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Ed

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Brain for your next project we need to make one of these. Ed

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Is any body building the Tom Thumb that's in Live Steam magazine? I plan on starting as soon as I get some material. Ed
 
I am not and probably never will but I have been reading along since the article began. What an amazing job they have done mixing up the photo's with CAD images. I have learned several techniques just from reading their build notes.

Good luck with your build!
 
The plates are to size. They are made up of 3/16 " sheet pilling for seawalls. wasn't wide enough so had to have them welded up to size. Keeps getting bigger.

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After 2 weeks of milling, 5 1/4"x 5 3/4" x .350 deep ,020 at a time. The ash pan is finished. The pan size is 6" x 6 1/2" x 1/2 ".

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The grate is finished. This is how I set up to make all the parts the same size and the holes in the proper places.

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From this piece of cast iron to the 8 journal boxes.

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A little time out from life things to repair my metal saw. The nut that moves the vice jaw broke at the threads. My first try to weld cast iron. Just a little machinating then ready to start cutting out the wheels.

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This is how I made the wheels. One down 7 more to go.

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