The Home Machinist!

The drivers are finally done. Turned, bored, broached and all the casting flash cleaned up. Now to find the time to mount them on the axles.

SteamHeaton wrote:Nice work Bobby. I really enjoyed reading through your build so far. Looking forward to following along. Ray III

Thanks Ray, it has been a fun build so far.

Bobby

It always amazes me how life can toss us a curve ball. I am sorry for the lack of updates. With the loss of my dear friend Peter B., I have also lost my "home track" and equipment storage facilities. Thus the LE 0-6-0 had to be brought home and is occupying the engine stand that I should be building the Pacific on.
The silver lining in all this is that with the 0-6-0 home I can finally address some minor issues that I couldn't take care of when it was stored at the track.
So this thread is not dead, just parked for what i hope is a short time.

Bobby

Goodness, has it really been 14 months? I have been working on the Pacific but not nearly as much as I would like.
I finished the front truck. It is a modified Little Engines truck with new side frames and equalizers. The LE truck frames while being a very proven design, was too short for this particular prototype. The wheels and axles have since been installed. Now to move on to making the crank pins!

Bobby, so great to see you back at work on your Pacific! Can't wait to see what you will tackle next!

Rob

At the rate I find time for this engine I should have it steamed up by June 15th.........2030! I have made some progress, The drivers are finally on the axles. I had to make new longer spring perches since the originals were a tad short. Of course now I had to make longer spring hangers.

Looks great Bobby ,at least you are building, this is what this hobby needs,just keep making one piece at a time,and she will get done
Joe

Finally have some time to dedicate to this build. The trailing truck is the area I am focused on right now.
Just got the leaf springs done over the weekend.

I squared up some h/r flat bar I had handy to make the binders.

Viola, poor mans c/r.

Got a lot done to the journals, just need to mount the face plates. It feels good to be making some serious progress. Unfortunately for this build log, I tend to get into the work and forget about taking pictures.

Update: Trailing truck has been finished, assembled and painted....... of course I have no photos

I machined the draw bar pocket.