A Long Term Project

Fred_V · Post by **Fred_V** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:46 pm

We rode with Holy War in '03.

Steve Goodbody · Post by **Steve Goodbody** » Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:18 pm

Nice pic Fred!

To round things out, here are a couple of pictures of the engine and its 3" Allchin stablemate in the workshop.

For anyone thinking about model engineering but concerned about the cost, the pictures show the full extent of the machine tools used to build the 3" Hunslet: a 110 year old lathe, a basic drill press, and a basic bench grinder. Nothing fancy needed, just patience and persistance!

Best regards to all,
Steve

Fred_V · Post by **Fred_V** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 7:27 am

Steve, what did you do about milling?

Steve Goodbody · Post by **Steve Goodbody** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:57 am

A vertical slide mounted to the lathe cross-slide Fred.
Best regards
Steve

Post by **gwrdriver** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:44 am

Excellent work by anyone's standards Steve. Well done, and a marvelous example of what can be done, with skill and persistence, on modest equipment.

NP317 · Post by **NP317** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 1:19 pm

Really beautiful work, Steve.
RussN

Greg_Lewis · Post by **Greg_Lewis** » Wed Dec 11, 2019 10:34 pm

Awesome! That's a round-bed lathe! A Drummond? Way cool.

Steve Goodbody · Post by **Steve Goodbody** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:25 am

Many thanks to all.

Greg - the lathe is a George Adams round bed, circa 1902. Details here if you're interested: http://lathes.co.uk/georgeadamsroundbed/

Best regards
Steve

Pontiacguy1 · Post by **Pontiacguy1** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 9:34 am

Awesome Job: Making the 'leastest do the mostest' is a good motto to live by. I had a milling attachment for a 9" south bend lathe, but sold it after I got a mill. Didn't use it any more. Quite a few things were done on that, though, and it helped me to learn a lot. It was slow to say the least, but if you can be patient, good parts can be made with it. To those who built locomotives back in the 30's through 60's, a milling machine was a luxury item! That's why a lot of the older locomotive designs had built up frames and multi-piece cylinders- So that they could be machined on a lathe with a milling attachment.

Greg_Lewis · Post by **Greg_Lewis** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 1:06 pm

Steve Goodbody wrote: ↑Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:25 am Many thanks to all.

Greg - the lathe is a George Adams round bed, circa 1902. Details here if you're interested: http://lathes.co.uk/georgeadamsroundbed/

Best regards
Steve

Ooohh. Is that yours in the lead photo? That early iron is so awesome. I'm so jealous. There is something about the way things in that era were designed that has a level of humanness in them that doesn't exist today. The shapes of the parts and the nature of the materials is just more appealing.

Steve Goodbody · Post by **Steve Goodbody** » Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:24 pm

Yes Greg, most of the pictures in that article are of my lathe and it's an absolute pleasure to use. With appropriate care and consideration it happily produces parts to decent finish and tolerance, just not as quickly as a modern machine!

Thanks for the interest,
Steve

Steve Goodbody · Post by **Steve Goodbody** » Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:14 pm

Hi all,

Well, after 35 years, and the past ten months in painting and reassembly, the Hunslet is now pretty much finished I hope. Except for whatever needs tweaking when I steam it for the first time of course!