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| ozzie46:
Thanks Dr. J Ron |
| ozzie46:
Heres an what I been up to so far. Got the frames together and started on the buffer beams. I have the angle in for the beams. They are bolted to the frames and are supposed to be riveted to the beams, but I was wondering if it might not be better to tap the beams and lock tight screws in and file them off flush with the front of the beams. The rivets were supposed to be filed off too. Ron |
| ozzie46:
A friend of mine gave me some ductile cast iron for the cyls. That stuff is nice. It machines in little 6s and 9s. like steel. He gave me 2 of the round bars 5in by 6.250. Sure is heavy. He said it is "continuous cast". I got 2 cyls out of one piece so I have plenty left for something else. 5in face plate maybe? The cyls are supposed to be 3x 2.750x2.375, these are not to finish size yet. I am going to try to do like "gbritnell" does and profile them and make them look like a casting. Wish me luck. Ron |
| Darren:
Looking good so far :clap: Nice chunks of cast you have there :ddb: |
| NickG:
Hi Ron, Great start on the Simplex. There are a few in our model engineering club and are strong performers and look the part. Don't bother trying to lift it on your own when it's finished though! Nick |
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