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... Parallel treads was my first attempt, but having seen the bogies in question hunting all over the place - I think we'll be going for coned treads next time...
Hi Rich, Thanks for your comments. I'm in a bit of a pickle now as to what to do for the best! I've done a bit more reading up in ME and as you say, opinions...
Work on the loco is progressing slowly but surely. The driving wheels have been re-machined to cure a slight eccentricity and new axles and crankpins machined....
Managed to solve the problem I think. I've replaced the hex head bolts in the offending horns with countersink head screws. This didn't do the drill I used to...
Spent today re-machining the water pump eccentric strap and machining a new eccentric as the three cylinder versions have to be narrower. Thought it was about...
The jig does work, it just takes a lot of careful setting up. I can remember reaming the centre crankpin 1/8 and using dowels to hold the centre crankpin in...
Hi Simon, Would appreciate some help here. Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see how the jig can be used on the centre crank axle with everything in...
I decided to scrap the idea of making a seperate jig and used the tried and trusted way using the lathe. This is probably easier anyway. The axles were mounted...
Hi John, I've just dug my drawings out and can see your point, I made it different. Looking at the drawing of the jig, the axle boxes and pump eccentric are in...
I've just added an album with a few pics of my jig, fairly self explanatory. You can just see the dowels on 1/16"x1/4" steel handles, these slide the 1/8" dia...
Have uploaded some of the latest drawings for Victoria to the 'Southern 0-4-4' folder. Sheets 1 to 3 are complete ( I think!) Sheet 4 is still being worked on,...
I made a start on the coupling rods last week but had a lot of problems getting the holes for the crankpin bushes exactly in the right place. I tried the...
Looking at my chassis, I machined a flat on the horn material to fit hex bolts in the horns on the pump side. To answer your question on progress, I haven't...
It sounds as though we both suffer from the same problem - too many interests and not enough time! What sort of materials are you thinking of using for your...
I've got to be honest, I haven't given it any thought! PTFE is ideal if as you say, you get the cold clearance right, to little and you end up bending valve...
At the Brighton show, on the ground floor there was a chap displaying a tender, the ram in the hand pump was plastic, it may have been Nylon or PTFE, I forget,...
Might me nylon, I know you can buy nylon from somewhere supposedly for hand pump rams. PTFE isn't a problem other than getting the cold clearances right, A...
Spent a most enjoyable day at the meeting at Rugby last Sunday. This was my first experience of working 2 1/2" locos and now I can't wait to get one of my own...
John I agree with your comments. It was my first visit to Rugby and was very enjoyable. However there are a couple of errors in your photographs. The pictures...
Hi Ian, Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a bit new to all this and am not that familiar with the different designs out there. She certainly is an impressive...
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Keith Manison, and I think I'm the only live steamer in any gauge in Jamaica. I've been a member of G1MRA for about 10...
Hi Keith, I stumbled across your website some time ago and read with interest your exploits with Dot and the Maxitrack Pearl. I too have been searching for...
Picked up the drawings for Don Youngs 5" gauge Black Five and Horwich Crab the other day. Also the relevant articles in LLAS (Locomotives Large and Small). It...
Progress continues, especially after the visit to Rugby. The front bogie has been entirely replaced and now just needs the wheels and axleboxes refitting. I...
Interesting, this is how you make pistons/bores in small CI engines, I made a 0.3cc as drawn in ME in 1936? Compression was never good enough to start it. I...
Keith Welcome on board, When I first got the internet in about 1997, yours was the first livesteam Site I came across, so in some measure you were a catalyst...
-Hi Keith I to had the problem of having no local 21/2" sites near by. I live in the north east of Scotland so i had to build my own track. I took advice from...
Hi Keith, One of the best sources of info. has got to be Martin Evans book "Outdoor Model Railways", MAP, 1970 (no ISBN in my copy, I'm afraid). To give a...
