For all my testing I use an ancient Gaugemaster unit that I bought cheap about ten years ago from from eBay which I am sure was designed with 00...
Somewhat embarrassingly, I have just opened the slip of paper which was in the back of the Slaters packaging and it does tell you what sized hex...
I had a comment on another forum that they were a standard Slaters hex key, but I can assure you that they are not. Standard Slaters hex key...
Although I didn't go to Kettering I did receive a Slaters SG38CANL Gearbox which had been bought at the show for a little job that I was asked to...
I have a really old Weller unit that I was given by a friend. I use it almost daily alongside my soldering irons and gas torch. I have no idea of...
The last few sessions at the bench have been spent working on fitting the Silvertown lubricators which I made earlier in the build. After some...
I certainly hope so Ken. I will be on the competition stand most of the weekend.
Sadly not Ken, We always viewed it as too far to travel for a one day show, when we lived in Wakefield. But now we live another hour further...
Oh dear, I don't really mind decorating but I need a good kick up the jax to get on with it.
Well, what an absolute beggar making those turned out to be. I have made at least eight or more of these plates before getting the bolt heads in...
I have already cut the collar flanges (the two that you and Brian thought were the beginnings of my 5p piece empire ;) I just need to mark them up...
Actually, it didn't take much work to make the tool. With the material being so free machining, the making of the tool only took an hour or so....
It's with quite a sigh of relief that I have indeed sorted the problem. I just need to add the bolt detail now. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Removing the cast sleeve was a bit of a challenge and I used a combination of a piercing saw, a wood chisel and old files dipped in talc. This did...
Plan A is to recreate the flanged sleeve as a separate entity which will sip over the end of the main steam pipe and allow movement to hopefully...
Thanks for the suggestions gents. The GA shows the 'big end' as being a type of sleeve which passes through the smokebox. As you suggest I should...
I have done a bit of measuring and the gap versus the dimensions on the GA is 0.3mm so tape would be too thin. I may be able to move the pipe...
The Princess continues to challenge. The replacement for the live steam injector pipe took much tweaking and test fitting before it fit snugly...
Hi Tony, I have a good number of brass kits under my belt so yes reasonably competent. If you want something cheap and cheerful to practice on...
Hi Tony, Now there is a question, My soldering iron for higher melt solder is an 80 watt (ERSA 80 solder station which goes up to 450 degrees)...