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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 28, 2009 18:37:36 GMT
If you need any convincing about the Sweet Pea design look at this weeks ME (4361) and check out the IMLEC article, a load of 18 adults bettered only by a 5" 2-8- 4 narrow gauge Dholpur. A fantastic effort for both engine and driver.
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 20, 2009 19:55:58 GMT
I bough a 3ft x 2ft sheet of 25mm thick vermiculite board from my local agricultural merchants for about £15, the idea being you cut it into the sizes you need to line your woodburner.
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 16, 2009 16:52:18 GMT
I must agree some Sweet Peas look a little ugly whereas others look fantastic, go to the blackgates site and follow the links to the various rallies, there must be at least 100 variations out there. I'm sure one of them will convince you. 13 pages of photos here! www.cosme.org.uk/pages/swp08.html
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 9, 2009 19:38:23 GMT
There is lots of guidance on minimum radius's but mostly on rigid wheelbases, My 5" garden railway will have 28ft inside radius curves, fine for my Ajax but I'm wondering about the next loco and fancy a tender engine. I've always liked the LBSC Maid of Kent or the Martin Evans Super Claud would either of these cope with the curves?
Thanks
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 7, 2009 6:03:12 GMT
Maxitrak / Maidstone Model Engineering do plans for their Ruby, another very simple engine with few castings.
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 5, 2009 18:32:30 GMT
Although Bridport only took over the Plastow range in 2006, they did previously produce the castings on their behalf, not sure for how long though.
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Post by durhambuilder on Sept 3, 2009 20:31:55 GMT
Blackgates have a few (castings) in their catalogue from the southworth range, vertical weir types in 3",6" and 12" high, and horizontal duplex at 6" long and 8" long.
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Post by durhambuilder on Aug 17, 2009 11:33:01 GMT
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Post by durhambuilder on Jul 9, 2009 19:07:55 GMT
£35k give or take a few quid?
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Post by durhambuilder on May 18, 2009 11:10:18 GMT
The NFU would be worth a call, they are more than happy to cover outbuildings / workshops etc, having said that Walker Midgely do offer a very comprehensive package.
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Post by durhambuilder on Apr 30, 2009 19:44:54 GMT
It looks as if Mr Brunell has just joined this forum, those traction talk users amongst us will recognise his user name.
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Post by durhambuilder on Apr 30, 2009 19:35:46 GMT
I bought one for my kids bike, within the instructions was a table of common wheel sizes otherwise you had to multiply the wheel dia in mm by pi and type that number in, not sure how small it will go though, you may have to mentally multiply / divide by a factor of 10 as you are going along
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Post by durhambuilder on Mar 23, 2009 18:16:53 GMT
Just checked my free plan and the engines is ET Westbury's corsair, not a true uniflow but a single acting piston valve engine, best check before posting next time!. I have this very hazy recollection of an article in an old model boat magazine where a 2 stroke glow engine had been converted. I may be imagining things here but if I remember correctly it had a spring loaded inlet valve screwed in to where the glow plug was, a small sticky up thing was added to the piston so as it came up to TDC it pushed the valve open to inlet the steam which was then exhausted at the bottom of the stroke through the original exhaust ports. Can't remeber what was done with the original transfer passages though, a new liner may have been made but I wouldn't have though so because the whole concept was being touted as a simple conversion.
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Post by durhambuilder on Mar 23, 2009 12:14:16 GMT
I'm thinking of a simple oval ground level track around the new house, probably in both 5" and 7 1/4" with about 30ft radius curves and longer straights between. Both gauges will use one 'common' rail which I guess will receive twice as much wear as the other two. Now, I know I'm unlikely to be able to measure any wear in my lifetime but on a conventional track does the inside or the outside rail wear at different rates and if so could I take advantage of that so that the wear is evened out?
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Post by durhambuilder on Mar 23, 2009 12:06:19 GMT
Is the free plan in this weeks ME a uniflow? (Only this weeks if you subscribe otherwise next week!)
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Post by durhambuilder on Mar 3, 2009 12:08:15 GMT
I did use the drain cleaner in the past but it seemed to leave a black oily film behind, I now use citric acid, the last lot I bought was about £3 per kilo from my local home brew shop. half a bag made up about 20 litres of pickle.
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Post by durhambuilder on Feb 27, 2009 12:13:32 GMT
That's the photo I thought I'd linked to, obviously I have a liitle to learn still about computers! Anyway I think it has the makings of a cracking workshop
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Post by durhambuilder on Feb 26, 2009 21:09:38 GMT
Not got mine yet in Somerset but the local WHSmiths has.
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Post by durhambuilder on Feb 26, 2009 21:06:51 GMT
Many thanks for all the ideas, especially the photographs. I'm hoping to be looking out of the kitchen window towards the workshop for the next 50 -60 years (I'm one of the youngsters of the ME world) so I think I'll go overboard and build a jumbo version of Malden's signal box! www.malden-dsme.co.uk/public/Pictures/slideshow/2005_05_Angel_Road_signalbox.jpg. Looks fairly simple to me and lots of light through the large window area. I have yet to tell my wife that my motivation for moving is the potential railway I can get in the 1/3 acre that goes around all four sides of the house!
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Post by durhambuilder on Feb 14, 2009 20:15:43 GMT
I will soon have the 'luxury' of having to build a new workshop following a house move. Ideally it will be about single garage size (16' x 10'ish) but I'm not sure whether to go for timber or brick. My budget for the build would be about £5000. Timber breaths and is easy to insulate but would masonry be better?
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