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Fowler A7 traction engine 2″ scale build

Silver soldering three parts together to make pins for a 2″ scale working steam model of the Fowler A7 Traction Engine made from plans and castings by MJ Engineering. Continue reading

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A day of heat in the workshop!

How welding aluminium worked well using Durafix but the normally successful silver soldering for steel didn’t work so well for a model engineer Continue reading

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A couple of hours in the workshop on the Saw Table

Two projects under way at mikes-models.com being the Fowler A7 traction engine by MJ Engineering at 2″ scale and a home made, home designed carbide tipped saw table. Continue reading

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Fowler traction Engine- Tender start…..

After a delay the Fowler traction engine in 2″ scale has moved forward (not literally yet) with a start made on the tender. Continue reading

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When the ‘obvious’ is discovered!

How an ash pan and grate assembly is being fabricated for a 2″ scale steam traction engine. Continue reading

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More work on the ash pan and grate

I spent quite some time on finishing the profile at the rear of the ash pan, before I can start on the damper. The cast iron casting of the grate was cleaned up on the milling machine and then drilled … Continue reading

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I created ash with the ash pan for the Fowler today!

How an ash pan for a 2″ scale Fowler Traction engine is being constructed Continue reading

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Annealing we shall go! Ash pan for the Fowler

Model engineers experience when forming a copper ash pan for a Fowler traction engine in 2″ scale Continue reading

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The copper for making the Fowler ash pan arrives….

Today I got into the workshop later in the morning and didn’t manage to get much done really. I didn’t trust myself to do anything accurate but did manage to burn out my Proxxon drill! Its seems to be one … Continue reading

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