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Stephenson’s Rocket
crueby:
Great luck with your research, looking forward to a build hopefully!
Art K:
Bob,
Sounds like a great project, wish you well on your journey!
Art
Bob Wild:
Well on with the firebox. Started with a wooden former to shape the sheet brass round. Julius’s design is simplified so I decided to add the rivets as per the original. Marked out the positions just for guidance but thanks to my DRO this proved to be fairly straightforward:
crueby:
Going to be watching along on this one, its a very interesting design. Will you be making the boiler functional?
Bob Wild:
Chris, I am hoping to run on air. The thought of all that silver soldering on all those fire tubes and water jacket in the firebox is way beyond my capabilities as a relative novice. But I am hoping to be as near as possible to the original. As you pointed out, there is a wealth of info at the Science Museum and the NRM. I have lots of issues to solve; the valve gear assembly, the wheels and not to mention how to make the water barrel in the tender!!
Bob
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