Thread: First Class Passenger Carriage (Early 1900's)

Originally Posted by Handyjack

The arm chair looks good but is missing K1 or similar embroidered or worked into the back. You might need Cathie's help for this.
If the carriage is Victorian the initials might be VR, in New South Wales the carriage seats had NSWPTC in the pattern.

Great idea Kevin. Cathies sewing machine does embroidery - Top stuff and in Gold lettering would look ace

Thanks

Keith

Originally Posted by Dalboy

The seat looks good Keith but the front looks very flat to the rest of it would they not have been made separate to the main front to form a crease/join running virtical down from the arms

Thanks Derek,

Trevor and I were talking about exactly the same thing last night - great minds must think alike

Some quilting batting inside the material should cover this off (is that a pun?)

Back onto the carriage frame and windows now but enthusiastic about the furniture

Off to real Railway today

Have a good day and thanks for comments

Regards

Keith

The windows are starting to take shape but it is nice to be able to work on something different to break up the same work

Hi,
Dose it not get a lace antimacassar like the ones on the bench seat?
Regards

Originally Posted by A Duke

Hi,
Dose it not get a lace antimacassar like the ones on the bench seat?
Regards

Hi

Yes it will eventually - but I wanted to show off my buttons

Thanks for the comment

Regards

Keith

Hi all,

Thought you may be interested in another photo of the Pozieres - it is being prepared for a boiler inspection. Also set up the lathe - changed to a 4 jaw chuck and then setup the casting in preparation for the machining up of the 15 inch diameter piston rings for the Garratt.

Regards

Keith

boiler inspection.jpg lathe setup.jpg

Just a small lathe then Keith.

Originally Posted by Dalboy

Just a small lathe then Keith.

Hi Derek,

It is the biggest lathe I have been on. When I was an apprentice we were not allowed on the big lathe - it was the sole domain of the turner who had been there for ages.
It is a good experience after many years to be able to work on the bigger equipment

Take care

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Hi all,

Thought you may be interested in another photo of the Pozieres - it is being prepared for a boiler inspection. Also set up the lathe - changed to a 4 jaw chuck and then setup the casting in preparation for the machining up of the 15 inch diameter piston rings for the Garratt.

Regards

Keith

boiler inspection.jpg lathe setup.jpg

Keith did you have to climb into the boiler and rod it??? Peter

PS - Looks like an old Naval apprentice lathe from HMAS Nirimba.....

Peter,

No, but one of my first jobs as an 1st year apprentice was to clean the tubes in our coal fired boiler (provided steam to heat up our acid baths). A terribly dirty job - apprentices had no choice then - obviously you must have had similar experiences

Regards

Keith

Oh what fun cleaning boilers. I have brushed many a tube, and remember doing my first fire box 1-1-83. Went in white; came out black.

Pozieres is ex Puffing Billy museum. Glad to know it is operational now. At Belgrave there is a wheel turning lathe, now that is big but not really. The reciprocating engines on Titanic had cylinders 54", 84" & 97" in diameter. Just think of the size of machines needed to bore the cylinders and turn pistons and piston rings. Also bear in mind Titanic was constructed in 1911/12.

Originally Posted by Handyjack

Oh what fun cleaning boilers. I have brushed many a tube, and remember doing my first fire box 1-1-83. Went in white; came out black.

Pozieres is ex Puffing Billy museum. Glad to know it is operational now. At Belgrave there is a wheel turning lathe, now that is big but not really. The reciprocating engines on Titanic had cylinders 54", 84" & 97" in diameter. Just think of the size of machines needed to bore the cylinders and turn pistons and piston rings. Also bear in mind Titanic was constructed in 1911/12.

I imagine the lathes would have all been run using overhead pulley and belt - scary stuff

Regards

Keith

Originally Posted by Keith_1

Peter,

No, but one of my first jobs as an 1st year apprentice was to clean the tubes in our coal fired boiler (provided steam to heat up our acid baths). A terribly dirty job - apprentices had no choice then - obviously you must have had similar experiences

Regards

Keith

Can you imagine the paperwork involved in doing that now. Glad it's gone.

Originally Posted by Treecycle

Can you imagine the paperwork involved in doing that now. Glad it's gone.

Dallas,

You are correct there

but - I can imagine the paperwork needed to get the casting into the lathe yesterday - if I was still at work

Regards

Keith