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I've been working out what's wrong with Britt's buffer beam, and it wasn't sitting horizontal according to the frame. After dismantling and sand blasting the repairs have been underway to fix the problems. The mounting holes in the frame and stretcher behind were way oversize and the clearance meant it could be clamped up anywhere.
The brackets behind the buffers were made out of square and so they were cut and silver soldered to fix them.
The running board mounting blocks were re made. Issues there meant the brackets were below flush with the top of the buffer beam.
The steps and struts are at all angles. Struts too long. Need to shorten/remake those.
Checked the stretcher behind buffer beam and the ends weren't square so it clamped it up on an angle. While in the mill taking a light skim off this the job grabbed and damaged it. So a new block of aluminium was sourced and a new one milled up...this time the corrections were made to it in the first instance.
The holes were drilled in the new stretcher, so that the 10BA screws for the brake piping are in through holes, a foresight incase they snapped off in a derailment.
The bits are in undercoat as we speak. Will upload some more tomorrow when it goes together.
Happy steamin!
Nigel
I've been working out what's wrong with Britt's buffer beam, and it wasn't sitting horizontal according to the frame. After dismantling and sand blasting the repairs have been underway to fix the problems. The mounting holes in the frame and stretcher behind were way oversize and the clearance meant it could be clamped up anywhere.
The brackets behind the buffers were made out of square and so they were cut and silver soldered to fix them.
The running board mounting blocks were re made. Issues there meant the brackets were below flush with the top of the buffer beam.
The steps and struts are at all angles. Struts too long. Need to shorten/remake those.
Checked the stretcher behind buffer beam and the ends weren't square so it clamped it up on an angle. While in the mill taking a light skim off this the job grabbed and damaged it. So a new block of aluminium was sourced and a new one milled up...this time the corrections were made to it in the first instance.
The holes were drilled in the new stretcher, so that the 10BA screws for the brake piping are in through holes, a foresight incase they snapped off in a derailment.
The bits are in undercoat as we speak. Will upload some more tomorrow when it goes together.
Happy steamin!
Nigel
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