Giles Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Two set of bogies, together with bearings, rods, cranks etc., so we're coming along. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 Everyone's going to get very bored with this...... however, things progress slowly. Today I made sure all was clean, and blackened the frames and epoxied the spring/horn assemblies on , which was very easy with the three holes to locate them. Everyone's going to get very bored with this...... however, things progress slowly. Today I made sure all was clean, and blackened the frames and epoxied the spring/horn assemblies on , which was very easy with the three holes to locate them. Next was etch primer, cutting axles and pressing wheels and a bevel gear on....... Thus far, I'm extremely happy with things - loving the printer, and how much it helps! 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherplanet Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 12 hours ago, Giles said: Everyone's going to get very bored with this...... You under estimate the attention that can be generated in learning from a master. Keep going, I'm interested in how you make use of the new printer, I'm planning to treat myself to one in the near future. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 The first bogie is now fully assembled, and fitted with its PLA printed bolster. The bolster has a hole through to accommodate the gearmotor at exactly the right position and angle, and also has a spheres the top to act as a pivot, and as a fixing (think snap fastening) 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 7, 2021 Author Share Posted October 7, 2021 And makes two....... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 One of the little power bogies under test.... 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyeti Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Superb work - and a fascinating choice of prototype too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 The bogie mount and fixing.... something I've been thinking about for some time. This will allow easy removal of the bogies, and give 3-pont suspension. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34006 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Excellent work, Giles. Simplicity and neatness appear to be your trademarks. Well done. Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 15, 2021 Author Share Posted October 15, 2021 A brace of Bagnalls...... in progress. It's taken quite a few hours to get to this stage to say the least. Also, to get two good bonnets, I cut four and had two not good enough - same with the cab fronts..... so it has been a fight all the way. Cab fronts with spectacle brasses ready to solder in. First front section with 1mm beading soldered on. Care is needed not to over heat it in the process, and have it expand away and buckle, but it went well. 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 Both locos with front and rear beading applied, together with rear grab rails. Under-frames next.... 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 One of them soldered up to a unit, and sat on bogies..... 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 I now have both on frames And both have gearboxes (and covers) printed. This will all be added later if course when all the soldering is done.... 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 Progress is slow, but still happening (whilst real work isn't!) . Hand rails are fitted, including the reduced diameter in the channel section. Lifting eyes at both ends are fitted, and internal plates for mounting the loco bolsters are soldered in. In the foreground are two brake standards that now need cleaning up...... They do remind me of a pair of Gentleman's Sporting Locomotives, somehow..... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted November 5, 2021 Author Share Posted November 5, 2021 The metal-work on the bodies is now complete Printed parts such as gearbox, service tank, tank fillers, switch panel, hinges will be added after priming . Some bits were especially fiddly to make, especially the 'spinners' on the engine bay doors, at about 3mm long 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 And just sat on the bogies.... 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Looks a fun project Giles, look forward to seeing the ongoing progress Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Giles Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 One of the things I love about this hobby and the progress of things is how absolutely wonderful the development of affordable technology is. I remember seeing early 3D printers that cost six figures, and being extremely impressed, little thinking that within 15 - 20years much better ones (though smaller) would be available to us for a couple of hundred pounds...... Below is the switch panel for the Ashanti. Three domestic light type switches, and one push-to-make switch - for the horns I think. As per the photo from 1933 or '34. Printed in full detail that one can't actually see courtesy of a Mars 2 Pro. The whole panel is only 5mm x 5mm. Magic! Similarly the headlights are printed (dome shells) with about 0.3mm wall thickness, microscopic LEDs inserted, back-filled with epoxy, and then epoxied onto a CNCd shouldered 'lens' which locates them in the circular aperture in the front and back plates of the cab. 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 There’s one thing having the technology (we took delivery of our second 5-axis CNC lathe at work on Friday ) but there’s the question of the ability to use it, and the vision… 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted November 14, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2021 Most impressive. Well done. Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted November 16, 2021 Author Share Posted November 16, 2021 Lights and bogies have been wired up on both locos, but now got to sort receivers, programming etc..... 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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