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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2020 10:00:31 GMT
Made a new nozzle with a 18g OD brass tube extension for my Reilang oil can today. at least I can now put the oil where it's supposed to go. Bit of a bugger as it has an M4.5 x 0.75 pitch thread. Had to acquire the die but I'm sure I'll use it again for something so I got the taps as well. Chris D Very nice Chris.. think I'll need a few like this... Pete
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Post by delaplume on Sept 15, 2020 10:25:04 GMT
I absolutely agree with you.........I've mentioned before my admiration for the elegance of design that those early locos had, and these models seem to encapsulate it most realistically..............Full marks to that Driver as well....Singles can be notoriously difficult to drive .....Thanks for posting that clip, David..
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Post by keith1500 on Sept 15, 2020 10:31:49 GMT
Just in the throws of repairing a side lamp from my GWR brake van. The hanging bracket is made from 6 thou shim and had broken. Fortunately the bracket is attached to a plate which is fixed to the body of the lamp. This I had soft soldered this part into place. So to repair it I ground off the detail using the Drexel and cleaned up the side of the lamp with a file. The new bracket was folded around a former and silver solder to a square of shim forming the new detail. Then araldited on to the body. I hope brass and araldite work ok together ? photo of repaired lamp and the other side lamp. The red fibre brush is useful for cleaning brass. GWR brake van repair of side lamp by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr Incidentally, I used the fibre scratch cleaning pen/brush to clean the nooks and crannies of the lamp. In doing so I wound out the fibres to get in some of the corners which worked ok but got a fibre or two embedded in my finger. That’s painful and extremely difficult to resolve. Be warned.
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Post by delaplume on Sept 15, 2020 10:45:24 GMT
Just in the throws of repairing a side lamp from my GWR brake van. The hanging bracket is made from 6 thou shim and had broken. Fortunately the bracket is attached to a plate which is fixed to the body of the lamp. This I had soft soldered this part into place. So to repair it I ground off the detail using the Drexel and cleaned up the side of the lamp with a file. The new bracket was folded around a former and silver solder to a square of shim forming the new detail. Then araldited on to the body. I hope brass and araldite work ok together ? photo of repaired lamp and the other side lamp. The red fibre brush is useful for cleaning brass. GW
brake van repair of side lamp by GL5Keith1500, on Flickr Incidentally, I used the fibre scratch cleaning pen/brush to clean the nooks and crannies of the lamp. In doing so I wound out the fibres to get in some of the corners which worked ok but got a fibre or two embedded in my finger. That’s painful and extremely difficult to resolve. Be warned. We used to have a similar thing in our tool kit for cleaning the copper strips on a dynamo commutator back in the day.......... I'm sending you a PM regarding detail photos of a 5" Toad.....
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Post by JonL on Sept 15, 2020 10:49:29 GMT
What a co-incidence, I've just done the same thing to an oil can this morning for oiling my motion work.
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Post by dscott on Sept 16, 2020 6:15:07 GMT
Mass painting of frames plus bits and paving for outside the workshop extension. Such a pain if this is not level and you have something heavy on a trolley. So sub base of concrete and the slabs bedded into a mix. They are ancient ones well weathered saved for several years. They to match are £5 each for the rest of the steps. We are 2 miles from the merchants! Useful. The original steps were weed infested slippery sleepers when wet.
It got too hot so inside and file up a wheel. When you cant think what to do get a wheel out and convert it into something scale. Wash hands twice and do not go neat the cream towel. Model Engineers use Kitchen towel of a roll!!!
David and Lily.
Yes the Lathes are still in the way of getting the new Washing machine to its allotted place.
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Post by barlowworks on Sept 16, 2020 17:42:30 GMT
I always use disposable neoprene gloves when using a fibre glass brush. It can save a lot of pain. You can get a box of 50 quite reasonably on eBay.
Mike
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Post by steamlaser on Sept 16, 2020 17:57:55 GMT
I spent the day on a working party at the track. (Working parties now restricted to six persons.) Spent a few hours wire brushing down signal gantries and then painting them. Sadly any chance of us starting private running and boiler boiler testing has now been knocked back by H.M.G. A chap tuned up and was most offended when I declined to make him something complex in Stainless Steel and then weld it up. We have these odd characters that turn thinking we are a free repair/ construction service.
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Post by stevep on Sept 17, 2020 8:46:30 GMT
We are running boiler testing at Tiverton - just have to socially distance, and restrict the size of the group.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 11:37:23 GMT
Some weeks ago in my build thread, I posted details of a new book I had bought on 'Gresley' titled ' Gresley and his locomotives- L&NER Design and History'. Well, I try to read a few pages each night, alas that's all I seem to manage to do these days. I have a long way to go as it's a very large book with hundreds of photos. most of which are new to me. This book IMHO is the best written on Gresley to date, it not only covers the well-trodden aspects of Gresley's life but also a lot of info and some conjecture on how Gresley found his way into the railways and who influenced him the most and in how. Lots of personal details on who he did his apprenticeship with and who tutored him in his early days, also such detail as to how he nearly lost his life and indeed a leg due to Sepsis sustained from to a railway spike injury. There is testimony from those who worked closely with him, from his 'team' who knew him best and who Gresley could not have succeeded so well without. I have just read his inaugural speech when he became chairman of the Leeds branch of the IMechE. Here he gives some insight as to the future direction that he would take at the controls of the GNR and of course later the LNER. He also gives some info on some of the more 'strange' experiments undertaken in locomotive design during his till then 25 years of experience, beginning at Crewe Works. Such crazy ideas of doing away with coupling rods, having a 'friction' wheel held up tightly against the coupled wheels instead, very strange. Also experiments with boilers, such unusual things like having water spaces at the sides and indeed under the ashpan, I think this makes his marine boiler seem tame in comparison. He also gives some details on his views of 'Belpaire' boilers, their pros and cons and why he or for that matter, any US/European railways don't use such things. he doesn't attack the design, just the fact that since design techniques have progressed there is no advantage of having such a boiler, especially in regards to maintenance. It's a long speech covering his involvement in superheater design and the advantages of having Walschaert valve gear with outside cylinders and also better lubrication from mechanical lubricators feeding axle boxes etc. Looking at a few pages ahead the book will next cover Gresley's first loco designs and also look at the conjugated gear, there's a nice sketch by Spencer showing the principle, I'm looking forward to the next few evenings of late reading... I'm finding this new book (to me), first published last year, a very informative tome and enjoying it immensely... Pete
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Post by mbrown on Sept 17, 2020 13:18:48 GMT
I was at an event at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers in London a couple of years ago and it was great to see a portrait of Gresley hanging in the main hall. He was recognised as a serious engineer of national and international stature, over and above being a CME.
Other portraits I recognised were George Stephenson (who founded the IMechE) and Aspinall of the L&Y - another world-class engineer.
And many of Cherry Hill's models were in glass cases in the lobby!
All rather distracting from the subject of the event which I now can't remember!
Malcolm
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 13:53:36 GMT
Aspinall is mentioned in some depth as one who had a lot of influence on Gresley in his early days, one of the early chapters is titled 'time, Place, influences and opportunities (1876-1911) where many well-known names come up, some of which remained close friends with Gresley even when working for different railways. Gresley was well educated but did not go to university due to his fathers failing health and the impact on the family income at the time. IIRC railways were new to the family, his father was a Reverand and when he lost his sight was often seen going around the village in a cart pulled by a donkey called 'Susan' and accompanied by his dog called 'Bob'. Gresley entered railways as many did as an apprentice at LNWR, Crewe works under Francis Webb. The book does go into detail as to why Gresley grew into the strong character that he was. His father died around this time at the age of 62, the family estate was £56k, approx £560k in today's terms. Gresley could now have afforded to go to university but stuck to doing the apprenticeship, as the book author notes, a sign of his strength in sticking with the harder entry into the world of a railway engineer.
Pete
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Post by dhamblin on Sept 17, 2020 14:47:49 GMT
Malcolm - was that before or after the main lecture theatre had a makeover? I thought some of the portraits were taken down as part of it but that Stephenson remained. In other news I am getting the workshop tidied up today after having to turn it over to storage while I rebuilt an adjacent shed. As a neighbour concreted over land next to my workshop where the guttering discharges on to I had to reconfigure everything to prevent water getting in during heavy rain. Two large water butts should give me plenty of water for steam ups though Regards, Dan
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Post by stevep on Sept 17, 2020 15:04:37 GMT
May I issue a note of caution about using rain water? I can't remember the exact details, but when the Andover club was at Red Rice, we used to collect rain water in a big tank. Some time later, I think it was the club engine was having a major 'shopping' and it was found that there was a lot of corrosion - thought to be caused by acidic water.
Maybe one of the Andover chaps, who I know follow this board, can give us the complete details.
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Post by mbrown on Sept 17, 2020 15:41:55 GMT
Malcolm - was that before or after the main lecture theatre had a makeover? I thought some of the portraits were taken down as part of it but that Stephenson remained. Dan I can't honestly remember exactly when it was - and I didn't know the hall had had a makeover. It would be a great shame if all the portraits apart from George Stephenson had been removed, they were an inspiring lot! They won't have been destroyed so, with luck, they will be on display in some of the other rooms... I hope... Malcolm
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 17:06:09 GMT
This is something that I did a few weeks ago but I'm getting benefit from it each day. I used to keep all of my books and research material in the workshop. Trouble is, I do most of my reading indoors, note what I need, perhaps print a drawing or photo and then go down to the workshop to do the work. This is now much easier as all of my material is now in the office which is at the top of the stairs. Not seen in the photo but the computer is just to the left, so I can cross-reference and log any new material found.. I built this area some years ago when we dropped the ceiling and added a room in the loft. At the same time, we took a little space from the bedrooms widening the landing to give me this office space and also increase the size of the bathroom to make room for a shower cubicle. I was going to buy a bookcase but decided to modify a spare kitchen unit left over from the recently installed new kitchen. Currently, we are trying not to add new furniture as at some point in the near future we'll need to pack it all to move. I'm not looking forward to moving the workshop...lol The books are mainly on the LNER with a good collection covering 4472. Oh and yes before anyone makes comment, the teddies are my wife's... Pete
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Post by silverfox on Sept 17, 2020 17:40:41 GMT
Peter
Nothing wrong in being an arctophile
what is the isbn of the Gresley book please plus author and publisher
Ron
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Post by dhamblin on Sept 17, 2020 17:44:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2020 17:51:54 GMT
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Post by delaplume on Sept 17, 2020 20:22:09 GMT
To-day saw Joyce and myself take part in the little-known Shropshire sport of}--- Trappa-toad..... Basically the Male of the species suddenly gets the scent of yet another important railway-related project.....Without rhyme or reason he swiftly grabs car keys, camera and something known in Urban myth as}---- themissus ( apparently a Latin extraction from}--"er indoors" ) and drives at law-breaking velocity to a local Heritage railway Centre in Horsehay, Telford only to find it all closed-down due to the virus......Not to be put off by such a triffle our Alpha Male manfully strides-off in search of the Office whilst "themissus" adopts the "Support Mode" option by staying in the car, reading her favourite book and muttering}--------- "£40 for a pair of shoes and he gets withdrawal symptoms,.....£40 for an injector and he buys two of them !!!" Meanwhile our Hero has been successful------ a couple of the Heritage volunteers help him find the elusive GWR Toad Guards van..recently rumoured to be on site....and allow him full access both outside and in the veranda and cabin.....Needless to say the camera's processor nearly melted under the photographic load..............Later, the day is rounded off with a late lunch at the local Motorcycle Cafe paid for by "er indoors" .... PS,..The GWR Telegraphic code name for that is}---"Result!!"
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