Author Topic: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.  (Read 72015 times)

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #75 on: December 06, 2018, 02:41:26 AM »
Very good looking parts!  I hope the lean is just lens effect from the camera!

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #76 on: December 06, 2018, 08:05:26 AM »
Nice way to model complex parts, quite interesting to follow !

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #77 on: December 06, 2018, 09:35:37 AM »
The frames look great Willy - thanks for sharing the step by step process as it gives me lots of ideas.

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #78 on: December 06, 2018, 08:42:02 PM »
That first Standard is superb  :ThumbsUp:....the fabrication process is faultless in outcome [internal draw filing for surface & accuracy of WEB thickness 10/10.......considering the hand cutting with the  :old: Fret Saw]

Have you used a combination of silver soldering the key tabs & structural blocks/pads & connections, then flowing soft solder for the seams?

I am sure you will be painting them in green with the fine pin striping, however if you have access to some powder blasting would render the brass surfaces more cast like and provide a perfect base for the primer paint

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #79 on: December 06, 2018, 11:54:22 PM »
Willy- top notch work, you soldering is first class. I don't know how you do it, mine always turn out like... well, I'd rather not say  :facepalm:
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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #80 on: December 07, 2018, 12:43:13 AM »
Hi all ...thanks for all the comments ,the lean is about 18 thou but will be adjusted with a file , the outer webs are silver soldered and the inner webs are first tinned and also the plate ,then screwed in position and the heat is reaplied and the parts then self solder , Also i have been soldering for 60 0dd years !!! There was a bit of distortion actually at the bottom as the screws in the outer fram were a bit tight and as the brass expands due to the heat there was a bit of movement going on....

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #81 on: December 19, 2018, 04:00:27 PM »
Back to work....have been busy with ex-mouse stuff  more work on the standards and colour coding my dies !! an the "actually make something" competition at the Norwich club !!!    My 2-6-0- rebuild of the 2-4-0 engines from Southwold !!!
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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #82 on: December 20, 2018, 02:13:24 AM »
Ok the next standard taking shape ....and if you get the camera angle right the parts do sort of match!!!! also i have some blue prints if any body wants them...and the paper models were mentioned in the club reports in the Model Engineer magazine this month !!!

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #83 on: December 21, 2018, 02:09:51 AM »
Starting in the entablature this will be built up and will need to pin the parts with sellick pins to bring all the profiles to accurate dimensions...
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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #84 on: December 21, 2018, 02:16:44 AM »
Some very fancy moulding on that frame, just love the ornamentation on the older machines. Great work as always.

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #85 on: December 21, 2018, 02:44:15 AM »
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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #86 on: December 21, 2018, 01:36:27 PM »
That's coming on well Willy  :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #87 on: December 23, 2018, 02:17:21 AM »
More work on the top mouldings  the entablature and freeze are made and the cornice is a mixture of cavetto and cyma recta these are styled on the Doric order of the Greek classical style... I can use a ball nose cutter for the cavetto but will have to make silver steel cutter for the Cyma Recta profile....

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #88 on: December 23, 2018, 02:20:51 AM »
Beautiful work. But isn't it really late there now? You guys claim I don't sleep...!

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Re: Easton and Andersom beam engine at Bressingham.
« Reply #89 on: December 23, 2018, 02:35:19 AM »
Hi Chris, yes ...i work until about 3am and don't get up until about 11 am ...!! I am an owl rather than a lark and also i can keep an eye on the elves especially at this time of year !! Also there are no distractions from the phone etc etc ...also as i am quite gregarious  i can keep up with my cafe culture  >>>>>>>

Willy,

 

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