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Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

  • Welcome
  • About
  • Find Us
  • Trackside
  • Members and their Projects
    • 5-inch gauge GNR H4 & LNER K3 2-6-0
    • Ken’s Swansong ….
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL rack 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 adhesion variant.
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge NEPTUNE 0-4-0
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge WREN 0-4-0
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge JESSIE
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge SHELAGH
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge BRIDGET
    • Mick Jordison’s K1 Garratt
    • Jim Nolan’s Berkshire Tender
    • Sam – our photographer man
    • Project – Club House
  • Contact
  • Workshop Tips & Hacks
  • Members Area
Tyneside Society of Model & Experimental Engineers

Stage 1 – K3 Chassis Build

back to build summary ….

Slower | Start | Faster
K3 2007-06.jpg
K3 2007-08.jpg
K3 2007-09.jpg
K3 2007-10.jpg
K3 2007-11.jpg
K3 2007-12.jpg
01 - 2nd January 2005 - H4 dragbox components.jpg
02 - K3 Dragbox ready for silver soldering.jpg
03 - Milling the drawbar slots in the drag beam K3.jpg
04 - Underside of H4 dragbox .jpg
05 - Four loco frame plates in milling machine for truing.jpg
06 - Frame plates being marked out.jpg
07 - Closer view of marking out.jpg
08 - Drilling holes in the frames by the dozen.jpg
09 - Drawing with x y co-ordinates for the holes.jpg
10 - Plates set up for drilling.jpg
11 - Boring the large holes.jpg
12 - A pile of horn castings just arrived.jpg
13 - Chain drilling the profile of the underside of the fron.jpg
14 - surplus material broken out.jpg
15 - Machining the frame edge.jpg
16 - An impovised DRO.jpg
17 - table of co-ordinates for machining the frame edge radi.jpg
18 - profiling the back of the frames.jpg
19 - machining of the frame plates complete - for the K3 at .jpg
20 - A pair of frames being pickled and bottom one I did e.jpg
21 - Trial erection of the H4 frames.jpg
22 - Machining Horns 1.jpg
23 - Machining Horns 2.jpg
24 - Machining Horns 3.jpg
25 - erecting the H4.jpg
26 - And the K3.jpg
27 - 31st December 2005 - Two sets of frames - A years work.jpg
K3 2006-01.jpg
K3 2006-02.jpg
K3 2006-03.jpg
K3 2006-04.jpg
K3 2006-05.jpg
K3 2007-06.jpg
K3 2007-08.jpg
K3 2007-09.jpg
K3 2007-10.jpg
K3 2007-11.jpg
K3 2007-12.jpg
01 - 2nd January 2005 - H4 dragbox components.jpg
02 - K3 Dragbox ready for silver soldering.jpg
03 - Milling the drawbar slots in the drag beam K3.jpg
04 - Underside of H4 dragbox .jpg
05 - Four loco frame plates in milling machine for truing.jpg
06 - Frame plates being marked out.jpg
 

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  • Welcome
  • About
  • Find Us
  • Trackside
  • Members and their Projects
    • 5-inch gauge GNR H4 & LNER K3 2-6-0
    • Ken’s Swansong ….
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL rack 0-4-0 and 0-6-0 adhesion variant.
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge NEPTUNE 0-4-0
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge WREN 0-4-0
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge JESSIE
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge SHELAGH
      • 7 1/4-inch gauge BRIDGET
    • Mick Jordison’s K1 Garratt
    • Jim Nolan’s Berkshire Tender
    • Sam – our photographer man
    • Project – Club House
  • Contact
  • Workshop Tips & Hacks
  • Members Area
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