Items related to "Simplex": 5" Gauge 0-6-0T Live Steam Locomotive
Synopsis
About the Book: Blue Cover (Green cover is the later edition). Published in 1977 by Model and Allied Publications in paperback, it is based on a series from the magazine Model Engineer, and is a complete handbook describing the construction and operation of a simple live steam 0-6-0 tank engine. The finished model can pull passengers. All stages of construction are covered and include working diagrams. Chapters: 1. Introducing Simplex, Frames, Horns, Feed Pump 2. Axleboxes and Wheels, including sections on hard spots and How Much To Remove? (which looks at how much metal should be removed from the back of the wheel castings), Mounting the Wheels and Finishing Operations; and Shape of Treads. 3. Coupling Rods and Cylinder. Includes information on the boring bar 4. More About the Cylinders: Making the Crossheads 5. Connecting Rods, Motion Plates, Expansion Links 6. Completing the Valve Gear and Making The Cab Reversing Gear including combination levers, anchor links, the weighshaft 7. A New Type of Boiler, including a section on why it is easier to construct and gives info on the larger than usual firedoor. The chapter looks at the construction of the new boiler and how the plates are made. Simple Crownstays are described as well as the process of fitting the tubes 8. Staying the Boiler and Making The Hydraulic Test includes information on the types of stays, and Easyflo paste 9. Smokebox and Superheater: Regulator, Chimney and Dome includes information on steam and exhaust pipes, superheaters, the regulator, the Blowdown valve, the Saddle, the chimney and dome, grate and Ashpan and mounting the boiler. 10. Platework, Lubricator and Whistle
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