Kozo K-27 build thread

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dalemast wrote:Yes that is a thought that I have to ,but every thing is adjustable so we will see .
I fear our astute young reader is right. If you don't pre-arch the springs, or if they are made from annealed material, they'll take on a negative set. Of that there is no doubt, unless they do not carry any weight. You won't have the option of adjusting away that problem.

While there are (life threatening) hazards in its use, beryllium copper is a great choice for springs, as they can be preformed to the desired configuration, then heat treated, all without effort.

No, I do not advise that be your material of choice. Just commenting that there are solutions to such problems.

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Be advised that some locomotives were designed to have a negative spring camber, specifically the Milwaukee Road class A Hiawatha Atlantics. This however is not the case with the K-27.

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If you don't pre-arch the springs, or if they are made from annealed material, they'll take on a negative set. Of that there is no doubt, unless they do not carry any weight
Spring steel can be rolled to the correct set then cut. I made the springs for my mogul that way and cut them with a chop saw and drilled with carbide bits.

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Re: Kozo K-27 build thread

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Nice work everyone, quite some progress made!

Can't wait to start on this myself. But I'm kind of stuck in the scramble all the material phase. Seem impossible enough to find large enough chunks of flat bar for the frames and 9mm flat bar just don't exist here.

I just got the issue with the brakes and rigging and could help my self thinking of changing the "hand brakes"-system to a more realistic approach using air or steam to operate the brakes. Or what about just using boiler water, like Dave Sclavi used to operate his power reverser for his K-4?
Anyone else sharing these thoughts?
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Re: Kozo K-27 build thread

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I haven't posted here in a while, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy..
I didn't want to make the cylinders for the K-27 the way that Kozo showed us how to do in LS&ORR magazine.. I decided to make them from a solid chunk of cast iron..
Here are a few pics showing the chain of events, from bandsawing out the rough blanks, to machining the flats, to boring the cylinder and valve bores, then CNC'ing the cylinder shape, and so on..
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And more pictures...
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and the final two, I'm very happy with the way they turned out, I'm going to try and shoot the tapped holes in this week, can't wait to get them bolted on the frame...!
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nothing like a big (couple) of heavy chunks of CI to lead a loco down the track!

looks really good and was probably less work than fabricating!

good to know you are still plugging along :lol:
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Very impressive work, John. They look really good.

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JohnHudak wrote:and the final two, I'm very happy with the way they turned out,
You should be. Very nice! :wink:

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Re: Kozo K-27 build thread

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John,

Excellent job and a hell of a lot less work! Ironically that is how Kozo did it on the A3 albeit those were slide valves...

keep it up

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kenrinc wrote:John,

Excellent job and a hell of a lot less work! Ironically that is how Kozo did it on the A3 albeit those were slide valves...

keep it up

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Thanks Ken, I just thought that it would be easier to do them this way, taking nothing away from Kozos method.. But I have around 15 hrs in these so far, I bet I'd be double that to get to the same point "fabbing" them...
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