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3rd August 2012, 10:18 AM #136
Maybe not the bathtub, but their Poppa has a brand new pool in the backyard!
Bret
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3rd August 2012, 07:55 PM #137
Bret,
Glad to see you back in the workshop,
some of us over here were becoming concerned.
It's looking good.
Jim
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5th August 2012, 12:56 PM #138
Thanks Jim. No need for concern just busy with life. I made several more parts this evening. The feed screw, water filler cover, and the 20 rail conduits.
The feed screw
Attachment 218327
Water filler cover
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Feed screw mounted in front panel. I had to file the opening a little bit but it fits nice and snug.
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Next I turned some 1/4" dowel on the lathe to make all the conduit. I had to make 20 of them so I setup an assembly line to help make them faster and more accurate.
Turned on the lathe. I bought some calipers off of Ebay for cheap. They are a good ol' made in USA Starret brand. The outside calipers are much faster to check the work then constantly stopping and checking with the digital calipers.
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Assembly line
Marking for 3/32" hole to drill.
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Cutting in the miter box with stop block set to 1/2"
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All the conduits
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My oldest Nick working on his house and garage. He loves to be out in the shop with me. Can't beat that.
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Bret
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5th August 2012, 09:45 PM #139
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5th August 2012, 10:17 PM #140
You're flying through it again Bret.
I'd better fire up on mine.
It looks like it makes dowel easy to drill when the ends are square like yours'. Wish mine was, but it's store-bought.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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5th August 2012, 10:49 PM #141
Looking good Brett,
Getting scale model withdrawls,
Might have to start another one (not good enough for a train) but maybe another car or a dalek.
Peter
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5th August 2012, 10:56 PM #142
Thank you Derek
Steve you are correct the square on the end made it much easier to mark and drill. The only downside is when you get near the end of the dowel the square part keeps it from being square in the miter box because it is a 1/16th bigger.
Pete you could make a train. There is no magic you just have to follow steps in order and make accurate cuts. I would love to see you build a Dalek. I don't know much about Dr. Who, but after you posted about it last time I did some research and didn't realize how big of a cult Dr. Who has. I also researched the daleks. Apparently they can't go upstairs but alot of people build scale models of them!
Today is Nick's 6th bday party so won't see any shop time. Have to get the house clean and ready before all the guest arrive. Nick is very excited! We got him a Mickey Mouse Ice cream cake and for his gifts a rocket space station and the kit you grow butterflies with.
Bret
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9th August 2012, 12:33 PM #143
Couple of parts made tonight
All the rail conduit cut from 3/32" brass tubing.
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Made the rear ladder. It was alot of fun to make.
Layout
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Holes Drilled
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Two sides cutout and glued 9/16" apart with 3/32" toothpicks.
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Ladder hanging on the back. The side handrails have to have their holes drilled deeper after everything is glued together thats why they are sticking out so far.
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On a side note I posted about a problem with my drill press in general machinery and figured out it might have a bad starter capacitor. Upon pulling the cover off I discovered it only had one of the wires come loose from its contact. I have been using my drill press for a year buy hand starting it. It took me 5 minutes to take the cover off and resolder the wire to the capacitor. Oh well at least it was easy and a free fix!
Bret
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9th August 2012, 04:43 PM #144
G'Day Bret,
The effort you put into the attention to detail just makes your train something extra special; WELL DONE!....
Also well done on the "electrical engineering" fault finding course; saved yourself a lot of money plus time & effort.
Keep that train rolling down the tracks.
Cheers, Peter
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9th August 2012, 10:05 PM #145
Coming along nicely. The brass railing adds a nice, authentic touch.
I like your ladder too.... Steve
-- Monkey see, monkey do --
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10th August 2012, 04:46 AM #146
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10th August 2012, 07:26 AM #147
Thanks Crowie, Steve, and Derek. And yes I kicked myself for not fixing my drill early but it wasn't very hard.
I made some more parts today. 2 hours in the shop seems to be my magic number but I am not complaining just glad to get some shop time in.
I made the coal slope ladder and the 4 ladders that go on the side. Also layed out the 4 truck sides but ran out of time.
To make the ladder's you first make a jig to glue the sides on to. Then you cutoff the excess and sand finish. Here are the 5 jigs layed out and then cut out.
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Ladders glued up.
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Ladders all sanded to final size. You can see one in the back the sander grabbed and rounded over a bit.
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Coal slope ladder has a 45* cut on the top to match the slope sheet.
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4 trucks layed out. This took me about 20 minutes.
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Thats it for today.
Bret
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10th August 2012, 09:35 AM #148
Might be a days work for Brett, Its a weeks worth for me.
Its looking better and better.
Best I can do with trains is buy a train cake mould at the Op-Shop.
Maybe I can cast a resin one???
Can't eat the cake...
Peter
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10th August 2012, 10:26 AM #149
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17th August 2012, 06:57 AM #150
Got a few more parts made over the last couple of days.
Truck Sides drilled and cutout.
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Laying out the 12 bearing blocks.
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Bearing blocks all cutout. Very tedious.
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Center pivot and truck sides mocked up.
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Fly my oldest son Nick would love to have a train cake.
Bret
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