Llewellyn Loco Works #1

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:59 pm

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by ge_rik » Mon Nov 22, 2021 7:52 am

A really neat bit of remediation. It's hardly noticeable.

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Wed Nov 24, 2021 7:08 pm

Fitting some fittings
Boiler number on a brass plate
and also stamped on the dry back head
and a crown level plate, just for kicks and giggles.
Trimming fibre washers and also added various copper shim sheets to the store's drawers for making washers.


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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Old Man Aaron » Fri Nov 26, 2021 12:01 pm

That's some tidy work. Always a pleasure to see.
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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:48 pm

Back head is plumbing is finished for now.

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by philipy » Sun Jan 09, 2022 7:58 pm

A...mazing!
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Post by ge_rik » Mon Jan 10, 2022 5:51 am

Not only neat but also functional :thumbright:

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Lonsdaler » Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:34 pm

That is some very impressive pipework and associated gubbins - it looks the biz :thumbup:
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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. Much appreciated
I am pondering my next project after this build and I am thinking I am going to have a go at a 4 1/2" scale Foden steam Lorry before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Mon Jan 10, 2022 8:42 pm

Cooked up the single pass radiant super heater last night, next is the smoke box plumbing

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by ge_rik » Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:32 am

Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm ...... before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
Does mean that your 5" loco is not only going to be your magnum opus but is also going to be named Magnum Opus 😁?

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Tue Jan 11, 2022 8:47 pm

ge_rik wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:32 am
Hydrostatic Dazza wrote: Mon Jan 10, 2022 7:40 pm ...... before I tackle my magnum opus 5" magnum opus loco build before I die.
Does mean that your 5" loco is not only going to be your magnum opus but is also going to be named Magnum Opus 😁?

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It could be named as you suggest. That would be fun. I like the name Cynthia because it is what a few of us nicknamed the full size #253 that resides in Gympie dismantled and awaiting 2 million god coins to steam again.
I like the idea of the freedom of movement with a steam lorry. A break from railway matters, full size and miniature.
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Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Sat Jan 15, 2022 8:09 pm

First time the smoke box door could be closed with boiler attached.
Linking servos up to twitch


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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by ge_rik » Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:47 pm

Wow!!

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:15 pm

ge_rik wrote: Sun Jan 16, 2022 5:47 pm Wow!!

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Sun Jan 16, 2022 9:41 pm

Question to the collective wisdom. The time for the test steaming is getting closer. What, where is a good source of a metal fan suitable for the Llewellyn works to build a steam raising fan blower ?

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Trevor Thompson » Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:02 pm

Darren

The fan is easy to make - perhaps more readily available than a bought fan.

It is just a hub, soldered to a brass disc, and brass strips soldered onto it radially. No actual "fan" - it just works on centrifugal force expelling the smoke.

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:41 pm

Trevor Thompson wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:02 pm Darren

The fan is easy to make - perhaps more readily available than a bought fan.

It is just a hub, soldered to a brass disc, and brass strips soldered onto it radially. No actual "fan" - it just works on centrifugal force expelling the smoke.

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Hydrostatic Dazza » Mon Jan 17, 2022 10:44 pm

Connected the blower up, it twitches. I am not confident about the actual valves. I will not be surprised it I have to remake them with an O ring seat design which appears to be better for servo control. I would have done that from the start if I knew what I know now. We will see when I test steam.

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Re: Llewellyn Loco Works #1

Post by Garethh » Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:56 am

I’m genuinely excited to see this beauty in steam! If it’s any help I used a tenmille etch to speed up the building of my blower, seems to work quite nicely

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