A Series of Unfortunate Mistakes and ... some Copper? - Steam Loco No. 30
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- čas přidán 21. 11. 2023
- A build series of a "Maid of Kent", a Curly Lawrence designed #steam #train #locomotive in 5" gauge using real #livesteam, built using traditional tools and materials by an amateur #machinist in a home workshop.
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The boiler is very nice. Bit of an oddity that the regulator and header don’t have bushes and appear to be just holes in the plates into the boiler. I would encourage you to not shy away from copper boiler making. On my first 5” gauge engine I made it at a friends place under his guidance (he was fairly experienced). I did a great deal of the work and he taught and helped with the heats. I have made several since, tried various methods and approaches to construction and it really isn’t as scary as it is often made out to be. Most boilers I have made I have used a large propane torch, lots of firebricks and Kao insulation wool put in the right places. Now with more experience I used oxy-propane a lot for concentrated heats. If you do another engine, make sure you have a go.
Good to see you again. The boiler looks superb. Best wishes.
So nice of you
Hi mate. Im a younger builder like yourself but i went 7 1/4 because i like to throw away my money. Anyway, i have i B'port and i ended up having to rebuild all the spindle bearings, motor bearings and upper head bearings as well as sort out the table for some issues during my build too (its a worn machine... i know now!) so you're definitely not alone with mill strife! My attitude is; the quickest way to build it is to fix the issue in front of you. I'm saving for a boiler... see you in 20 years.
Good work keep going.
Thank you so much for the kind words! This product is in no way abandoned, but it’s on a bit of a hold at the moment - I’ll be back to it soon though don’t worry maybe we both have ours finished at the same time!?
Can’t wait to see it runing, I just found your channel and it’s amazing
Welcome aboard!
It is great to see a video from you. We learned how to use the clarkson autolock from the same source. We have not used the horizontal on our Centec yet but we will have to check for those locking nuts. Your boiler is fantastic, it is one of those things that we could spend a very long time just looking at
Lovely to see your comment, thank you!
Good stuff William. Making mistakes and finding issues and/or limits with our machine tools is all part of the process. Gotta just love that boiler :-)
finally a new Video! :)
Sorry, it’s been a bit long in the making!!
Hi William lovely to see you return with a new video. I appreciate greatly your honesty showing that home machining is not always without trials and tribulations. At times it feels like one step forward and two steps backwards. But overall, progress is being made. As for the copper boiler, wow, it’s a beaut! 👏👏👍😎
Thank you matey!
Good idea to heat laser cut parts to cherry red and then cool slowly before you attempt to machine. You will find this takes the hardness out and saves your files and milling cutters.
The chassis and wheel set look great William, and that boiler is gorgeous.
I have a Clarkson Autolock operators handbook, giving the manufacturers method for securing the cutters, if you want i can forward you some photos of the relevant pages?
Cheers Ian
Please do, if that’s ok?
@@williamsworkshopuk I promised something but I'm not sure how to do it!! Do I send it as an attachment via your youtube address?
@@machineshopinagarage4699 will ayerst gmail com ?
@@williamsworkshopuk Read your message, just as I had finished making a short video of the handbook , it's just uploaded, freeze the frames to get a good look at the text and diagrams. Hope this is of some use William if not I will try to send by email.
Cheers Ian, machine shop in a garage
@@machineshopinagarage4699 checking it out now!
I've got a table off an old bridgeport milling machine under my bench. Seemed too good to scrap. You could chop it to suite bolt to your table and use it as a riser? It's properly heavy and also in Leicester but your welcome to it for free if you want it ?
That is so very kind of you! I actually bought some substantial angle iron!
Does the horizontal spindle work? You could have used that and clamped part to table 😀
I mean... I literally show that :)
@@williamsworkshopuk ahh I haven't seen the end yet ☺️
Try not to clamp on work that overhangs and the work should have less chance of moving when machining.
Thank you, I was trying to avoid bespoke clamps but looks like it's inevitable!
The clamps themselves were fine - just could have done with the alumiunium packing piece (or parallels) under the rod extending far enough to the end so the clamp is applying pressure directly down, clamping the rod to the packing beneath putting everything in compression.
As you had it, the clamp was trying to bend the end of the rod where it was overhanging the packing, so the clamping force was being limited by how 'springy' the rod was in resisting the bend the clamps were trying to apply.
Just get or make some jack-in-bolts, basically a hex-headed-all-threaded-bolt with a hex-headed-nut with as may threads on it as the bolt + couple more.