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28 November 2018 at 16:25 #382732
Bob Wild
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Have just returned to model engineering after I retired. The last time I did anything like this was in GCE metalwork at school many years ago. It's surprising how much you remember, and also how much you forget. My first project was a Stuart Turner 10H. I'm now on with a Lady Stephanie beam engine which is testing my patience to the extreme – so many 10 and 12 ba bolts. I'll try and publish some pics if I'm not too ashamed of my handywork.

Bob
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28 November 2018 at 16:25 #40432
Bob Wild
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Greetings from Gods own County
29 November 2018 at 21:55 #382986
Howard Lewis
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Welcome.

Presumably you are in Herefordshire?

Lots of help and advice going to and fro on here

Howard
30 November 2018 at 08:26 #383014
Antony Price
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@antonyprice56876
Hi Bob!

Gods own Country… surely is Yorkshire?

Welcome from another GOC resident

Tony
30 November 2018 at 08:31 #383016
Brian H
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@brianh50089
Hello Bob and welcome to the playroom! If you have any questions you have but to ask them here and you will receive lots of answers.

Brian (from Derbyshire. Local saying is " strong in the arm and thick in the head."
30 November 2018 at 10:07 #383027
Neil Wyatt
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@neilwyatt
Welcome to the forum Bob.

A Lancastrian, presumably?

Neil
30 November 2018 at 13:00 #383056
SillyOldDuffer
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'God's Own County' – a film described thus by IMDB:

Spring. Yorkshire. Young farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker for lambing season ignites an intense relationship that sets Johnny on a new path.

Yup. That's the exactly sort of thing we expect of them Northerners…

Welcome Bob. Don't be ashamed of your handiwork – it can't possibly be worse than mine! Despite all the help I've had off the forum.

Dave

Edited By SillyOldDuffer on 30/11/2018 13:01:06
30 November 2018 at 14:11 #383064
Pete Berry
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@peteberry
Hi Bob, I built lady Stephen some years ago and thought some part are like watch making. I did not think much of thr beam casting and fabricated one from mild steel.

Go luck with your build.

Regards Pete
30 November 2018 at 23:06 #383127
JC54
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@jc54
Obviously from south of Newark, North of Stamford, East of Melton Mowbray and west of Bourne.
30 November 2018 at 23:40 #383129
bricky
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@bricky
Where ,Grantham?

Frank
3 December 2018 at 12:23 #383519
Bob Wild
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Thank you all for your welcoming messages. Don't know where Herefordshire or Granthan are – somewhere down south presumably. We have a saying "Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and good in bed".

I'll start a construction thread and post some photos of Lady Stephanie.

Bob
3 December 2018 at 12:26 #383522
Bob Wild
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Posted by Pete Berry on 30/11/2018 14:11:19:

Hi Bob, I built lady Stephen some years ago and thought some part are like watch making. I did not think much of thr beam casting and fabricated one from mild steel.

Go luck with your build.

Regards Pete

Hello Pete. Yes I agree. The quality of the castings left a lot to be desired. The flywheel was full of inclusions and the entablature was way out of true. In the end I prefabricted the it and assigned the casting to the scrap bin !

Bob
3 December 2018 at 12:45 #383525
Martin Kyte
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Posted by Pete Berry on 30/11/2018 14:11:19:

Hi Bob, I built lady Stephen some years ago and thought some part are like watch making. I did not think much of thr beam casting and fabricated one from mild steel.

Go luck with your build.

Regards Pete

Good heavens, a gender re-assigned Model Engineering project. !
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