Author Topic: Dale's k 27 By Kozo  (Read 63440 times)

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #210 on: April 07, 2019, 07:53:51 AM »
Beautiful work. I can believe it was a job getting the door to door fit as good as it looks. Well done!
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #211 on: April 07, 2019, 12:43:44 PM »
Very impressive parts!  Are the little circles air holes through the doors?

For the most part, fire doors have openings to allow the engineer to see how the fire is doing.  Most air flow is up through the grate.

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #212 on: April 07, 2019, 01:11:18 PM »
No the hole do not go through. I am not sure why they are there.

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #213 on: April 07, 2019, 01:46:27 PM »
On the original cast iron fire doors the holes may have been used as part of the core sand. The door would have been hollow, cored with a flat plate shaped sand core, and several round posts and possibly some cast in chaplets on the top of the core would be needed to hold it in place while the iron flowed around it. The round posts would leave the holes after casting. After casting the sand core would be poked out through the holes.  In use, the holes would vent cab air to the hollow in each door to help insulate it a bit by making an air gap between inner and back walls of the door. If the door were solid, the inner face would radiate a LOT of heat into the cab. You would not want to brush up against a red hot fire door while running the engine!
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #214 on: April 07, 2019, 03:38:35 PM »
On the original cast iron fire doors the holes may have been used as part of the core sand. The door would have been hollow, cored with a flat plate shaped sand core, and several round posts and possibly some cast in chaplets on the top of the core would be needed to hold it in place while the iron flowed around it. The round posts would leave the holes after casting. After casting the sand core would be poked out through the holes.  In use, the holes would vent cab air to the hollow in each door to help insulate it a bit by making an air gap between inner and back walls of the door. If the door were solid, the inner face would radiate a LOT of heat into the cab. You would not want to brush up against a red hot fire door while running the engine!
Clever! Great info.

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #215 on: April 07, 2019, 06:23:06 PM »
Thanks That is cool!

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #216 on: August 07, 2019, 02:39:15 PM »
Well, I fired my loco... Good and bad, everything worked good. The cyl. leaked a lot though, through the solder joints, I think I will put a sleave in the passages from the valves to the cyl. All in all not to bad.More work for this winter!

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #217 on: August 07, 2019, 02:49:27 PM »
Looks Good Dale some nice looking valves and the fire doors look great.

Mike
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #218 on: August 07, 2019, 06:34:10 PM »
Thanks Mike

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #219 on: February 16, 2020, 12:27:21 AM »
Well, I have finely got some time to work in the shop. The leaks in the cyl. are not as bad as I thought. Here are some pictures of my PSI gauge. Making the bourdon tube was a real chore. The glass is a watch crystal.
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #220 on: February 16, 2020, 01:08:38 AM »
Nice. And I like that idea about the watch glass. And the 'Built By' is great.
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #221 on: February 16, 2020, 01:17:45 AM »
Thanks, Zee, I am learning a lot about my CNC mill. It's coming hard but I am getting there.   

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #222 on: February 17, 2020, 01:14:29 PM »
Here is a look at the inside of my gauges. They all need the needles adjusted.

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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #223 on: February 17, 2020, 02:08:52 PM »
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Really great work!
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Re: Dale's k 27 By Kozo
« Reply #224 on: February 17, 2020, 06:20:39 PM »
Wow, that's really neat!  I'm going to build one of these pressure gauges someday.  I'd love to hear any helpful hints you have on building it.  Kozo gives great instructions, but it just seems complicated enough that I'd love to hear your insights now that you've done it a few times.

Kim

 

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