Update on the Pasty and Serpentine Light Railway

[Soar Valley Light]

I'm very impressed, there's some lovely work going on and some great photo's of it.

Like Tom, I love your pit, it's very nicely designed and built, well done.

Andrew

[dizzysteamer]

Thanks peeps for your lovely comments I managed to scrounge some stainless steel sheet today so got stuck in and made a start on the turntable
I decided to go with a shallow pit turntable and base it on A Ransomes and Rapier design so it stays in keeping with our 2ft gauge Railway .
I painted the exterior ply on the underside with roofing felt lap cement then screwed the stainless on the underside then found the centre with my pattern marked and drilled all the holes needed to fix the track and the middle fixing screws I attached a heavy piece of timber across the frame raised slightly so that when screwed down tight I would have a gentle dish for easy drainage . This was positioned and made level then again paintedwith lap cement then covered with bird grit whilst still wet. I am delighted with the result

Just the bridge to complete and track to fit now but rain stopped work as usual

Grit rolled on

I poured a glass of water on to check the levels spot on too

Four weeks to the day we started the planning for the PSLR
Seems like years lol
Only the coach siding and the goods shed road left to do, then we can make a proper start on the buildings and detailing work
Steph and Gloria

[philipy]

Wow! That all looks fantastic. Well done. Looking forward to more.

[LNR]

Looking forward to more on this turntable. Great job so far.
Grant.

[bazzer42]

Nice bit of engineering there, like the look of that inner rail - proper job.

[tom_tom_go]

Great idea with the turntable so it drains water

Again, the pit and steam up area all fit in very well into your garden so well done - proper job!

[ge_rik]

Great job! Clever idea to make the base concave for drainage.

Rik

[FWLR]

Love your turntable, nice work.

[Peter Butler]

After all these years I should be used to it by now, but I still get surprised how many tools it takes to complete a job. It's only when it is time to put everything away it becomes obvious.
Nice work there, the turntable and pit are a great addition to your line.

[dizzysteamer]

Hi guys next step completed during a sunny if a bit windy spell, thank for your interest. I am winging it a bit here never built a turntable before, however its become very obvious to me if a bit late that this really needs to be far more accurately made than i first visualized, but hit on the idea of making a roller guide with two flanges on the wheel with centre pin it worked a treat.
I turned 16 small brass buttons each exactly 5mm high with a 3mm spigot to drop into the holes drilled on the circumference of the track line. I bent the track sections by hand until they just sprung slightly outside the circle then used the roller guide to pull the track over the buttons then soldered them one by one to the track the result is all but perfectly true circle its under tension but the track can be just popped out if need be for cleaning or any future service work Result delighted but if i were to make another one i would have finished this all in the workshop before fitting it outside.


Next job the bridge itself this will be interesting
Steph and Gloria

[FWLR]

Looking forward to the bridge build...in the process of doing one myself...

[pandsrowe]

A very ingenious technique, I am particularly interested in this as I am planning a turntable for my line's extension.
One question, what are you proposing to do about water drainage from the turntable pit? I have thought about putting a slight fall on mine and a drain hole but then that will throw out the table balance unless some awkward packing under the ring rail is introduced. Being naturally lazy I'm always looking for an easy way out.