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Well I did warn you that I might not be doing the spindles/bobbins next...:) The thing is, now that I have repainted the running boards and very happy with the finish, I thought that I best do the smokebox too and tick that box off the list too. The
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As I have stated on numerous occasions I was not at all happy with the paint finish on the running boards and smokebox/saddle, the opportunity recently arose allowing me to sandblast the old paint off using my son's large sandblasting equipment at his business. After removing all
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Having machined the crosshead blanks it was then on to the more involved parts of the design. First I clocked one of the crossheads upright in the machine vice, as the two types are the same width, they could all be quickly machined from this register. After first drilling/reaming
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I'll begin by showing the drawings, the 'valve' (bobbin) will be redesigned, I haven't drawn this up yet, that will be the last item on this current list. Something to note here is that both the glands and the cross-heads vary in spec.
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Once I had finished the bushes for the outside links I then moved on to the 6 pins, one of which is slightly longer for the 1:1 lever fulcrum. It may be that I'll need to shorten the pins for the cross heads but as those are
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Continuing with the valve connecting links I next machined the small collar around the holes. I have modified these a little to give more metal to the slot tabs, basically I haven't machined as close to the hole as seen on the full size and also allowed a
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Valve connecting links These are another one of those parts which require a number of setups and a little thought in machining them, this is how I have tackled them. First job was to cut up 3 lengths of 5/8 x 3/8 gauge plate, 1 longer than the
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Onto the final machining operations for the 2:1 lever, I'll make the bronze bearings in one batch once I have made the 1:1 lever and the 3 connecting links as except for the fulcrum pin they all share the same bearing specs. Before moving on to
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With the mill repaired (the inverter/speed controller was the guilty party) I could return to the lever. At the time of failure I was in the middle of machining the long section down to 3/8 wide, this is the widest part of the taper. A few things to
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I'm now returning to the motion and I'm going to start with the 2:1 gear for connecting the valve events for the middle cylinder, before doing so I need to finish the gear stay which involves turning up the fulcrum bearings and their pin. I
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This will be short entry just to show that the brakes now refitted to the chassis and tested. First picture is a general side view to show the brakes once more fitted to the chassis, as you can see the model is being held aloft by it's lifting
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The brake shaft pull rods, adjusters and leading pull rods are the last parts required to complete the brake gear. I haven't taken pictures during their manufacturer as they are very similar to the other pull rods, the exception being the adjuster. This begins life as Hex BMS,