Build Diary entries for April 2025
Here are the diary entries for this month. You can use the forward and backward links to see the next or previous months. Most photos taken before 2018 are small size. From 2018 onwards, most photos you see below will have a link to a full size image by clicking on the photo.
| Driving Wheels |
| 07/04/2025 |
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Our 2 centre driving wheels arrived on site today from William Cook Cast Products. They weren't still for long before Ashley and Neil got to work with the primer. The wheels will be turned over later in the week for the other side to be painted. |
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| Cylinder Mechanical Lubricator |
| 07/04/2025 |
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In preparation for this weekends Open Day, the Cylinder Mechanical Lubricator has been positioned on the left hand slidebar. This lubricator is filled with cylinder grade oil which is much more viscous than the lubricator on the right hand slidebar. This has 12 outputs, 6 per side. The 2 unions under the drive wheel are for a steam feed (to heat the oil) and a corresponding drain. As the slidebar has not yet been drilled for the lubricator bolts, a G cramp is securing the lubricator |
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