Member postings for stan pearson 1

Hi Norm

Go on ebay search brazing rods they are flux coated and quite cheep compared to silver rods. you can use no rods but use silver solder flux and melt the brass to make the joint, if you need a fillet then you must use a rod.

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Stan

Hi John

I agree with Roy you should try building Les Warnett`s 9F i use the drawings as a guide only and make the parts fit as i go along, its almost like building a free lance.

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Stan

Hi Dominic

Go to www.modelengineerslaser.co.uk they will cost about £60 all cut out and holes spotted

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Stan

Hi Daniel

Go to Myfords web site and look at the parts for the ML and order from them i have just replaced mine on a Super7.

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Stan

Hi Nik

Have you considered bolting them on Emkay supplies sell slotless raised heads that look like the real thing i use them all the time instead of rivets even on my 5" 9F

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Stan

Hi Merry Miller

Thats the name of the firm that did our block stiching, they also stiched the cylinder on Flying Scotsman some years ago, i think the name of the chap who came to us was called Camieo.

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Stan

Hi Dougie

I have a 1908 Gardener gas engine and many years ago my late father used it to drive a circular saw and one night it froze and split the water jacket, the welder where he worked arc welded it and i still have it to this day with no leaks.When i worked at a large haulage firm in Grimsby 40yrs ago i saw a company come and stich a AEC cylinder block like Michael says by brilling and threading, the split was about 10" long and it worked untill the lorry was scraped many years later.

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Stan

Hi AG

Dusty is spot on plenty of play if you intend to run on club tracks, same with coupling rods side clearance and a few thou play on pins except the main crank pin and conecting rod this should be a good running fit.

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Stan

Relief valves are not as important as drain valves on a slide valve engine, in theory the pressure will lift the slide off its seat so the water can escape but it will bend the opperating rod.

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Stan

Hi Bob

You should not have a problem with slitting saws, i use all sizes down to 1/64" its the same as useing a hacksaw dont force it let it cut itself and you wont have any trouble. You need to drill the bolt holes first then saw all the way through bolt it back together and then bore the hole to fit crank.

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Stan

Hi Fizzy

Yes all steam engines should have drain cocks to get rid of condensed water which can destroy your engine.

Stan

Hi Bill

Yes Jeff is spot onthe 90 degree is not important what is that all wheels are set the same. I use loctight and set the main axle by eye right hand leading, i make all the coupling rods but dont drill the vertical joints i make a simple jig a flat bar one hole and one slot and three bobins, one step to fit the axle bush the other the crank pin bush then set it to dead axle centres lock the rods to it and drill and reamer and fit knuckel pins, When all done set glue the wheels on axles put on the rods and bingo all done. I have always done it this way with no problems even on my 5" 9F with 5 axles.

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Stan

Hi Rod

If you go bare back you will not be able to fit hand rails, boiler inspectors will not pass a boiler that has been drilled for stanchions, far better to fit thin brass sheet on top of insulation held down with bands, you can then solder in wash out plugs.Self etch is not a high build primer and should only be a thin coat of acid activator and primer mixed 50-50.

Go to auto-paint.co.uk and look at there products, they are very helpfull and will aswer any questions they are at St Helens, i am no way involved with them only buy from them.

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Stan

Rod

I have always used semi mat cellulose paint on all my locos on top of self-etch primer with no problems, all scratch i used high build primer and rubbed it down with wet and dry.

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Stan

Hi Rod

Yes John is correct Doris does not have any cleading but i have just finished one last year and did fit cleading you should make the smokebox a little bigger in diameter i didnt and have s step down were it joins the boiler.