Recent content by Heffalump

Haha :) I'm going to make it in a two piece fashion, starting tomorrow! haha

Hi Chaps sorry I haven't been around, I've been super busy in real life and haven't had much time for machining. All I really have to share today is a great waste of time but I thought you might get a chuckle out of it :D I started to make the valve rod and I've got some lovely stainless...

Only a very small bit of progress so far this week due to various things meaning my lunchtimes have been kept away from the shop. From where I left off with the cross slide, I really definitely did things in the wrong order. I started off by milling the sides down to size, leaving the...

Choke? :D more things to make and tinker with..

Really impressive, Dick :)

I'm really going to enjoy this thread! Thanks for sharing. I was never really a train person - but the company I work for now does a lot of work in rail and I've started to get the bug!

Of course - are you talking about lathe tools?

hee thanks baron! Cheers Capn!!

Update time! Whilst I was waiting to see if my eccentric strap worked, I thought it would be a good idea to start on the crosshead guides. More hacksawing! Then milling to size. I decided that this chunk was big enough to make two cross slides out of, and that if I did then they...

Sorry this one might be a little long I've been saving a couple of steps up accidentally! :embarassed: I decided to make the eccentric next as I had the material and knew what I was going to do. I started with some brass in the 4 jaw and dialled it in as best as I could. I lost the DTI so...

So progress has been super slow on this compared to my last build, but I don't mind. I've been taking time converting elmer's plans to metric. The next step for the base was to start milling out the slot. I couldn't work out a satisfactory way to give it a radius, so I left it vertical and...

Hee hee thanks Baron, The girls on the shop floor have gifted me a pair of side snips which apparently must stay with me at all times for fear of using a blade!! Quite a deep cut on my thumb has made certain operations on the tools a little uncomfortable so I've been taking my time, but it's...

Yep!! Managed to cut thru a vein, wont be doing that again in a hurry!

Thanks for that paul, now the Sub-base is finished I need to hacksaw out a blank for the base, I'll try that. Unfortunately I had a fight with a scalpel this morning and the scalpel won so I spent the morning in the emergency department. Doris says I'm not allowed in the shop today, so that...

I got the base set up in the mill ready to tidy up the edges to size And got to work! Re-viced the work piece and cleaned up the last edge After using a drill blank to indicate the work I got ready to drill the three mounting holes, looks like my maths was right! Didn't take...