album:March_2025

Taking advantage of the unseasonably warm early March by having a carvery Sunday lunch from Spooners Bar outside at Boston Lodge.

Reaming out the cross head to ensure the correct 1:8 taper for the little end bearing gudgeon pin.

The new (brass) material for the 4 slidbar - cross heads slippers about to be cut by Chris on the bandsaw.

1:8 taper machined for the new little end bearing gudgeon pins. There are more machining operations requireds before these are complete.

A dummy gudgeon pin has been machined with a 1:8 taper but with parallel shafts either side. This will allow us to hold the cross heads in V-blocks on the table of the milling machine to help get the alignment to machine the slidebar slippers.

Cross heads with new gudgeon pins tapers.

Fittled bolts being manufactured. The heads need machining into a hex shape to finish these.

The new loco-tender drawbar arrived from Empyrium profiles just after the end of the March working party. At the April working party this will be completed.

Gold bullion (I wish). Brass for the crosshead slidebar slippers cut and ready for machining.