Hi All, I am in the process of restoring a 2.5" pacific class loco which was built by my grandfather in the 1930s. To make it safe I will need to have a new...
PS Steve if you want to send me your e-mail address off list, then I will send you a scan of the details that I find. Yours, Rich. E-mail: RLR20 AT ENG DOT CAM...
David, I'm an occasional user of RoboCAD and from a user's point of view, there is little difference between drawing long hand and using CAD. Probably you ...
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Simon / David, I'm using CAD for laser cutting in 2.5in Gauge too - but only small wagon components. I agree with all you've said. I am impressed by the...
Mike, My understanding of laser cutting is that the surface finish deteriorates with thickness of material. What sort of thickness of steel were you still ...
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Simon, Interesting. I have only used material around 1mm to 1.5mm, although the same firm do cut much thicker and I know some machines can cut steel several ...
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I am intested in idea of getting batch of parts made, could you tell me a bit more about the what sort of engine the Southen Maid is. I have been looking for...
Is there anybody out there as it seems to have been very quiet. If there is anyone out there then maybe some one could help with a small problem. Last year i...
If you are using small camping gas bottles you wont get the output you desire. You need a calor gas bottle I thing around 13KG, attach this to a gas regulator...
I need help identifying this locomotive. A friend of mine gave it to me, but he had no drawings for it. I would like to finish it and start running it. Thanks...
This group is set to remove any attachments from your messages to stop virus' getting through. If you upload the photo to our group web site and put it in the...
Hi All Many thanks for the help with this problem. I had a afternoon on her on Sunday with good and bad results. The good being that by closing one of the air...
Well guys Here`s another update from the cold North. After the problems with the firing and test running of my Dyak, i stripped her down to remove the...
William Here is a link to the details about Southern Maid:- http://www.users.waitrose.com/~n25ga/Locos/smaid.htm My interest is due to being being give a part...
Quick update, I am making a water tube boiler for my Southern 0-4-4 single cylinder. This has been an interesting project, a full wet backhead in the style of...
Hi All, I have just joined the 2.5" Association and this forum after coming back to model engineering after a long, long break. My late father started building...
As material on this forum seems to be a bit thin on the ground I'll give some details of my attempts to finish the Paul Wiese/Don Collin Flying Scotsman...
During my usual scouring of Ebay for interesting/useful items I came across this very nice GWR 28XX which may interest someone. If I had the money I'd buy it...
Hi all, It's great to read about John Baguley's projects and the progress he's making there, so I thought I'd give an update on my mystery Pacific. ...
Hi Aaron, You may already know but LBSC did a USA version of "Fayette" called "Judy" which had a larger taper boiler and 1 inch bore x 1 1/4 inch stroke...
Looking through the archive photos for the group, I saw those for LBSC's 1695 saddle tank. Has anyone any experience making this design ? I like the look of...
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There was some discussion last year re. Cad projects that people were working on. I use Autocad 2000 all the time now for project design and drawing. Now I've...
In reply to simon, my 1695 is a very long term project. I bought it as a rusty chassis, of dubious quality, the original had a major flaw, the outside frames...
I guess the frames will be much stiffened once the running boards are in place. Looking at the drawing for the valve gear, it all looks tightly packed in. Is...
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My chassis had 3/32 frames of really soft steel. They would distort in 2 planes and where the horns are is major weakness. I thought about the running boards...
