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| Author: | James C Patten [ Wed Sep 10, 2003 7:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | WW&F #10 Update |
At long last, I'm pleased to report more progress on #10's heavy repairs. We finally finished milling the driving boxes this past weekend. The boxes will be taken off the milling machine and will have brasses pressed into them. Brasses are being machined off-site and should be ready soon. There's a new yoke bar which was done with a water jet. The yoke, for those that don't know, holds up the other end of the slide gear, piston rods and the driving rods. The old yoke was the original one on the engine, had been altered when the engine was regauged, and it was showing wear. After giving up on having the new drive rods water jetted (because of the expense), our mechanic came up with the idea of turning the rods on the lathe to remove enough metal so they won't take much time to mill. We put the first rod on our big lathe this past weekend and started turning it. We got one end turned down to proper height. While it may sound odd to put square stock in a lathe, the lathe can take off more material (once we get below the corners) than the mill can. WW&F Railway Museum |
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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Wed Sep 10, 2003 8:19 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: WW&F #10 Update |
I think we'd all be interested in some detailed photos of these activities. Sounds like some new ideas here. ryarger@rypn.org |
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