Early retirement

[tom_tom_go]

Lucky you, enjoy!

[FWLR]

Now the serious work starts Dave...a few beers lazing around sitting in the garden pondering on life and all its problems........

Neah, work on the line, more scratch builds, having steam ups, more scratch builds, work on the line, having even more steam ups....

Seriously you will enjoy life more Dave, it seems to go at a more leisurely pace....

[dewintondave]

I've been busy.

Perhaps I had let things slip when I was working and indulging in my hobbies. We have six taps similar to these in our house, one was completely frozen, the others either dripped or water wept from their glands

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I could never work out how to get in to them to change the washers, we've had various plumbers in to attend odd ones over the years but it's hard to get one in for small jobs

Here's the frozen one with all the beautifications removed

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Using steam know-how I cleaned them off in citric acid removing years of mineral deposits. The spindle sealing o-rings were all shot on the vertical taps, those plumbers had never replaced them, the spindle froze due to water seeping past the o-rings and the mineral deposits in the water building up and causing interference with the spindle

Here's the parts showing how they are assembled to remind myself in the future. They are silky smooth now. Only two more to do!

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I did an hours work on the trial gas burner for the Quarry Hunslet today though!

[FWLR]

Seems our 16mm Garden railway skill are useful after all Dave...

[dewintondave]

Seems our 16mm Garden railway skill are useful after all Dave...

They sure are Rod

This sunglasses shaped ultrasonic cleaner from eBay is useful for 16mm Garden railway stuff too

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[idlemarvel]

Very good but you've made the schoolboy error of displaying your DIY skills to the home crowd which will lead to more jobs mysteriously appearing on your to-do list from other sources

[FWLR]

Seems our 16mm Garden railway skill are useful after all Dave...

They sure are Rod

This sunglasses shaped ultrasonic cleaner from eBay is useful for 16mm Garden railway stuff too

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I love it Dave... The more skills that can be used for DIY from our hobby the better I think...Can save you loads of money hopefully.....

[dewintondave]

I love it Dave... The more skills that can be used for DIY from our hobby the better I think...Can save you loads of money hopefully.....

I'm really getting some workshop time in now. It was a lovely rainy day

I'm working on adding some variable air holes on the firebox door