Thread: Stephenson's Rocket

I knew that just pulling the leg, did it hurt?

Originally Posted by htl

I knew that just pulling the leg, did it hurt?

Thanks Bruce

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by htl

Are you trying to tell us this is really a plastic model you bought at the toy store and your souping it up, tell me it's not so!!!

Yes Bruce plastic boiler and plastic pipe work shhhh don't tell Keith that I let his secret out

By the way looking good Keith as always

Hi All,

For the last week I have been working on the crosshead feedwater pipework that sits beside the right hand piston cylinder.

The components I turned out of aluminium and then pinned and araldited the right angled legs into position. I used a round file and then a half round file to get the shape of the round bar I was joining. I then used bodyfiller to create a fillet and then filed and sanded off with various grades of paper.

The flanges were made of MDF and I used 1.5mm cardboard as my flange gaskets.

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Below is a photo of the pipework in it's correct position

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Regards

Keith

Looking impressive

DaveTTC
The Turning Cowboy
Turning Wood Into Art

It is now in the build that everything that you make and fit brings the loco to life. I always enjoy watching you doing these builds and the passion that you put into each and every one.

Looks store bought or the real thing .

Hi All,

The next step was to make up the crosshead feedwater pipework. I thought this would be relatively easy using PVC solid as my pipework but it turned out to be a real pain. Lots of PVC thrown in the bin. It was difficult getting the correct radius of the top of the pipework.

I turned up a fixture out of pine with a groove to accommodate the "pipework". I then drilled the "pipe" in one position and secured it to the fixture. I the used my hot air gun to soften and bend the PVC. This did not end well. Very poor shape and radius. I then thought that if I drilled around the entire bend and secured with nails as I went that should work out OK. No good because the PVC retained too much heat and was still partially elastic when I took the nails out.
Normally I let any PVC that I have softened with the hot air gun - quench in the ambient air. This required me to quench with water each time I heated up the pipe after I inserted each nail. This solidified immediately and the radius was retained.

When I removed the nails - filled up all the holes with bodyfiller. I again used the hot air gun to get the angle of the pipework so i could attached it with a flange to the boiler.

Regards

Keith

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Looking good!

The third picture, O my goodness!!! what a messy shop.

Originally Posted by htl

The third picture, O my goodness!!! what a messy shop.

Yes - bit of a mess - hate cleaning up though

Regards

Keith

If it is not messy, nothing is being done.
Keith was just going around the bend on this occasion.

Keith please check out this idea for bending small pvc pipes.

Bruce,

Thanks - what a top tip.

I will definitely give this a go and let you know my outcome.

Thanks Again

Keith