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You need to view the second video to see some of the issues encountered. The first video is all filler and no substance.

RC servos are mostly rotary so perhaps you could hide them in a false fronted tender. The water gauges could be watched via a drone video unit.

gas on /off on a flick switch.

regulator on a throttle stick

reverser might have to be forward only.

Fine control can be done via the stick trim pots if necessary.

I suspect most if not all engineer their own solutions.

HP 2/ 4, the motor may be too big for the board or you need to use the correct motor terminals.

don't connect wires to 6& 7

what make?

Edited By Dave Halford on 14/01/2022 17:43:25

The US is 120V @ 60hz

The current price of old iron is now too high to be worthwhile unless you get lucky.

That said you are used to using an industrial machine and hobby machines don't compare well on the duty cycle but as long as you keep that in mind it'll be fine.

Same goes for motor power, everyone knows that 0.75kw is 1hp in old money and that works for mains motors. However DC hobby ones will sometimes say powerful 350W motor and if it doesn't say output then it's the motor power consumption which is much higher than the usable output.

All the above said, if some annoying tech has assembled the shaft with bearing fit you may need to apply a fair bit of heat to remove the key or bearing inner.

The only time I have had weird display patterns from a site was when the video card was dying.

These were originally supplied ready machined just needing a screwdriver, a spanner and pliers

John,

Don't forget the other variable may be the tap, speaking as someone who has bought a new tap from an English supplier at a show, that looks like a tap, but fails to make any kind of thread at all.

For tapping hole sizes buy a Zeus book. Nuts and Bolts from the like of Big Box DIY stores tend to be loose fit, whereas automotive stuff is a much tighter spec.

There should be thick card washers supplied with the wheel you need to use them on both sides.

Here

Mostly used on constant bleed spray guns.

It would depend on the capacity of the engine/s

Neil,

Are they still as loud as before?

Yeah, but no.

The original switch melted and kept popping you overloads and now a new one does the same. Surprised your Sparky didn't put a clamp meter on it to check the current draw though if he only fitted new equipment he might not expect it.

Frankly this screams motor field coil fault as a next thing to check for.

I'm talking about these, more properly boring bar holders, they will take round HSS or the boring bars above

Plus a normal Armstrong tool holder.

Expensive scrap.

Be just about ok if it included all the gears and drawings + a few castings

Errm anyone? **LINK** be quick

These holders all fit either lantern style posts or need a clamp making. I think they are forged.

Based on that picture and words.

If the 'boiler' is just a tube propped up on something and assuming the flywheel doesn't wobble and the wheels are OK then it might be fine.

If there's a boiler under there, the presence of the kit tells you the boiler is likely bad. They have a nasty habit of bending, not being square, just not made properly or getting dropped.

There are various threads on here from Minnie builders, check the start to finish time lines so you don't get surprised by the work load.

Masons book is useful in that it tells you which parts cannot be made in isolation as they need to be made to fit others, like the tender needs to fit the horn plates, which depends on the width the boiler comes out at.