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Joe d:
Thanks, Ginger.

Got the smokebox temporarily positioned with some 0-80 screws, which let me work out the position of the cut-out for
the chimney

Once that was done, hired the Mrs as a temporary shop assistant to help with riveting, saved me from making a lot of dodgy work holders
if I'd tried to do it on my own, remains to be seen just how much that is going to cost me :lol:

all riveted up, put in the blower ass'y

from above:

side view:

Starting to turn the chimney:

and that's where it's got to so far.

Joe

Zadig:
Still looking good Joe, your workshop looks very cosy and a nice place to work. I have reservations though, regarding the siting of your toilet, a little bit exposed for my liking. I think being able to rivet whilst taking a dump is taking workshop ergonomics - too far!

Edit: I've just realised it maybe your stool I see (no pun...).

Edit (2): No it's definitely a bog!

Joe d:
Zadig: I'm a little concerned with your apparent interest in my plumbing arrangements.... :)

You should have stopped when you were second guessing yourself, it's the piano stool that my two eldest sisters sat on for very many hours doing scales. The piano's long gone, just as well, I can't carry a tune with a handle... but the stool is handy

finished turning the taper on the outside of the chimney, and drilled in preparation for boring the inside taper

made a former and bashed some copper for the chimney cap

made two pieces for the cap, silver soldered them together, and turned it to final dimension

fussed around getting one side of the chimney tube level in the mill to machine a fake lap joint, and drill for decorative rivets

cleaned it up, bashed in the rivets, pressed the cap into place, and voila:

My friendly postman brought me my order of miniature wire rope today, so now will practice wire splicing for the first time in over 25 years...

Joe

Zadig:
It was worth getting it wrong just to see the stool, what a beauty, wish it was mine - engine too!

Joe d:
Thanks, Zadig. Sorry, but that stool isn't going anywhere. Already fought off the sister- in- law who covets it.

Shifted into rigger mode for a bit:

bent some rod, filed it in half and then filed a groove in it to make a thimble:

Need a shackle to attach whatever to the cable, so started by drilling a bit of rod

bent a piece of smaller stuff, and silver soldered it into the first piece

opened up and shaped the eye with an awl

after filing off the ends of the eye and cleaning up the ends of the larger bit drilled through tapping size and half way clearance size
for the pin

cut out the centre of the large rod and did some filing to shape

Turned and threaded the pin

This is getting long, so will go to another post....

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