7 1/4" Gauge Electric 0-4-0 Loco

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NickG:
Just ordered 4 bearings from arc euro - they had a clearance on double row self aligning the size I need £1.95 each :thumbup:. Had to take the wife to the dentist and picked up some metal on the way back - axle material, plate for the motor hangers and some 3/8" brass angle - that stuff was £2.40 a foot so think I'll try to use it sparingly!

Still, £23 for the remaining metal and bearings isn't too bad, I'll get some sheet aluminium or something from my mate to do the bodywork.

Here's a pic of all the metal and bits so far:

Will hopefully do something with it over the weekend!

Nick

NickG:
Hi all,

Just a quick update ... I did make some progress over the weekend:

It might only look like I've drilled a few holes and cut a few bits of metal but I had all this lot to cut through with the same old hacksaw I used for my 'Poppin' flywheels!!! I really need to get a powered saw of some sort!

So although not that interesting, it needed to be done. So I've hacked the lumps off leaving blanks for wheels, faced them up in the lathe.

Decided on a width for the frame, cut / milled to length, drilled and loosely fastened together.

Incidentally I managed to repair the milling vice - had a slight brainwave for a quick fix, I made a sort of top cap, so the bottom half is threaded the top half of the nut is plain diameter of the screw major dia. This stops the screw from jumping out. I was going to drill and tap holes and screw it down but there wasn't much material to screw into - at this point my eye caught glimpse of the mig welder - not really used it yet and it didn't have any gas but it seems to have glued the two bits together anyway :lol:

Other than that, I've cut the axles to length and realised I only bought enough steel plate to hang 1 motor :doh:

Next I need to do yet more sawing to hack out the bearing housings. Then once the bearings are delivered I can bore out to suit. Going ok so far touch wood!

Nick

NickG:
Quick update, I forgot when I started this thread that it's not an engine or a quick change tool post so nobody will be interested, nevertheless I will still post and finish the topic, just less frequently - after all, there is no point just replying to my own thread all of the time!

Anyway, here are a couple of pics of the progress:

First I made the bearing housings, a couple I made a sliding fit rather than press fit, I didn't want too tight as I did that once and it actually squeezed the outer ring in and made the bearing bind! The sliding ones I put a couple of centre pop marks around the bore and loctited them all.

Drilled holes and milled slots in buffer beams for draw bar and buffers, thought I'd better do this before the frame gets welded up, I wasn't going to mess around with buffers etc originally but I thought I might make little additions as time goes on. Drilled a hole in middle of front beam for a hook too:

Below is all work thus far, not far off a rolling chassis, just need to turn flanges on wheels and bore to size for that. Then I probably need to weld chassis up and get on with the motor hangers and bushes.

AdeV:
Well, I for one am following your progress with interest - even though I don't see a loco in my future. I can't wait to see some of the machining work...

So, don't dare slow down the posting, or I'll be forced to fill the vacuum with some tedious roughing cuts I've been doing.... :poke:

ozzie46:

I'm watching also although I'll never build a loco this large. It will be an interesting ride.

Ron

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