Today's work was to make the smokebox steam lance valve, bracket, and to extend the plumbing to it. The plumbing is quite visible behind the deflector so I couldn't really run it into space, and the valve is visible from the front. The plumbing comes from the tee piece below the whistle.
The bits were scaled off a couple of pictures and machined and silver soldered together. The bracket was made from 1/2" brass angle and heated and bent by hand to profile with the smokebox. The whole lot is secured by 10BA screws.
I have trialed the look of things with the existing smoke deflectors.
Happy steaming!
Nigel
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