You had your chancePlease let me finish:
Keith
You had your chancePlease let me finish:
davknigh wrote:Horsetan wrote:or a jig with a series of crankpin holes.....
I fully intend to use mine for more than just the one project.....
davknigh wrote:..... Any thoughts out there?
grovenor-2685 wrote:There's no need for a dividing head as the only thing that matters about the series of holes is there distance from the centre to get the various crank throws, where they are round the circumference doesn't matter as you only use one for any given wheelset.
grovenor-2685 wrote:There's no need for a dividing head as the only thing that matters about the series of holes is there distance from the centre to get the various crank throws, where they are round the circumference doesn't matter as you only use one for any given wheelset.
Regards
Keith
allanferguson wrote:I don't see it as possible to move a pre drilled, or even a pre dimpled crankpin hole in a wheel.....
Allan F
Which is, I think, why he said drill the hole out (oversize) so the new hole is entirely in the plug.Trying to drill a hole partly in one material and partly in another is just an invitation for the drill to wander
davknigh wrote:
A final note; Does anyone have any suggestions as to how they would fit a fall plate 'twixt engine and tender?
Horsetan wrote:davknigh wrote:..... Any thoughts out there?
My first thought is that I don't actually have a working lathe
I should have, but it took up residence somewhere in Essex a while back, and I haven't seen it since.....
S&D smokebox door numbers seemed to come a while after the lubricators were fitted, perhaps as late as 1928.
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