With the cleading nearing completion I felt confident enough to finish off the reverser dial gauge and its track which in part is connected or, in my case, leaning to said cleading. When saying 'track' I am referring to the link between the reverser itself and the gauge.
Last time we built the the front section of the reach rod, this time we shall tackle the rear section and the two pins required for fitting of said reach rod. There's no 'fork' to worry about this time and one might think that this would
Last time I said that I needed to look into the reach rod joint as Don's drawing wasn't very clear and as it turned out, not to the works drawing although in his defence it would look like it was from the side which is mostly
With the reverser nearing completion it was time to take a look at the reach rod, but before doing so, I decided it would be wise to do some checks on the reverser's position, make sure it was correct as the length of the reach rod is very
I shall begin this update with a picture from Sir Nigel Gresley's overhaul images available online, I've probably said this before, but for anyone building a Gresley pacific, A1/3 or 4 the SNG online blog is a wealth of information. I begin with this image
Last update I said that the sleeve would be my next job (I have made a start) but forgot to mention that the backhead still needed some details so will cover those now. First a picture of the first A1 1470's (later 4470 Great Northern) backhead from soon
This is one of those 'interdependent' parts that need to be taken care of when building the reverser, or to be more precise for working out the brass indicator plate position. I have previously shown the laser cut plates as kindly supplied by Ed of Model Engineers Laser
Don says " We now come to an area where everything is interdependent" Actually he says this later when reaching the construction of the sleeve, thrust plate and nut. Still, the next part is also very much interdependent of other later parts. The brass dial plate gauge for example
In this update I'll cover the fabrication of the reverser shaft including the extra checks that I took when assembling the parts thus ensuring no issues further down the line. This will be nothing new to most of you who probably do the same checks but is worth
Continuing from part 3 I am finally getting something assembled that looks like a Gresley reverser. I'll give a few details on the extra detail items covered in this article first. As stated in the beginning I decided to have the shelf hinged to make it easier to
To Quote the great Don Young, "The stand will test both our resolve and patience" That may be so but then you add nutter's like me, and many of you other builders out there who add extra detail to the equation, that at times can test
In the last article, we had the reverser ready for brazing but we're not ready for that stage yet. We first need to transfer the mounting holes to the reverser stool which, of course, hasn't yet been made, and then work out the exact position of