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Post by Oily Rag on Nov 23, 2020 21:27:42 GMT
Really neat soldering and I love those brass sash cramps. Whole tender looks impressive with the tool box / door and filler. Chris D Thanks. Those sash clamps are super, I found them at a modeling shop some time ago. It would be easy to make them but life is too short when one has to work for a living. The door is a sort of Queensland Railways tucker box that we have on our tenders here. I plan on making a tool box with a lid that sits on top of the tucker box locker like the QR locos had 120 years ago. It is a freelance NG loco so I am just blowing with the wind.
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Post by Oily Rag on Nov 23, 2020 21:31:35 GMT
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 19, 2021 20:49:18 GMT
The tender tool box seemed to be a good place to store the little very clever working Battery LED lamps from SLR models so one was knocked up.
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 19, 2021 20:59:58 GMT
Then it was onto the coal rails, inspired by pics and a drawing of the Burma Mines # 9 loco These little mongrels took a lot of time, cursing and a few wrong steps but the three sides are ready for a clean up and bringing together on the tender of this free lance 16mm loco. Made some fixtures to assist, I learnt a lot, I feel I am getting better at this delicate soft soldering caper. I think that will all assist in the magnum opus project one day.
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Post by keith1500 on Jan 19, 2021 21:23:54 GMT
The box is one thing but the lid is another. How did you make the lid? Was it using a wooden former?
I can not quite work out if the lid is a solid curved piece or a thin sheet with returned edge. Either way nicely done.
Keith
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Post by JonL on Jan 19, 2021 21:45:08 GMT
Those look great, the soldering seems pretty good to me!
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Post by mbrown on Jan 19, 2021 21:49:38 GMT
Nice work Dazza. And good to know that the NBL Burma Mines No.9 has another fan!
I did the tender coal rails on mine in a similar way, but in situ on the tender. Having fixed the uprights in place (they are T section girders) I clamped a spacer strip to the top edge of the tender body and then fixed the lower coal rail abutting it. Then move the spacer to rest on the top edge of the lower rail and repeat. I fixed them with rivets first then soft soldered the whole assembly. My rails are 5/32" x 1//16" brass strip - correct depth but a tad over scale thickness as they are vulnerable when firing.
Love the little hasps on your tool boxes. I get a feeling the inspiration came from some of your bike frame designs, perhaps?
Malcolm
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Post by stevep on Jan 20, 2021 9:36:44 GMT
Good to see you back again Dazza. You've been quiet for a while.
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Post by terrier060 on Jan 20, 2021 10:41:56 GMT
Lovely work Dazza Ed
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 21, 2021 20:24:05 GMT
The box is one thing but the lid is another. How did you make the lid? Was it using a wooden former? I can not quite work out if the lid is a solid curved piece or a thin sheet with returned edge. Either way nicely done. Keith A set of little rollers did the lid.It is a solid piece of 0.80 Making the box was by far the hardest part.
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 21, 2021 20:35:34 GMT
Nice work Dazza. And good to know that the NBL Burma Mines No.9 has another fan! I did the tender coal rails on mine in a similar way, but in situ on the tender. Having fixed the uprights in place (they are T section girders) I clamped a spacer strip to the top edge of the tender body and then fixed the lower coal rail abutting it. Then move the spacer to rest on the top edge of the lower rail and repeat. I fixed them with rivets first then soft soldered the whole assembly. My rails are 5/32" x 1//16" brass strip - correct depth but a tad over scale thickness as they are vulnerable when firing. Love the little hasps on your tool boxes. I get a feeling the inspiration came from some of your bike frame designs, perhaps? Malcolm Thanks Malcolm, your son in law sent me the photo and drawing of #9,I would like to make the #9 but I hear a Foden steam lorry calling me. Regards coal rails, that would be good way to do, I was worried about how to hold my 2.0mm x 0.5mm rails and rivet and solder, it all seemed so fragile, so I solder with the rivets floating in the holes. I filed flats on the 0.80mm rivets to ensure the solder held them securely. I have no idea where my inspiration comes from. Many have made such stuff before me, I am just copying and following the path of others. I had some little hinges in my parts draws from Knupfer, I knew they would be handy one day and they have been.
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 21, 2021 21:22:15 GMT
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 21, 2021 21:49:26 GMT
Dropped the coal rail assemblies onto the tender for a looksee and the zero slop draw bar as the tender has the Slomo mechanism in it (Geared fly wheel for smooth and very slow operation)
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Post by theflyingscotsman on Jan 21, 2021 23:30:39 GMT
Mate ..... epic skills, and I like the garden railway
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 22, 2021 0:14:02 GMT
Mate ..... epic skills, and I like the garden railway Thanks you, I am not so sure I have "Epic skills", I read a lot, think a lot and spend a lot more time than some would on each aspect. I think it is more about persevere at the toil and then I get a smile later.
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Post by dhamblin on Jan 22, 2021 18:03:10 GMT
The variety is most enjoyable Dazza - on this page alone there are the metal working skills on finescale components combined with the landscaping skills for the garden railway. Particularly so on the details of setting out the tunnel for instance.
One of the qualities that define a good engineer is the ability to learn new skills.
Regards,
Dan
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 22, 2021 20:27:56 GMT
The variety is most enjoyable Dazza - on this page alone there are the metal working skills on finescale components combined with the landscaping skills for the garden railway. Particularly so on the details of setting out the tunnel for instance. One of the qualities that define a good engineer is the ability to learn new skills. Regards, Dan Thanks Dan. My dear wife Mary Ann Martin, better known as MAM made the tunnel portals and the stone over bridge, clay and fired in her kiln. The small brick shed next to the railway is her pottery shed. One end is Potters Junction and the other end is Orchid House Loop, because her orchid green house is just above that end on the house level. Hence "Potters Orchid Railway". MAM also has a Roundhouse Lady Ann kit she has been working on for a couple of years, it steams well and its Slomo mech it runs smooth and slow and up to 35min runs with 12 axles on the hook. She is working on the cab and tank plate work and yet to fit the RC gear. MAM also adds some labour while being the chairperson on the board of directors of the POR and also the POR's head horticulturist
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 26, 2021 20:25:30 GMT
Inspired by Roger, but without the CNC it takes hours...
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Post by Oily Rag on Jan 26, 2021 20:27:11 GMT
Zero slop drawbar for the Slomo tender. Not my idea, I got this from somewhere else in the GR world, I cannot recall where. The drawbar length is adjustable for the undesirable curves at the POR.Tender is nearly done.
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Post by David on Jan 26, 2021 22:17:46 GMT
All looking very impressive!
What does the slomo mechanism in the tender do and how does it work?
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