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Small Cylinders for a scratchbuilt loco project?
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:14 pm
by alan2525
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?
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:20 pm
by Chris
Could you use wilesco ones?
Someone fitted wilesco valve gear to a mamod loco.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:47 pm
by pauly
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 3:54 pm
by alan2525
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.
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:55 pm
by SillyBilly
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:47 pm
by alan2525
Thanks for that link! They do all the parts separately too.
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.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:14 pm
by alan2525
Can you buy the Wilesco cylinders as spare parts on their own? Can't find them listed online?
Another cheeky request would be...
...unlikely but does anyone have a spare double acting cylinder from a Wilesco, any condition, just to take a look at and get the dimensions for it?
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:23 pm
by Chris
Could ask on the mamod forum where there are some german members.