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Post by joanlluch on Dec 24, 2014 16:23:34 GMT
Fancy finding me an idea like that so I can retire at your age?! Adam The best advice I can give is follow your heart and do what you like the most. There's no point in retiring at a particular age if you did not enjoy all your previous life. You will surely earn your money in ways you did not expect, but following your instinct is the only guaranty to have success. You are already impressing a lot of folks (including me) with what you posted so far in this thread, so you are already following the right path. :-)
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Post by Cro on Dec 24, 2014 16:41:21 GMT
Joan,
Thanks for the advice and kind words, much appreciated. I am waiting on a few other drawings and have a couple of other projects in the pipe line so no doubt be making a few more threads in the future with other items.
Now back to the workshop!
Adam
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Post by Cro on Dec 24, 2014 20:20:44 GMT
So I think I am done, aside from full testing it is finished. Pre-assembly Finished! I am now going to spend time working out a small test manifold to test each aspect ready for hooking up to an ejector/driving truck up the club to then test it all together and see if it will really work and if all goes well I may have it on display at Alexandra Palace on our club stand (along with our 5" Big Boy) with the whole set up so people can see it works, even if it doesn't work I will most likely have it with me. Adam
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 21:14:53 GMT
Amazing mate! Nicely done!
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Post by Cro on Dec 24, 2014 21:22:11 GMT
Shame I don't have a loco for it to go on...might have to scrap the V2 and choose something else.....always fancied a Duchess....
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Post by Rob on Dec 24, 2014 21:24:27 GMT
Clearly you have to make whatever your V2 has too
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Post by Cro on Dec 24, 2014 21:47:40 GMT
Clearly you have to make whatever your V2 has too Yeah could do that I guess!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 22:06:40 GMT
Yeah, a V2 ejector next I reckon and some nice V2 backhead injector valves/clacks!
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Post by Cro on Dec 24, 2014 22:28:28 GMT
Yeah, a V2 ejector next I reckon and some nice V2 backhead injector valves/clacks! They are all down on the list, just a little way down it that's all (Andy was given a set of injector reamers recently so I think they could be doable ), got a few more bits for the Duchess to do first and a whole load of lamps and all the normal castings I will end up doing myself for the V2 anyway.....if this cylinder bloc does take off, don't want to spend money if its not going to work....and now I have done this a Duchess for myself is looking rather tempting instead..... I like to keep myself busy as you know!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2014 23:24:00 GMT
SNIP if all goes well I may have it on display at Alexandra Palace on our club stand (along with our 5" Big Boy) with the whole set up so people can see it works, even if it doesn't work I will most likely have it with me. Adam Very nice indeed. John
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Post by Cro on Dec 26, 2014 15:26:29 GMT
The chap who sent me the drawings sent me a very similar clip the other day that they had recorded off the loco for me too see, the only noticeable thing that I haven't done on mine is the small disc that comes off the vacuum disc to 'push' the lever out, this is something I am going to look at next week if I find time but I have a feeling time is going to quickly disappear.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 16:44:32 GMT
And the little hook mate, there's a little hook too!
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Post by Cro on Dec 26, 2014 16:54:21 GMT
Yeah erm....think I'll leave that to you if you fancy it....
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 16:59:27 GMT
I am in absolute awe of this and totally envious of your patience and abilities......... So having got the "grovel" out of the way, may I make a constructive criticism ?........ Those slotted screw heads would look much more realistic if they were hex-headed I think....Best regards from a man with a "handful of thumbs".........
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Post by Cro on Dec 26, 2014 18:17:00 GMT
Hagley, Thanks for the kind words and 'constructive criticism' is always welcome. I'm afraid if you google 'Stanier brake valve' you will find a small amount of photos but they clearly show that the bolts are domed headed like these (just without the slots) but I found that 14ba were just too small to get the nuts on the back for the bottom two so I tapped the main body casting for 12ba and turned the heads down to suit and this made it much easier to put together - especially as I used loctite flange sealer to ensure a good seal I needed to make sure I could fit the screws in in a reasonable time.
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Post by Cro on Dec 26, 2014 19:20:13 GMT
I am in absolute awe of this and totally envious of your patience and abilities......... So having got the "grovel" out of the way, may I make a constructive criticism ?........ Those slotted screw heads would look much more realistic if they were hex-headed I think....Best regards from a man with a "handful of thumbs"......... Now I'm back near the PC Adam
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 22:07:47 GMT
Yep---------1 picture = 1,000 words, etc.....Round-headed bolts...Going to fill the slots in or eventually make some new ones with a solid head do you think ??
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Post by Cro on Dec 26, 2014 22:49:43 GMT
Not a problem with making round headed ones but for with the current casting as it is I can't get nuts on the back of the bottom two bolts so they need to be threaded into the body and with round head bolts it makes it extremely difficult to tighten up and when these mating faces are quite important for getting a vacuum seal then I am inclined to keep them with slots for now, I will most likely make modifications to the next casting to allow me to go back to 14ba's and fit nuts and bolts with round heads.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 23:24:42 GMT
Understood--------- I've just been to my stores and re-acquainted myself with a 14BA Bolt !!------ Ooppss, sneezed and it's gone !!
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Post by Cro on Dec 29, 2014 22:53:13 GMT
So with Christmas now over and some graduate jobs applied too I have had some time back in the workshop making up a test manifold to allow me to test both the steam brake valve and the vacuum valve. Managed to finish it this evening and did some quick tests on the steam brake valve, all fairly positive so far with signs that there should be enough volume passing through the valve to operate the brake cylinder which was one of my main worries, due to how the porting is and the way I created the valve rod it is leaking around the spinal when the rod comes back to tomorrow's job is to investigate that and when I get hold of an ejector on Thursday I will hopefully be able to test the whole thing! I have made the test block to run off my little paint compressor and hopefully if all works I will be able to have it on display at ally pally with the compressor ticking over and possibly a brake truck for it to work with, will post some photos tomorrow.
Adam
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