Recent content by lou

Nearly everything, smoke box frame & door, front & hind wheels some work to go, crank shaft & drive gears, bearing housings, front axle & steering gear, main side frames, fly wheel, drive shafts, thats all I can think of at the moment.

G'Day Trevor Sure is I started building 2 of them down to the boiler on the one you can see and lots of bits done for the other one which I will never finish and so will flog off the bits

I built a Quorn years ago I still have it but they are a pain in the arse to use by the time it's set up I have lost interest.

I made all the parts of (except scales on tilting tables and protractor) on the grinder including backing disc's for the wheels to bolt onto , I used the same style as as the Baldor and other makes of similar grinders. I made it as a base machine and bolted a six inch bench grinder on to the...

G'Day Norman I tried to buy Norton wheels but they don't export them to Australia so I bought Camel brand on Ebay and I am not real sure of what I am doing but the wheels I have ordered are. CGW-Camel 34952 6"x1"x4"GC120-I-V Silicon Carbide plate mounted wheel CGW-Camel 34948 6"x1"x4"WA46-K-V...

I would have liked to purchase a Baldor brand grinder but the cost to get one in Australia from th USA is out of this world so now when the wheels arrive I will be up and running.

Does your machine have a foot brake if so check that is not activating?

I found small bevel gears and was told they came from a cotton gin, and used them on my Cliff & Bunting 3'" traction engine I still have some laying about somewhere.