Horn and Whistle Forum International

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(from https://www.everythingnautical.com/blog/10-interesting-facts-about-ships-bells/) 1. The "ship's boys" were the lowest ranking and often the youngest members of the crew; they were responsible for keeping time aboard the ship. Every time they turned the "hourglass" (which actually held just 30 ...

For those who don't have 100+ dollars to burn (per diaphragm!) and want to get their RS Leslie horn working again, when the silicone is damaged on the diaphragm, these videos might be of some help. For minor cracks and splits: ---------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmGhFa_YrB0 ---------- -------...

(taken from https://uslhs.org/history-fog-signals) Since the mighty Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt (circa 280 B.C.) mariners have had, after a fashion, a light to guide them into port or clear of dangerous reefs. Although the light signal from the lighthouse tower left much to be desired until the 18th...

I've created a sub-forum for now under the Railroad forum, if it proves popular enough I'll make it have a proper forum in the main index

Flat Train wrote: ↑Tue Sep 29, 2020 2:11 am You should add a model train topic

Ok, interesting idea. With relevance to whistles, in other words, live steam models? If it was just a general model rail forum I'm not sure it would attract a lot of those who've already got their own forums (I assume), but I'm open to being proved wrong!

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K3L/K3H Compilation:
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Below are three extremely useful and informative "how-to" videos by "mafarnz" (Maddie Farnsworth) on Youtube, showing how to take apart a Nathan M5 (or M3) horn, what to be careful of when doing so, how to make a new diaphragm if needed, and finally how to voice or tune the horns so that they sound ...