When the ‘obvious’ is discovered!
How an ash pan and grate assembly is being fabricated for a 2″ scale steam traction engine.
How an ash pan and grate assembly is being fabricated for a 2″ scale steam traction engine.
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 and tapped 4BA and that’s about all a write up I can give really. One [...]
How an ash pan for a 2″ scale Fowler Traction engine is being constructed
Model engineers experience when forming a copper ash pan for a Fowler traction engine in 2″ scale
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 of those months what with all the troubles with changing hosting plans and current poor [...]