of an open secret that O and S gauge AC power supplies are largely interchangeable.
