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I've spent the last few days tidying up various bits and pieces and finishing off the outside cylinder slidebar brackets which are part of the casting. I'll show the right-hand cylinder first as this is the one that I noted before which was a little
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Back to reality and on with the build, I haven't got much to show for tonight but since this next job is fairly involved I'll cover what I've done so far giving a little more detail of what's to be made during
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Well, it didn't take me long to clean up the tender, I also put some oil in the axleboxes while I was at it. I have now put the tender and loco together and have to say that I'm very pleased with how she's
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Continuing on, I have taken a look at a way to secure the rear of the boiler, this is something that is omitted from some designs including 'Doncaster' relying on the weight of the boiler alone, I'd prefer to have a little support and have done
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So onto the outside steam pipe covers, I'm sure glad that I'm posting more regularly as tonight alone there are 9 pictures which takes a fair while to write up. I will cover this in a little more detail than normal. The first picture shows me
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So, I mentioned that I would sort out the running boards as my first priority but before I can do this I needed to ensure that the boiler was in it's correct location. First, I needed to tackle it's height at the back as it seemed
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NB: This really is getting very 'Deja Vu' as it wasn't that long ago that I gave these details on this page. However, it needs recording on the blog and therefore I'll keep posting the entries here. We are getting very close to being
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NB: This is only a short entry covering the start on the steam chest covers, it was at this time that Paul Tompkins (Southern Boiler Works) began work on my boiler and thus there was a gap in the fabrication of the covers and a lot of boiler progress updates
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I now move on to the cylinder covers, these come as cast discs including a spigot with the cylinders. First job was to true up the spigots, for this, I used the outside jaws and held the cast in the most concentric position. I then refitted the internal jaws and
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I wasn't really sure what to do next as I fancied a less stressful job for a few days but since I've got back into the 'cylinder mode' I thought that I would take the first steps in dealing with the outside cylinders. I
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Next on the list was the cylinder cover for the main bore, I had machined a slightly oversized cover some months back when last working on the cylinder where you may recall I added a spigot on the back. The first job was to machine a flat on one side
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Back with the middle cylinder then, I took my time setting this up on the lathe's cross slide. After bolting the angled wedge to the cross slide and checking it was square I set the height using two centres as a guide. The picture shows the cylinder bolted