Timber Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 Fusion is perfect for these types of boiler fittings,,,, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apl31 Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 Its one of the things I haven't managed to do successfully in Freecad yet. No doubt there is a way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob R Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 This is the youtube I followed, found on RMweb somewhere (Great Fusion 360 thread?) Lofting with guidlines No sound on it but you might get some clues for how to do it in FreeCad. Edit Just had a quick google, there seems to be lots of youtube tutorials on lofting in Freecad Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apl31 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Thank Rob, I will give that a try I when I get back to some work in progress. Perhaps this one. Care to guess? Aidan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob R Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Something Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont ish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apl31 Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 Well done Im impressed. It's my masterplan to get rich building a WCER loco kit in S scale😜. Actually, its a nice subject with a little license you could have many variations of original with and without outside frames plus various cabs including an enclosed American style cab, then there are the Furness rebuilds. Unfortunately its on my ever increasing "to do list" 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 03:25, Rob R said: Safety Valve cover to match. Time for a work break now.... So, what do you prefer Rob, Fusion or Tinkercad? Asking for a fella also starting on a Fusion journey?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Looks great Rob! How do the programmes compare? Is one better/easier than the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted November 18, 2022 Author Share Posted November 18, 2022 For me the trick to learning Fusion is to not get too bogged down in the theory. All the tutorials I looked at get caught up in constraints and the difference between bodies and components. Both of these topics are important but they are not essential to making a basic model. I was probably one year into Fusion before I really started to focus on constraints. Just start by drawing and extruding. Dimensions are important but these are easy. Stick with bodies and by the time your bodies become too complex you will understand why components can help. Now I constrain everything and do use components to structure my models.....but I got to these gradually - I want to make models not be a Fusion expert and I found that keeping this front of mind helped me to learn Fusion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob R Posted November 20, 2022 Share Posted November 20, 2022 Sorry about the tardy reply. TinkerCad can't do boiler fittings, at least I haven't seen any done, but for plain and simple boxy things it is quite good. I suspect as I get better with Fusion, TC will fade into the background, but they all need time and practice - there is no magic pill. :-( Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 You are right about no magic pill! I did the first 6 FE tutorials from Arnold Rowntree and felt quite proficient in a short space of time. Left it all alone for a couple of weeks for various reasons and after had to go back to the tutorials and do them again! I am hoping that there will come a moment when it all becomes second nature, but I'm no way near that yet! But I am a lot further forward than I was a month ago, that's for certain and it is enjoyable and interesting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 (edited) Next up for my collection of Brecon and Merthyr engines will be a 0-6-0 outside frame saddle tank. The B&M had a number of these engines either built directly or acquired. The majority of the engines were built by both Fowler and Stephenson to a broadly common design. Edited December 5, 2022 by Timber 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 The model will be part etch and part 3D print. Etch artwork completed and set off to PPD to work their magic. We had a discussion at the last Zoom call on artwork prep for 3D etching. I simply draw my etches in Visio, save as a PDF and then send for an etch. The attached picture is what I send. PPD kindly sort out the colour separation. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Looks great Michael. I like the integral buffer beams and lamp irons, very clever and neat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) Inspired by our Zoom calls I have started to dable in Templot. There is some fantastic work being carried out on 3D printed track. After alot of asks for help and scratching of head I finally managed to create some STL files. I have printed the chairs and they seem very good (photo does not do them justice). I am now going to try making complete track. The chairs slot into the sleepers. Will give this a go one evening and see how far I get. Martin the developer of Templot is amazing.....all I have done is clicked a few buttons, how he does all this is beyond me. Edited April 23, 2023 by Timber 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 Bit more playing around......here is the sleeper print. I printed this on my old Filament printer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 I then re printed the chairs......this is a better screen shot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 25, 2023 Author Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) The idea is that the chairs then drop into the sleepers. Mine nearly do. It is a brilliant system but I think that I may have two problems that should be easily overcome... Shrinkage in the sleeper base makes the chairs hard to seat, but I can scale up a little bit for that.... I selected the scale bullhead rail profile and it is too small for our code 87 so I need to try and work out the custom settings....my resin may also be too brittle.....have to see. Alot more playing around - this is a very smart system, it is still in development in Templot but very smart software from Martin. Edited April 25, 2023 by Timber 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted April 25, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Timber said: Shrinkage in the sleeper base makes the chairs hard to seat, but I can scale up a little bit for that.... Hi Michael, DON'T DO THAT! If you change the scaling the track won't match your track plan and templates. To adjust the chair fit, click this button and change the settings: But first, you can probably use better settings in your FDM slicer than the standard profiles provided. The default settings in the chair fit button should work well if you get the slicer settings better. I'm in the middle of explaining the slicer settings for you on Templot Club forum, but I knew you wouldn't wait until I've finished! 🙂 The chairs are designed to be a tight press fit in the sockets, they don't just drop in (otherwise they would need some glue). You can firm them home by tapping a hardwood block on the rail top with a pin hammer: If you are using the solid-jaw slide-on chairs, don't try to fit them without rail in them. Martin. Edited April 25, 2023 by martin_wynne 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 26, 2023 Author Share Posted April 26, 2023 (edited) Thank you Martin, will give this another go at the weekend. Your photos really help share the potential of this system. I think that if I just increase the chamfer a bit I will be good. The resin is what is on the printer - at the weekend I will swap to a grey resin. Edited April 26, 2023 by Timber 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosedale Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Amazing Michael. I do though like having the wooden sleepers as they look and stain like wood. Also, despite working closely to Templot plans I have still found that adjustments are needed here and there to get reliable running - I don't know why but the glued chairs to sleepers does allow for slicing off the old chair and replacing with 2 half chairs in the new adjusted position. But I salute you and Martin with Templot for this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timber Posted April 30, 2023 Author Share Posted April 30, 2023 Thanks Rosedale - Martin deserves the credit - it is amazing software. Given I have never built a proper layout and many people including yourself have built amazing layouts based on the wooden sleeper mechanism then that will probably always be a favourite. That said I have decided to build a proper layout, I am planning on making a model of Fochriw a small through station on the B&M. I started using Templot to plan the baseboards when I started looking at this system. I am going to give this system a go, it is still under development but it is going to be interesting. Hopefully I will have some more to show tomorrow.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apl31 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 After a long time trying Ive finally worked out how to produce 3d boiler fittings in Freecad. My method is a lot more involved than that in the fusion 360 video mentioned on here last year, however it seems to be a reasonable end result and presumably it will print. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apl31 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 I had plenty spare time on my recent holiday to draw something new, its a NER luggage van from 1870s. A little bit more work to do. I wish I was as good at finishing things as starting them. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob R Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 5 hours ago, apl31 said: I wish I was as good at finishing things as starting them. Why should you be any different to the rest of us?😀 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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