Tompkins Mill
@tompkinmill.bsky.social
Retired. Interests: Southern Railway, home maintenance, reading, writing, FreeCad.
My wonderful wife has tolerated my quirks for 50+ yrs.
I lean blue. No Kings.. ever!
My wonderful wife has tolerated my quirks for 50+ yrs.
I lean blue. No Kings.. ever!
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Good news?
Bad news?
Atlas has bought Microtrains. Atlas will move manufacturing to China.
Sigh.
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Good news?
Bad news?
Atlas has bought Microtrains. Atlas will move manufacturing to China.
Sigh.
Microtrains.al
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Good news?
Bad news?
Atlas has bought Microtrains. Atlas will move manufacturing to China.
Sigh.
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Good news?
Bad news?
Atlas has bought Microtrains. Atlas will move manufacturing to China.
Sigh.
Right now- already gone.
Pontification- old words.
Smile.Change will happen.
Pontification- old words.
Smile.Change will happen.
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Right now- already gone.
Pontification- old words.
Smile.Change will happen.
Pontification- old words.
Smile.Change will happen.
I voted.
I’ve voted in every election since 1968.
It is my privilege and my duty.
I’ve voted in every election since 1968.
It is my privilege and my duty.
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I voted.
I’ve voted in every election since 1968.
It is my privilege and my duty.
I’ve voted in every election since 1968.
It is my privilege and my duty.
Fall, it’s time to say
A pause to all the friends
Reposts just echoes.
Winter fewer thoughts
And posting them, little joy.
Good night John boy. Sigh.
A pause to all the friends
Reposts just echoes.
Winter fewer thoughts
And posting them, little joy.
Good night John boy. Sigh.
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Fall, it’s time to say
A pause to all the friends
Reposts just echoes.
Winter fewer thoughts
And posting them, little joy.
Good night John boy. Sigh.
A pause to all the friends
Reposts just echoes.
Winter fewer thoughts
And posting them, little joy.
Good night John boy. Sigh.
Quiet at midnight
unplug social media
Too nice to return.
Hiatus.
unplug social media
Too nice to return.
Hiatus.
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Quiet at midnight
unplug social media
Too nice to return.
Hiatus.
unplug social media
Too nice to return.
Hiatus.
Hickory leaves fall
Winter of discontent grows
Politicians don’t care.
Winter of discontent grows
Politicians don’t care.
October 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Hickory leaves fall
Winter of discontent grows
Politicians don’t care.
Winter of discontent grows
Politicians don’t care.
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
😅🏆
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
😅🏆
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Just did a search..maybe wrong words.. maybe bs users don’t… anyone doing scratch building anymore? Years ago lots of use did it… maybe as kits improved (like FSM) some went that way.. Now with 3D printing I feel better.🧐
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Just did a search..maybe wrong words.. maybe bs users don’t… anyone doing scratch building anymore? Years ago lots of use did it… maybe as kits improved (like FSM) some went that way.. Now with 3D printing I feel better.🧐
October 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Just did a search..maybe wrong words.. maybe bs users don’t… anyone doing scratch building anymore? Years ago lots of use did it… maybe as kits improved (like FSM) some went that way.. Now with 3D printing I feel better.🧐
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
Just did a search..maybe wrong words.. maybe bs users don’t… anyone doing scratch building anymore? Years ago lots of use did it… maybe as kits improved (like FSM) some went that way.. Now with 3D printing I feel better.🧐
Model railroading:
an escape.
Nscale
Not too big
Not too small
Just right.
A challenge.
Create a world.
Control that world
Test fine motor skills.
Learn about unknown worlds.
Some possibility of camaraderie.
During my vacation
Reality is waiting to disrupt.
Yes, N Scale:
a welcomed diversion.
an escape.
Nscale
Not too big
Not too small
Just right.
A challenge.
Create a world.
Control that world
Test fine motor skills.
Learn about unknown worlds.
Some possibility of camaraderie.
During my vacation
Reality is waiting to disrupt.
Yes, N Scale:
a welcomed diversion.
October 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Model railroading:
an escape.
Nscale
Not too big
Not too small
Just right.
A challenge.
Create a world.
Control that world
Test fine motor skills.
Learn about unknown worlds.
Some possibility of camaraderie.
During my vacation
Reality is waiting to disrupt.
Yes, N Scale:
a welcomed diversion.
an escape.
Nscale
Not too big
Not too small
Just right.
A challenge.
Create a world.
Control that world
Test fine motor skills.
Learn about unknown worlds.
Some possibility of camaraderie.
During my vacation
Reality is waiting to disrupt.
Yes, N Scale:
a welcomed diversion.
Hmmm…
Home wrecker…
Economy wrecker
Environment wrecker..
Government wrecker..
GOP wrecker..
Education wrecker..
Health wrecker…
World Peace Wrecker..
I suspect he just hates the human race…
Wreck of 79…
Home wrecker…
Economy wrecker
Environment wrecker..
Government wrecker..
GOP wrecker..
Education wrecker..
Health wrecker…
World Peace Wrecker..
I suspect he just hates the human race…
Wreck of 79…
October 21, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Hmmm…
Home wrecker…
Economy wrecker
Environment wrecker..
Government wrecker..
GOP wrecker..
Education wrecker..
Health wrecker…
World Peace Wrecker..
I suspect he just hates the human race…
Wreck of 79…
Home wrecker…
Economy wrecker
Environment wrecker..
Government wrecker..
GOP wrecker..
Education wrecker..
Health wrecker…
World Peace Wrecker..
I suspect he just hates the human race…
Wreck of 79…
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
N scale
DIY
Windows etc.
Besides scalpels..
Cnc been there done that.
Note: corners..
Diameter of the cutter even small never looks square.
Laser
Better corners. Lots of trial and error.
Info w photos
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
N scale
DIY
Windows etc.
Besides scalpels..
Cnc been there done that.
Note: corners..
Diameter of the cutter even small never looks square.
Laser
Better corners. Lots of trial and error.
Info w photos
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
N scale
DIY
Windows etc.
Besides scalpels..
Cnc been there done that.
Note: corners..
Diameter of the cutter even small never looks square.
Laser
Better corners. Lots of trial and error.
Info w photos
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
N scale
DIY
Windows etc.
Besides scalpels..
Cnc been there done that.
Note: corners..
Diameter of the cutter even small never looks square.
Laser
Better corners. Lots of trial and error.
Info w photos
Fall ..no kings protest.
Peaceful citizens who care, smile.
Ugly orange golfs.
Peaceful citizens who care, smile.
Ugly orange golfs.
October 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Fall ..no kings protest.
Peaceful citizens who care, smile.
Ugly orange golfs.
Peaceful citizens who care, smile.
Ugly orange golfs.
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
“.. As far as anyone knows, no security breach by any Pentagon journalists brought about the new restrictions. Indeed, the biggest violation of national-security norms since Hegseth entered the building 10 months ago was by Hegseth himself ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
October 16, 2025 at 9:56 AM
“.. As far as anyone knows, no security breach by any Pentagon journalists brought about the new restrictions. Indeed, the biggest violation of national-security norms since Hegseth entered the building 10 months ago was by Hegseth himself ..”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
America is now the world’s longest-running episode of “Jackass: Oval Office Edition.”
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
Only nonviolence.
See you Saturday.
See you Saturday.
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Only nonviolence.
See you Saturday.
See you Saturday.
Soon Pynchon's hurrah?
I read again and again.
I’m a slow learner.
I read again and again.
I’m a slow learner.
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Soon Pynchon's hurrah?
I read again and again.
I’m a slow learner.
I read again and again.
I’m a slow learner.
I’d like to think smart reasonable people work toward goals to make the world a better place NOT to receive (note I did not write:win) a Nobel Prize. The object of the Nobel is not to ask for recognition.
October 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I’d like to think smart reasonable people work toward goals to make the world a better place NOT to receive (note I did not write:win) a Nobel Prize. The object of the Nobel is not to ask for recognition.
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
This solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau covers 162 square miles — seven times the size of Manhattan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau covers 162 square miles — seven times the size of Manhattan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Freecad continues to BEFUDDLE ME. After too much time today.. I saved the file. Closed the file and started all over. I’m TRYING to start with a floor plan and the use that to build a wall that can then be used to create details such as windows,doors, details etc. Today’s “gotcha” auto constraints!
October 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Freecad continues to BEFUDDLE ME. After too much time today.. I saved the file. Closed the file and started all over. I’m TRYING to start with a floor plan and the use that to build a wall that can then be used to create details such as windows,doors, details etc. Today’s “gotcha” auto constraints!
Today:
look in the forest
Trees overhead, breeze and sky
Stop. Too much thinking.
look in the forest
Trees overhead, breeze and sky
Stop. Too much thinking.
October 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today:
look in the forest
Trees overhead, breeze and sky
Stop. Too much thinking.
look in the forest
Trees overhead, breeze and sky
Stop. Too much thinking.
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
I transplanted more than 50 strawberry plants today..it would be a lot easier to just buy strawberries … or something else. Sitting on the ground is not as much fun at 70+ years.
October 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I transplanted more than 50 strawberry plants today..it would be a lot easier to just buy strawberries … or something else. Sitting on the ground is not as much fun at 70+ years.
A squirrel tried to gnaw into a blue bird box. Replaced the destroyed wood and made and added a steel plate with a proper sized hole. If a squirrel chews through steel I give up.
October 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
A squirrel tried to gnaw into a blue bird box. Replaced the destroyed wood and made and added a steel plate with a proper sized hole. If a squirrel chews through steel I give up.
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
To the best of my knowledge… there are no Nscale Southern Railway train order boards. Murphy Branch was “dark” so each depot had train order boards. I made one using drawings and made a mold. I cast others in epoxy.So far no luck on automating.😭😭
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
To the best of my knowledge… there are no Nscale Southern Railway train order boards. Murphy Branch was “dark” so each depot had train order boards. I made one using drawings and made a mold. I cast others in epoxy.So far no luck on automating.😭😭
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
#modeltrains
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
To the best of my knowledge… there are no Nscale Southern Railway train order boards. Murphy Branch was “dark” so each depot had train order boards. I made one using drawings and made a mold. I cast others in epoxy.So far no luck on automating.😭😭
#modelrailroading
#nscale
#ntrak
To the best of my knowledge… there are no Nscale Southern Railway train order boards. Murphy Branch was “dark” so each depot had train order boards. I made one using drawings and made a mold. I cast others in epoxy.So far no luck on automating.😭😭
Reposted by Tompkins Mill
Motion to start referring to tariffs as "the war on Christmas"
October 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Motion to start referring to tariffs as "the war on Christmas"