Constructing a Loco
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Looking good mate keep it up.
http://www.freewebs.com/pinetreelightrailway/index.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
thanks all for the replies
a small update
I faced of a piece of 38mm round stock in the four jaw chuck till I go the correct sizes.
then lined up for the center of the cylinder and drilled it out in the lathe, increasing the drill size 1mm at atime till I got to the required size
then with a reamer in the chuck in the tailstock I reamed the hole to finish the cylinder. I turned the 4 jaw chuck by hand as i slowly turned in the reamer.
here are a couple of pics to show how they fit to the loco. I have drilled and taped one hole on the front of each cylinder for mounting
the other hole will be marked out after final cylinder alignment
I havent drilled the port holes yet so still some work to be done. Im going to need a Mill for this I think to get accuracy
thats all for now
a small update
I faced of a piece of 38mm round stock in the four jaw chuck till I go the correct sizes.
then lined up for the center of the cylinder and drilled it out in the lathe, increasing the drill size 1mm at atime till I got to the required size
then with a reamer in the chuck in the tailstock I reamed the hole to finish the cylinder. I turned the 4 jaw chuck by hand as i slowly turned in the reamer.
here are a couple of pics to show how they fit to the loco. I have drilled and taped one hole on the front of each cylinder for mounting
the other hole will be marked out after final cylinder alignment
I havent drilled the port holes yet so still some work to be done. Im going to need a Mill for this I think to get accuracy
thats all for now
That is looking superb. If you ask me there just is not enough of homebuilds around anymore or the people skilled enough to build them (that includes me) anymore. Keep up the good work.
http://www.freewebs.com/pinetreelightrailway/index.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
Cecil your engines on Fire!
Its a Mamod it does that.
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