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...so far using my hand wheel feed on the mill/drill and the DRO on the quill Z I am yet to break one. But crikey I go at a 0.10 -0.15 mm per second with the feed....Never a drill chuck. I never use a drill chuck with any drills in the mill/drill. I couldn't possibly use direct feed on my Bridgepor...

Fitting up the hinge straps. these will be brazed in and sculptured to appear like straps riveted on the outside of the door. I am yet to make the stainless rivets. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49015152817_1e7f9a8488_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49014423463_00450d3b70_b.jpg http...

Yes, stainless is a pig to machine :mrgreen: I like using these carbide PCB drills :thumbup: as well, although when they break they usually leave bits of drill in the hole PITA to get out... Nice work I use stainless a lot in my work but not in small sizes, so far using my hand wheel feed on the mi...

Door was held with a centre pin, loctite and clamp for the fear of moving. 0.30mm cut passes in fear. All worked out OK. Stainless steel hinge pieces underway. Drilling the 1.00mm rivet holes (decorative) wrecked normal twist drills, despite cutting fluid and sharp drills and avoiding rubbing. So o...

The Llewellyn Loco works floor head reports that the door profile is done. The Turnado profile tools worked a treat. Next, to the mill . https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48981845798_63a0e029f1_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48982404421_00e26907bf_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65...

Management purchased a '"Turnado" turning system and it arrived yesterday, so last night the workshop crew made a cross slide attachment to fit the 254 and the spacers. A few first test runs just now. The workshop crew are impressed. This will be used for the smoke box door, domes and lat...

The workshop staff switched from Locomotive work last night to the S&T department. Senior management is pressing junior management to get cracking on the signalling, lighting and irrigation installed so the landscaping can be started this summer. We are not sure that this can be achieved by the...

FWLR wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:18 am Another brilliant thread from you Dazza. I just love to see a master at work with so much detail. Thank you....

Thankyou , however I am not sure I am a master, I am terribly slow and I am just following what others have done many times before. I just copy techniques.

"...Trying out the Loctite holding process and so far so good..." Can you please explain? what are you holding with Loctite? Not quite sure I follow... btw - your filing skills whilst not surprising (after all you have plenty of practice in your daytime job) are very impressive :thumbrigh...

The filling button collection is growing at the Llewellyn Locomotive Workshops. The smoke box barrel hinges parts are done. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910720742_1e5d96ed83_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48910512346_bb9b01ed95_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/489105122...

"Wal is stoked, he has so far carried out management's plan for the door hinges. Also progress on the Smoke box door set up for machining. Trying out the Loctite holding process and so far so good, the workshop mob have never been down this road before." https://live.staticflickr.com/6553...

I never expected to see Tom Waits' ode to Curtain Twitchers on a Garden Railway Forum! The minds in management work in mysterious ways. Wait till Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand" gets a blast in the workshop. Loud enough to do the dusting upstairs in the barracks upstairs. https://www.youtube...

"Hey Feathers, nice save on the 1.00mm holes for the pins, you nearly wrecked that centre finder by turning on the mill at 2500 RPM rather than 110 rpm you goose." "Preston, I am not a goose, I am a penguin this week!" "what ever you are this week Feathers, you are lucky ma...

"What's he building in there? What the hell is he building in there? He has subscriptions to those magazines He never waves when he goes by" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48893081498_950659a478_z.jpg It is the start of a cunning plan from Management. https://live.staticflickr.com/65...

"Shaun, management supplied this lump of LG2, they said make a smoke box door for the loco from this". "Where is Merv, has anyone seen Merv this morning ?

Hey McGraw, management sure go through a decent load of tea each week. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48884836977_146b083628_z.jpg " Hey Preston, crikey old Wal thinks he is clever after warming up the Araldite that he used to hold the saddle to the smoke barrel for drilling and it all ca...

... Yeah, it is nice to have the materials in stock and when I don't I order other sizes with what I need. I set up the tools for tomorrow in mind and so they are on hand. I sort of went to Town a few years ago when I finally set up the Red Room. It had to be a separate room from the bike workshop ...

" Hey Shaun, I am not always confident management know what they doing out in their drawing office" https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48881835373_328c1c8599_z.jpg "Merv, I reckon this should work out " (Is not well known that Merv is Wallace's identical twin brother" http...

I dont see any reason why you shouldn't achieve your dreams. The Beyer Garrett sounds interesting the only question is would you be able to reach the firebox, controls etc. when riding behind. One of the saddest things I have seen was a 5inch gauge Fairlie with a towel over the rear chimney because...

I am rather in Awe or your machine work, you seem to be able to just set it up and go. Don Yeah, it is nice to have the materials in stock and when I don't I order other sizes with what I need. I set up the tools for tomorrow in mind and so they are on hand. I sort of went to Town a few years ago w...