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I have a part built Dyak with no reversing lever, I have looked through the old MEs but cant find a drawing or dimentions for the reversing lever. does anyone...
eng10trig
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Jul 3, 2006
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Hi Will, LBSC didn't describe one in the Dyak series. Instead he refered builders back to the one for Mary Ann which is in Vol. 70, issue 1719, page 372. If...
John Baguley
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Jul 3, 2006
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I am in the process of converting the Dyak drawings to autocad format at the request of Gerald Chandler and, not having built the engine, am concerned with a...
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Jul 4, 2006
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Hi John. Thanks for that, I have a copy of the artical for Mary Ann from the club. Thanks again Will. -- In halfinchlivesteamforum@..., "John...
eng10trig
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Jul 4, 2006
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Hi Alex, As you found out from the Helen Long drawings, a lot of the dimensions on LBSC's drawings do not tally! The problem is that he built by eye rather...
John Baguley
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Jul 5, 2006
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John, I think you are correct in your supposition - Certainly the majority of problems I found with the olympiade drawings stemmed from a dimension being...
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Jul 7, 2006
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My family and I have recently moved to the spectacular Shetland Islands but may have made a small mistake... there appear to be no club tracks up here! If...
Mike
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Jul 10, 2006
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Hi Alex, I would certainly make the cylinders horizontal as I am sure this is what was intended but this will mean lowering the exhaust and inlet holes in the...
John Baguley
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Jul 10, 2006
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John, I believe I have a solution to the cylinder centerline issue. In the LBSC drawings the wheels are shown as 5/16" thick plus another 1/16" for the boss....
Alex Ellin
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Jul 10, 2006
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I am looking for a combination whistle turret with two or three take offs for other accessories. The boiler connection needs to be 1/4" x 40T with the pipe...
Mike
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Jul 12, 2006
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Unfortunately I believe the chap who was running Fyne Fort died late last year after a long illness. Most of the suppliers are now either making their own ...
Simon Thomas
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Jul 12, 2006
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Robert Barker does fittings, he does traction engine stuff but would probably make anything? Simon ... From: "Simon Thomas" <spt001@...> To:...
Simon Wass
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Jul 12, 2006
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Hello List Members, Some time ago I acquired a bronze frame and a handful of other parts for a Little Engines 2.5" gauge 4-6-2. My original plan was to make...
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Jul 12, 2006
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Hi all, If anyone is interested, Station Road Steam has a quite nice looking Dyak chassis (running on air) with boiler kit, rest of castings etc for sale....
John Baguley
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Jul 13, 2006
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Hi I have just have aquired two sets of frames with wheels cylinders etc I think they are for a speedyette by lbsc and a netta by lbsc.Does any body have any...
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Jul 13, 2006
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Hi I have just aquired two sets of frames complete with wheels,cylinders etc one is for speedyette and for netta both by lbsc,does any one have any drawings...
anglia_2002
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Jul 14, 2006
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Hi Bob, Drawings for Speedyette should be available from Reeves if no-one can supply you with some s/h copies. The Association can supply photocopies of the...
John Baguley
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Jul 15, 2006
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Polly Engineering sell just what you are looking for I brought 2 from them last year at one of the shows. they are very well made and save a lot of time. Will....
eng10trig
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Jul 17, 2006
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... inch gauge.I will contact the association and see if they can help.thanks bob ... This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net...
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anglia_2002
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Jul 17, 2006
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Hi Bob, the drawings are listed under miscellaneous castings then miscellaneous drawings (don't ask me why!) John...
John Baguley
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Jul 18, 2006
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As the copyright is owned by Nexus for pretty much every design that has appeared in Model Engineer or Mechanics, you should be able to get them from any ...
Simon Thomas
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Jul 18, 2006
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With another family member due in the near future, I need to make a little more space around the house. With that in mind, I am reluctantly offering one of my...
Simon Thomas
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Hi all Can anybody help me?. I have aquired a set of frames for a bulleid pacific in 3 1/2 gauge,does anybody know where i can obtain a set of drawings and...
robert burton
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Aug 5, 2006
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Hi Bob, The only reference I can find to a 3-1/2" gauge Bulleid is a short series of 3 articles in Model Engineer Volume 134 Numbers 3354 to 3356. The authors...
John Baguley
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Aug 9, 2006
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Hi again Bob, There's another rolling chassis appeared on Ebay complete with all wheels and the cylinders. Might be worth keeping an eye on it. The item number...
John Baguley
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Aug 9, 2006
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Hi all Can anybody help me?. I have aquired a set of frames for a bulleid pacific in 3 1/2 gauge,does anybody know where i can obtain a set of drawings and...
robert burton
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Aug 10, 2006
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Aug 10, 2006
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... I have checked the above frames out,they are the same as i have eccept i do not have the cylinders.Thanks anyway. Bob ... This mail sent through...
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Aug 12, 2006
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Hello all, My name is Bill and im currently forced away from my machine shop at the moment as I am taking classes down in Florida for air traffic control. I've...
Bill H
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Sep 11, 2006
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... Bill, these plans were discussed here before - have a look at: http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/halfinchlivesteamforum/message/628 best rgrds Chris...
Chris Kaminski
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