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Bogstandard said:Hi Mem's,
Just building this one, started last week, got it running last night.
A few pointers while building.
ALL holes in the rotating blocks have to be truly parallel to each other and square to the running faces. No 'that will do's here', if it isn't right it just locks up (believe me, I've got the t-shirt and baseball cap)
The pistons have to be exactly at right angles, I spent hours tweaking to get them exact. You might also find that when bent and set up the are way too long, better to trim to length just before assembly (I took about 0.080" off the length of each end), then recheck the squareness. Also make a couple of spares, they only take a few minutes to turn up.
Can someone explain how to easily post pics, then I can show what has been done.
John
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andpartington said:thanks for a FANTASTIC link i have been looking of a nice looking mill engine and now i will have something to do Saturday afternoon
the "project" (gauge 1 loco) will be on stand by
any more plans sites out there?
thanks
andy
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