cyl drain cocks

[mmaidnz]

I'm looking for a drawing of cylinder drain cocks for my 5"g Metre Maid".
The book or drawings don't show them.
Apart from the fact that they seem a fairly simple item to make,I also prefer to make as much as possible myself.Some people say I'm too miserable to buy them,but I refute that suggestion ;D.I'm just careful with my pocket money.
Googling "cylinder drain cocks"wasn't much help,nor the ME index.
If anybody knows of such a drawing,please kick me in the right direction.Many thanks,Hans.

[dogioio]

Try L.B.S.C Live steam Book chapter 7 some sketches and construction notes hope this helps.

[Jo]

Automatic Drain cocks were covered in volume 197 page 553.

For more traditional lever drain cocks: Try Martin Evans drawings from the super simplex 16th June 1989 page 780.

Jo

[Shawki Shlemon]

Hans good on you make whatever you like ,it is good fun and satisfaction . when I made mine , I made a taper reamer from silver steel hardened and tempered and the same time with the same setting I made many taper shafts from bronze and save them in a tin .Now you can make as many as you like as you have the reamer and many shafts , the rest are easy . To make the reamer choose the correct size silver steel, machine the taper then file the end at 30 degrees ,harden and temper, sharpen the cutting edge on a stone .keep it with shafts for future use .I did this 25 years ago and still using the reamer and the shafts .

[mmaidnz]

:)Thanks very much for your replies,chaps.I'll go down to the clubrooms today for another search.Regards,Hans.