It certainly was hard work for all, and the effort Geoff and Tom and George at Guildford put in during the months before the event was huge, measuring drawing, building points and track etc.. We started laying out the track on the thursday at 7am after loading the truck at Guildford at 6am... so ver...

A good few days had by all, hard work thanks for pictures keith...

Also to add we also have a stand position in the main club room so also looking for part built wagons to put on the stand for people to take a closer look at.

Please contact James Jarvis at steamjim@gmail.com

many thanks

Keith just to let you know the crank axle was finally completed end of 2008, now onto other jobs to get the engine back on the rails. The crank was turned and milled from a solid piece of EN3 (cold rolled) over a period of 2 years. The steel billet was 8 inches long by 4 inches diameter to start mos...

Thanks Keith certainly given me another idea, I think the key thing (excuse the pun) is to make sure that the keyway is broached in the same place on each wheel, and as in your case my wheels are being re-used so the crank pin is still in, hence some form of jig. I didn't want to go to the expense o...

Keith be interested in your experiences, I am in process of doing a crank axle from solid and will have to do key ways in the wheels and axles. Axles I have made a jig for it, save buying a index head, but the wheels how did you do those, I have some ideas including broaching in the lathe either usi...