dscott
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Post by dscott on Sept 17, 2020 23:05:12 GMT
SPOTS a very nice 0-4-0 Saddle Tank in the last view and gets excited.
2017 Summer in China and a local line 50 miles away gets a week long visit. It is also short skirt season on the other distractions. Some days I did not know where to LOOK!!! 6 pairs of Shoes for £40 the going rate. Sales Girls chosen on shape and beauty and under 35 not on ability.
Today I mixed more concrete to lay the rear line of blocks on. Quick hour on fetteling a wheel. Kept for when not inspired enough to get on with Jessie. Her frame paint is still hardening is my excuse.
David and Lily.
Heritage volunteers are a wonderful bunch and an interest in their subject goes a long way on a visit.
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Post by JonL on Sept 18, 2020 21:29:39 GMT
I managed to book some time at the track today and managed to do a bit of learning. However towards the end of the day I found building up a full head of pressure with a boiler full of water didn't help me from running out of steam only a few hundred yards round the track. I later found the bottom tubes were clogged; I think I'd let the fire build up too high. It's all education.
A bad day in steam is still better than a good day at work!
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Post by andyhigham on Sept 18, 2020 21:36:05 GMT
Some locos like a thin fire and a regular shovelful, others are happiest filling the firebox to the brim every stop at the station
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Post by timb on Sept 19, 2020 16:55:29 GMT
Drove my first steam loco today, still buzzing!!!
Tim
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barlowworks
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Post by barlowworks on Sept 19, 2020 17:00:36 GMT
Was it Magnet by any chance.
Mike
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timb
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Post by timb on Sept 19, 2020 17:01:33 GMT
Was it Magnet by any chance. Mike It was Centurion Mike, a bit more forgiving fortunately!
Tim
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barlowworks
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Post by barlowworks on Sept 19, 2020 17:07:22 GMT
Lucky bugger, that one fine engine. We're there many there, I thought there was a limit of 6. ( the Sheffield club had a fun run scheduled for today).
Mike
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Post by timb on Sept 19, 2020 17:14:06 GMT
Lucky bugger, that one fine engine. We're there many there, I thought there was a limit of 6. ( the Sheffield club had a fun run scheduled for today). Mike Yes, very fortunate, I had a great day! There were not many. Alan took his Darjeeling and I managed to not get in the way too much during fireup!
Abiding by the rules at all times of course.
Tim
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Post by JonL on Sept 19, 2020 17:31:51 GMT
I also had a club run, the total people there were my son and I, plus two others! I was expecting the place to be rammed. Drove another members battery outline Deltic, very compelling being able to pull so much weight at the flick of a switch!
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Post by stevep on Sept 19, 2020 17:34:50 GMT
Interesting that you are driving other people's engines. Our club COVID rules say that only members of your own household may drive your engine.
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JonL
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Post by JonL on Sept 19, 2020 17:49:50 GMT
Interesting that you are driving other people's engines. Our club COVID rules say that only members of your own household may drive your engine. We are required to wear gloves.
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Post by ettingtonliam on Sept 19, 2020 19:59:05 GMT
Any medical information on how long covid virus lives on surfaces in excess of 100 deg C?
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Post by mbrown on Sept 19, 2020 19:59:45 GMT
As a change from working on 99 3462, today I gave some TLC to the Myford. I recently managed to acquire a long cross slide at a respectable price - I could have done with it when machining my cylinders, but better late than never - and decided to fit it. I had assumed it was just a case of removing the old cross slide, slipping the new one into place and adjusting the gib strip. But it turned out to be a bit more complicated than that as a new hole had to be drilled through the back of the saddle casting to take the longer feed screw. I looked at YouTube video which assumed the whole saddle had been dismantled before starting ... I didn't fancy that too much. Reference to another forum suggested that it was possible to drill the casting in situ, although as the hole comes close to the top of the casting, tolerances are quite tight. The first job was to pull the lathe away from the wall so that I could get to the back of it. As I found when it was time to put it back, it is a darned sight easier to shift a heavy machine by pulling than by pushing.... Then with the old cross slide removed, I very carefully marked off the position of the hole on the opposite side of the casting and centre punched the spot I took the drilling very steadily, starting with a 1/8" bit and opening up 1/32" at a time. At each stage, I put the drill in the hole and checked alignment with a square and straight edge "by eye". The YouTube video suggested a 13/32" hole and the forum suggested 7/16". The biggest drill I could get in my old Black & Decker pistol drill was 10 mm. That was smaller than suggested, but a wee bit larger than the diameter of the feed screw, so the clearance would be tight if I hadn't got the alignment spot on. I didn't take any photos of the drilling, but here is the hole completed. IMG_20200919_151346 by malcolm brown, on Flickr The only way to find out if I had got it right was to set the cross slide up. I fitted the gib strip and screws, greased the slides, and set it so that it moved smoothly but with no shake. Then the screw went in followed by the handle bearing, the graduated collar and the handle. This was a chance to fit adjustable micrometer collars in place of the hard to read Mazak ones that were the ML7 standard. I had to make a special thin spanner to do them up tight to the handle. Fortunately, I must have got the hole correctly aligned as the screw passes through it without touching at all. IMG_20200919_151440 by malcolm brown, on Flickr I seem to have got it set up better than the old one as the cross slide is beautifully smooth. This was also an opportunity to fit a new felt wiper that I bought ages ago and had left at the back of a cabinet. IMG_20200919_152756 by malcolm brown, on Flickr Indeed, it was great opportunity to give the machine a good clean down and check over. And so here's the new cross slide in place. I'd like to get a rear parting tool post, but all the people who stock them seem to have sold out at present. IMG_20200919_201058 by malcolm brown, on Flickr Back to work on the loco tomorrow, I hope. Malcolm
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2020 20:46:36 GMT
Continuing with my read of this book on Gresley we are now getting close to the building of 1470 Great Northern and how Churchward shared a lot of information about his 111 Great Bear with Gresley. One for you here Alan, Spencer notes that Churchward gave a dark green leather album to Gresley with GWR embossed in gold on the cover. This was a album full of photos of the construction of 111, evidently it was last seen with Peppercorn who kept it when he retired. It looks like Churchward gave a similar album to Stanier at the LMS. Both Gresley and Stanier were also given drawings of 111. I wonder where those albums are today?
Pete
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Post by dscott on Sept 20, 2020 2:16:04 GMT
I was told that "Much information was freely given as soon as anyone had worked out new ideas!" In fact they all gathered every year and exchanged. Bearings, new oils, Middle bearings on Mallard etc. Churchward no doubt passing the Correct Drawing to Gresley!!! We suspect Stanier left with the greatest leaving present of all time in the shape of such a mass of drawings and information. With no doubt the whole drawing office involved in the gathering. Then to sit back and watch the FANTASTIC RESULTS ON THE LMS!!! Where did we see the 8F boiler before? Miss spent youth meeting up with several Old Boys from Swindon.
David and Lily.
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Post by dscott on Sept 20, 2020 2:36:13 GMT
Well yesterday. Went down to collect more metal this time in Folkstone and got to walk along the beach. Sort of a 50 years since I played in the sand with my younger Brother.
Also 50 years to the month when I was introduced to something exciting in Mote Park Maidstone. We did a walk round the track. Had some cake and tea in the car park and came home late.
David and Lily.
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Post by smallbrother on Sept 20, 2020 10:07:29 GMT
Took advantage of the gorgeous weather and Covid restrictions all in one.
Yesterday was my middle son's 30th and we had booked to go to a place in Cardiff which does a lovely all-you-can-eat menu.
However, we are locked down so Cardiff was off. So we bought a variety of meat, beer and wine and got stuck into a very tasty BBQ in the garden.
Saved a fortune, no mingling on trains, lovely day.
Pete.
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Post by delaplume on Sept 20, 2020 11:03:05 GMT
Continuing with my read of this book on Gresley we are now getting close to the building of 1470 Great Northern and how Churchward shared a lot of information about his 111 Great Bear with Gresley. One for you here Alan, Spencer notes that Churchward gave a dark green leather album to Gresley with GWR embossed in gold on the cover. This was a album full of photos of the construction of 111, evidently it was last seen with Peppercorn who kept it when he retired. It looks like Churchward gave a similar album to Stanier at the LMS. Both Gresley and Stanier were also given drawings of 111. I wonder where those albums are today? Pete Thanks for that bit of useful info Peter........In Churchwards day the green loco livery was a much darker one than that later applied in Collet's time, which has been described as more a "Holly" green......... To-day this might be described as "Corporate Colours" hence the darker shade chosen for such "office" items such as the leather album etc.....The Chrome yellow chosen for the lettering is set-off particularly well against this darker background..... Yes, just where are those albums ??.............. A collector's dream-find I'd say.. Here is The Bear compared with a Princess Royal...some 30-odd years later
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2020 11:26:08 GMT
You can certainly see the likeness... Gresley took a lot of inspiration for his Pacific from the American K4, certainly in as far as material for the motion and hollow pistons etc. I learnt more about Holcroft last night and also that it was Spencer who designed the cab. Evidently a wooden mockup was built of the cab and controls for crew to test...the height of the firehole was decided by Gresley drawing it out in the office and taking swings at it with a stick.....Spencer's recollections are fabulous... Pete
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Post by delaplume on Sept 21, 2020 20:51:31 GMT
Hi Peter,
Is there any mention as to the shape of the A4 front end and how it was arrived at ??
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