Hi

I'm contemplating starting a long term project:- a 2-6-0 Horwich Crab to Don Young's design.

Is there any one out their with any information or experiences of this design, what are the pitfalls, drawing errors, general impression, where did you get the casting/boiler/laser cut parts from, how did you deviate from Don's design etc etc.

Cheers

Stew

I realy don't find loading pictures to this site user friendly this should be at the beginning of the sequence:-

Taken me 8 weeks but I've finally whittled a pair of cylinders for the Crab out of two 4"*4*5" billets of meehanite cast.

Here's a few action pics

and they've gone out of sequence.

Ho-well you'll get the idea.

Stew

Edited By Stewart Hart on 21/03/2016 11:55:36

I've made a fair bit of progress with the crab so I though it was about time for an update.

I've got the frame assembled with the stretchers and the horn blocks machined, sorry no photos I can't find them.

Wheels

Axles from ground mild steel bar

Axle boxes

Quatering the wheels

I'll take a picture of the stuff assembled in the frame

I'm currently working on the pony truck this is fabricated from laser cut parts, I'm scratching my head with how it goes together especially the spring centring I'm not following the drawing I'm trying to use my own idea to simplify the arrangement.

Stew

I think its about time I post an update of progress so far.

I've been slowly beavering away at the build except for a few small tooling projects just as a change. I've got the slide bars and cross head made and I'm making the valve linkage at the moments I did buy a set of laser cut linkages but I didn't like the way you have to fabricate the forked ends so I'm making them out of solid so that they can be case hardened.

Any way her's a few photos.

The motion plate is made from a laser cut part with the edge fluting milled in the same as for the radius Link Bracket that's shown her clamp roughly in place as a trial fit it won't get fitted till I have the rest of the valve links fitted so that it can be correctly placed.

And I've recently taken delivery taken delivery of the Boiler from Western Steam and I must say they've made a lovely job of it with great service.

Stew

Edited By Stewart Hart on 12/02/2018 07:39:22

I've not updated this since February I have made progress since then but progress was slow through the summer months as other things got in the way. I've more or less completed the motion with one or two thing needing tidying up and one more link to make but I can't do that until I've determined the hole centres then its a mater of setting the valve events to try it on air.

Ignore the date on the photo I still havn't got round to setting the camera to the correct date.

Stew

Well I guess its time for a progress update:- I've spent the last 12 months building the tender its now more or less complete just a little bit of tidying up required.

I'll crack on with finishing off the loco next year.

Stew