Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:46 am

Nearly there Dave!

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by IanC » Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:58 pm

That's lovely workmanship. Something I could only admire and dream about doing.
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Sun Nov 18, 2018 6:21 am

We're getting there, very slowly. Boiler feed fitted
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by tom_tom_go » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:55 am

It's starting to look finished Dave, looking forward to seeing it run.

How long do you think before first test on your line?

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by FWLR » Sun Nov 18, 2018 8:57 am

Nice Dave….Very good bit of engineering that. :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:41 am

Thank you chaps.

I'm not sure when it will be running on the line. I want to test the pumps against boiler pressure though
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Dec 10, 2018 7:10 am

Pushing on with the blower. I drilled the nozzle 0.45mm diameter as my small Jacobs chuck couldn't grip anything smaller
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Dec 10, 2018 10:05 am

Good trick I learned from TonyW is to fill the boiler up with water until you get about 40 PSI and then open the blower.

If you get a nice fountain shooting out the chimney you know the blower position is going to be efficient!

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Dec 10, 2018 9:37 pm

So true 😀
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by daan » Wed Dec 12, 2018 7:14 pm

Splendid, a working saddle tank! It gives the little loco something special..
"En schöne Gruess" from an Alpine railway in Holland.

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Jan 07, 2019 5:59 am

I need to connect the to-be-built reverser to the reversing valve. eBay supplied some nice stainless 2mm Bowden cable inner that fits nicely in 1/8 K&S brass tubing it seems rigid enough for pull and push operation.

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Sun Jan 27, 2019 6:03 am

Before I can make the reverser I need to make the bodywork to see how much space is available for it. One side is now complete, the other is in progress.

The main panel is a piece of 0.6mm steel sheet bent around a 1/4" bar for the radius. The top piece is 1/4" x 1/16" strip brazed into a 90 deg angle. It's all soft soldered together
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Jan 28, 2019 4:45 am

Second side completed on this hot Auckland Anniversary day ☑️
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Jan 28, 2019 7:06 am

Solid work, is steel easier to soft solder than brass?

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:05 am

Steel solders very easily with zinc chloride flux 👍

It was easier than soldering the copper/brass tank Tom
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by bambuko » Mon Jan 28, 2019 8:41 am

Very tidy work :thumbright:
Copper will be more difficult to solder because it conducts the heat away very well.

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:18 am

The bodywork is installed. I put most of the bits on the loco for the photos. It's coming together. The bodywork panels needed converting from external threaded fixings to internal threaded, due to an oversight...
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by dewintondave » Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:04 am

I've been working on the reverser over the last few weeks. It needs to be big to get enough throw at about halfway up the lever to swing the rotary valve through 90 degrees. 5/16" brass angle is soldered to the reverser base and screwed to the footplate. As brass has a higher coefficient of expansion than steel the base has a nice gentle bow in it 😃
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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:58 am

That's huge!

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Re: Wild Rose ~ Quarry Hunslet

Post by Keith S » Tue Feb 19, 2019 5:27 am

tom_tom_go wrote: Mon Feb 18, 2019 7:58 am That's huge!
Admit it, though. You want to play with that engine.

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