Small Cylinders for a scratchbuilt loco project?
Small Cylinders for a scratchbuilt loco project?
Can anyone suggest a supplier for small piston valve or small slide valve locomotive cylinders?
I'm playing around with the idea of scratchbuilding a loco. Trying to find a source for the cylinders. Something of comparable size to the cylinders fitted to the hemmens ogwen or the old accucraft ruby would be ideal.
Any ideas?
I'm playing around with the idea of scratchbuilding a loco. Trying to find a source for the cylinders. Something of comparable size to the cylinders fitted to the hemmens ogwen or the old accucraft ruby would be ideal.
Any ideas?
That thing is a beast of a Mamod though!
I guess I can order cylinders as spare parts but it'd be nice to buy a pair as home builder parts so I can get some technical information about fitting them so can design the valve gear to suit. Roundhouse obviously sell their cylinders as homebuilder parts but really they are a little large for my liking, I was intending to build a smaller 2ft gauge loco.
It would be nice to find something that I could fit to a Mamod Size Loco, just with an eccentric valvegear and some dummy rodwork to just dress it up a little.
I guess I can order cylinders as spare parts but it'd be nice to buy a pair as home builder parts so I can get some technical information about fitting them so can design the valve gear to suit. Roundhouse obviously sell their cylinders as homebuilder parts but really they are a little large for my liking, I was intending to build a smaller 2ft gauge loco.
It would be nice to find something that I could fit to a Mamod Size Loco, just with an eccentric valvegear and some dummy rodwork to just dress it up a little.
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http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?productID=78
Not sure if they sell the valve chests aswell
http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?categoryID=41
Not sure if they sell the valve chests aswell
http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?categoryID=41
Thanks for that link! They do all the parts separately too.SillyBilly wrote:http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?productID=78
Not sure if they sell the valve chests aswell
http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?categoryID=41
http://www.accucraft.com/index.php?cate ... 4&offset=5
Might work out pretty well with the price of the dollar at the moment too.
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