Recent content by Smifffy

The spot drills I ordered arrived on Thursday and are a pleasure to use. So much nicer (and with no fear of a broken tip) than using centre drills. Cheers Smifffy

My experiences are a bit more positive. Most (not all!) of my friends or my wife's friends husbands (mouthfull!) have been given a tour of my workshop and shown my loco. Pretty much all were interested in what I am building and my machine tools and most do ask me every now and then how I am...

A very informative thread gents :-) I'm off to buy some spotting drills..... Smifffy

Hi Ozzie, My limited experience on a completely different model, was that there were numerous points at which the valve gear locked up. Take a very close look at all the pivot points across the limits of travel for the reverser. Good luck :-) Smifffy

Lovely looking work Ozzie. Smifffy ;D

Hi Pete, Yeah, I noticed a few of the pages appeared to be corrupted a couple of weeks back - I think (?) I've sorted them now, but thanks for letting me know. Hi Rob, Thurs eve's haven't changed at the club :-) Alan brought along one of his many Hit and Miss engines last night and even...

Hi smfr, I did think about doing this or something similar. I also considered pinning the bosses, but in the end it was no big deal to turn up a couple of new bosses and resolder. Cheers Smifffy

It was a simple fix, I used some heat to remove the bosses, turned a couple of new ones, but did not bore them for the Piston Rod at this stage. The new bosses were a looser fit in the Crosshead so when soldered this time, the solder flowed nicely through. After clean up, I clamped each...

A great thread with some great progress pictures Ozzie. Smifffy

Awesome!

Hi Mosey, They look similar to mine, but I think they are different. Mine are "Ecotiles", available here in the UK. I don't have a close up, but this view should give a good feel. Cheers Smifffy

Hi Tim, I looked at doing this in my workshop (garage) a while back - but was put off by the required preparation of the concrete floor before hand. If not properly prepared, the coating soon lifts off. Instead, I went for plastic interlocking floor tiles. They weren't cheap and it took the...

Hmmm, took these up to my local society this evening and the general consensus was that they are flawed. By making the spigot a snug fit, the solder will not have (hasn't) run along the length of the spigot - therefore the boss is help to the main body by the (surface only) fillet of the solder...

Ta :-) It's just a locating spigot, nice and snug to ensure that it sat properly prior to soldering. Smifffy

Hi, Over the past few days, I've been working on a pair of Crossheads for my Royal Scot loco. I'm very pleased with the results, so thought I would share :-) Today, I'll be working on the Drop Links. Smifffy