LBSC Dot/Diana Cylinder Castings

[Roger HahnParticipant @rogerhahn99807]

I had started building the Diana Gauge 1 locomotive many years ago.  I had machined the cylinders but made an error with one. I am contemplating restarting work on it but am unable to source the castings. I believe I had bought them through Reeves’ back then but they do not sell them now.

Is anyone still selling the castings or completed cylinders?

Roger

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

They don’t look hard to cut from solid or fabricate and probably cost a fraction of what a casting would

[WearyParticipant @weary]

As an alternative to fabrication and/or cutting from solid is your existing ‘damaged’ cylinder salvable?   What is the nature of ‘the error’ p’raps?

Phil.

[Howard LewisParticipant @howardlewis46836]

Is the component totally beyond reclaim?

If the cylinder bore is oversize, could you bore out a little larger and then liner and rebore to finished size?

If a thread is out of position, would it be possible to tap oversize and plug before drilling and tapping in the right position?

Howard

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi Rodger, like JasonB says, they probably wouldn’t take much doing from a solid block, and most likely easier than a pair my father made sometime back in the 1940’s.

Regards Nick.

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