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| Bernd:
Ok Don will allow you this one. Spent Sunday afternoon with daughter and son-in-law. Great day. :ddb: It is an ambitious project and I've already planned on making some fixtures to help with multiple setup to do parts for the trucks. As far as the gears go. I wouldn't mind trying to cut them but I think I'm going to buy. They can be purchased from Boston Gear. So give me a poke once in a while when I seem to have run out of steam (pun intended). I might just be procrastinating and will need a poke in the back side to get going again. Bernd |
| Bernd:
It's Wendsday and it was raining this morning so I got busy cutting up the rest of the raw bar stock so I can mass produce truck parts. Below is a picture of all the cut stock. It now needs to go into the fixture I made Wendsday afternoon when it got hot and humid. It's still nice and cool in the basement workshop. All the stock cut to size and bundled up so I hopefuly don't loose any of them. The fixture took 2 days. I wanted to make sure that the Loctite © had set. First pic here is of the 3 pieces of aluminum. The parts screwed together with the thread fastener. The fixture ready for use. If you want to see the whole procedure of how I made the fixture then follow the Truck Fixture Link I'm hoping it rains again tommorow so I can work on the first set of bars to the trucks. |
| Bernd:
A qucik :update: before Don Squire :poke: me. :lol: :lol: Just got a message from Ken Schroeder that my castings for the trucks are on their way here and that I should have them by this coming Monday. Right now I'm enjoying a weeks vacation at the cottage in the 1000 Islands. Was calm enough today to run the nitro speed boat untill I found that the high end jet was resetting itself. Need to get a new "O" ring. Been playing with the Alexandra steam boat Dad built a few years ago. Right now I've got to get the propane tank filled so I can get up steam. Bernd |
| Bernd:
I've got my castings for the trucks. They were delivered while I was on vacation. Below is a picture of the castings plus springs Ken Schroeder provides. Now I'm hoping for some rainy weather and an early winter. "NOT" :doh: :lol: :lol: Almost have all the barstock cut to length and the holes drilled. Next time I get a few minutes in the shop I can finish up the last few parts. Bernd |
| arnoldb:
Looks good Bernd - those are some good-quality looking castings :thumbup: :scratch: What size is your Shay ? Regards, Arnold |
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