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Post by terrier060 on Feb 18, 2019 14:26:24 GMT
Ah well Julian I would rather be bonkers than declared normal. Normal would be the greatest insult - I love bonkers people - they make life interesting!
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Post by jma1009 on Feb 18, 2019 22:41:11 GMT
Hi Ed,
My comment was 'a bit bonkers' using 36 thou brass sheet for a 7.25"g loco cab and bunker!
I hope no offence was caused as a result.
Cheers,
Julian
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 18, 2019 23:35:56 GMT
Absolutely no offence taken Julian - I like bonkers - rather be REALLY bonkers!
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Post by David on Feb 19, 2019 5:23:40 GMT
You sound like King Thistle's father-in-law!
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 19, 2019 8:48:03 GMT
Never followed them David so took a look and thought - "Oh you must have grandchildren" until the word F***K appeared and then decided it must be for adults!!
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Post by David on Feb 19, 2019 22:08:14 GMT
I have children, the grandchildren are a way off yet, I hope! Eldest is 15 and then they go 13, 10, 7. Ben & Holly is a kids show. It's very funny though. I'm sure the Wise Old Elf and Mr Elf are both model engineers.
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 9:00:32 GMT
How nice it must be David to be young enough to only have children! Let's hope you have trained them properly and at least some will become model engineers. I have already bought my 3 year old granddaughter a boiler suit in the hope that she may take some interest. But her mother is a nurse and her favourite Christmas toy was a Leggo nursing station!
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 9:31:38 GMT
I have collected quite an archive of old photos. Have a look at the Southampton Society Facebook page and see if you know the lady driver!!! I seem to vaguely recognise the face but it would have to have been prior to 1969 when I would have left the club. Very sorry to hear about the Winchester club as it was thriving in the 1960s. I was one of the first members to join when it reformed. We built the wooden portable track in my workshop to Bill Perrett's design and I believe it was only recently replaced. We used to hold a garden party each year in anyone's house who had a large enough garden. Sadly I left the club when I went off to University and although I still received and wrote some articles for their newsletter I only managed to attend the odd garden party. Winchester Garden Party c by ed cloutman, on Flickr
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Post by David on Feb 20, 2019 11:26:47 GMT
One of them liked coming to the track for a while, but only until he was about 7. The youngest is still keen but only for 'play days' where he can have a drive. He does have overalls, a driver's cap, and goggles. So he looks more like a driver than I do. But none of them have showed any interest in spending time in the workshop.
I started late on the family front - I'm 47. Youngest won't leave home until I'm 58 if all goes to plan! At that point I may have grandchildren.
Peppa Pig is a 'sister' show to Ben and Holly - same writers and voice actors. I just remembered that does have a model engineer in the cast! Grandpa pig has a shed/workshop and a miniature locomotive that he put rubber tyres on so he can drive it on the road. I'm pretty sure he fixed a clock at some point too.
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 13:00:26 GMT
Ahhhh! Peppa Pig! Ours wants to go to the Peppa Pig World - every time she comes over from Sweden she asks if she can go! I take her to the Dean Forest Railway - much more educational!
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Post by 92220 on Feb 20, 2019 17:20:10 GMT
Spoilsport! I'm sure you would love Peppa Pig World!!?!!................. You could also try Cadbury World, and come out 2lbs heavier than when you went in! Now there's a great incentive!
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 18:21:13 GMT
My nice little No2 Morse ER16 collet chuck arrived today so I can now carry on with the coal door latches. I just have to make a draw bar for it. No 2 morse ER16 collet chuck by ed cloutman, on Flickr
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Post by simplyloco on Feb 20, 2019 19:51:48 GMT
My nice little No2 Morse ER16 collet chuck arrived today so I can now carry on with the coal door latches. Ed, I made a drawbar from 10mm steel tube. It makes life with small bars a little easier! John
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 20:03:24 GMT
Thanks John
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 20, 2019 21:11:41 GMT
Roger I am starting to think about the chimney base in steel. I believe you use roughing end mills to start and wonder what you would recommend me to use baring in mind my mill is not as rigid as yours
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Post by David on Feb 20, 2019 21:29:12 GMT
Cute little collet chuck. Why do you need it for the coal doors latches?
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Post by simplyloco on Feb 20, 2019 22:18:34 GMT
Cute little collet chuck. Why do you need it for the coal doors latches? I have one to use for very small stuff (min. 1.00mm) instead of my highly accurate but slightly 'bell mouthed' EMCO chuck. At £7.99 postage paid one cannot really go wrong! John
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Post by Roger on Feb 20, 2019 23:21:45 GMT
Roger I am starting to think about the chimney base in steel. I believe you use roughing end mills to start and wonder what you would recommend me to use baring in mind my mill is not as rigid as yours Hi Ed, You can get Rippers down to 5mm diameter, so that's one option, but they are expensive. They do reduce chatter though and last very well. There's no reason why you can't rough it out with conventional 5mm or 6mm Carbide End Mills though, I'd go for 3-flute for preference as a compromise between having more cutting edges, rigidity and flute volume if you go down that route. Another thing you might consider for finishing is to use Radius mill cutters, say 6mm with a 0.5mm corner radius if you can find something like that. I bought some 3mm ones with 0.5mm radius and they're handy because you can get a good finish but they can finish a profile by only going the radius below the bottom edge of a cut. Just to make that clear, if you had say a 6mm ball nosed cutter, it's likely that the bottom of the job would result in a tool path that's 3mm below the bottom face of the job. That's necessary because the full diameter of a ball nosed cutter is only achieved when it's at the centre line of the ball. You might want to take a really good look at the paths your CAM generates and choose accordingly. Of course, you can mount the chimney base on a raised plinth or just make it higher and cut the extra off later. There are lots of ways of going about it.
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Post by David on Feb 21, 2019 0:23:26 GMT
I hadn't considered it went in the spindle. My lathe has a 2MT tailstock so I was wondering what I'd use it for back there.
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Post by terrier060 on Feb 21, 2019 14:43:42 GMT
Before I answer your posts I thought you might like to see the Plastic windows. Roger found this on the internet and I have just cut one out to see how it looked. I am very impressed. It is good hard plastic coated on both sides with a thin opaque sheet. I was able to pencil the circle on to it using the window orifice as a former. I cut round with a sharp pair of scissors, removed the film on each side and it fitted the bezels perfectly. You can see the result below. There is no noticeable curvature. Perhaps the one negative point is that being plastic it does attract dust. Maybe wiping with an anti-static cloth would help. Plastic glass windows by ed cloutman, on Flickr
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