Fowler BB1 in 2"

[Jo]

Did they not use studs tapped into the top of the ball rather than bolts?

Not in that cross section you sent me  .

Jo

[Mosey]

JO,
I looked up at the masthead and didn't see anything suggesting we are limited to stationary engines, so that seems to be an unnecessary concern. Please show us your project as it goes along, bumps and stumbles as well as the great stuff you are so well known for. Don't leave anything out.
I'll be watching  and learning as you go.
Mosey

[Alan Haisley]

Jo,

In #219, picture 7 you do an interesting fabrication. Silver solder on the horizontal - even near horizontal - is easy to understand. How did you do the verticals though?

Alan

[Jo]

With a pokey stick of silver solder in a piece of copper tube to stop the solder melting before I want it to

Jo

[Tjark]

Hello Jo,

I am a tool addict ( I think as you are) sometimes you find some interesting tools.
But deep respect the way you have made the fore carriage ball and socket for this beautiful project.

   Tjark.

[Jo]

Thanks Tjark 

Jo

[Alan Haisley]

Did they not use studs tapped into the top of the ball rather than bolts?

Not in that cross section you sent me  .

Jo

  This looks like they must have cast hex countersinks to hold the bolts. 

Alan

[Jo]

Mine will have 2BA Cap screws  Don't tell anyone 

Jo

[Jo]

Looks like I have been saved, I thought she was on hold due to lack of funds  but someone has kindly donated some dog ends to enable me to make the hornplates/hornbrackets  .

This could be take some about

Jo

[Jasonb]

Is that the same person who you took the last of your funds to to help build the casting mountain under your bed and the tool mountain in your workshop

Can't see the point in buying all these tools if you can't afford the materials to make anything

You must have enough bits laying around to be able to do the perch bracket, washer, pin steering chain brackets etc. And the smokebox door fittings could be done until you get the rolling sorted.

J

[Jo]

You are right Jason there are other little bits I could do with my bits of come in handys. But I won't be placing the large order for the rolled steel/pressings/water jetting or the next set of castings this side of the boiler, which is the next big expenditure on this engine and final payment/delivery of that is only 5 months away


The Hornplates and brackets give me something to hang the crank and all those  gears that I have to make on  

Jo

[Jasonb]

And then find your boiler is a bit off and have to alter all your shaft lengths

[Jo]

  You have great expectations on the speed of this build: I can see the hornbrackets taking over a month.

Then there is the S&P and the Double Tangye to finish for Guildford 10 weeks away, not forgetting the show preparation 

Jo

[Jasonb]

What about the cross compound and R&B??

Only Ten weeks away, I best go back down to the workshop and get that Monitor finished

[Jo]

I cannot lift the Cross Compound so until I find a fella  she is not going.

We will be  running the R&B, so I have been told 

Jo