Trailing Truck
First job to tackle was to clean up the truck casting and machine the pedestal faces.
Tuck frame on the Bridgeport note table extensions !
Set up for cleaning up the pedestals
This was about as far as the machining went, as I found a major error in the casting. Well perhaps not the casting more the drawing. So very shortly this casting will be back in the pot and a new one from the modified pattern will emerge, so more of that later.
Just to keep things ticking over and to keep my learning curve on the up I did a bit of CNC work on the truck springing next.
Machining the first side
First side done
Cleaning off the back ready to machine the other side
Both sides done cleaning up the edge
Oilite bushes fitted for bearings
Next job was to start work on the axles
Facing up the castings and roughing the lyre diameter
7.1/4 and7.1/2 wheel blanks ready to fit to the axles
Making the axles
Once the axles were made next job was to press them onto the axles. From there i made up steel tyres to shrink on. Then it was time to skim the outside heat up the rings and fit
Cleaning up the outside diameter ready to fit the rings
Sunny day so out the back ready for the rings marinating quietly at gas mark 9 in the oven
First end drops in
Both tyres fitted.
Checking the back to back measurment
Forming the tread
Waisting the middle of the axles
Both sets ready for painting