right ho chaps
these week has been all about the moelwyn
we have finished putting it all back together except for the pony truck
we fabricated a new fuel tank and also a new pressurised filler cap for the coolant header tank
so we were drilling lots of holes bending lots of stip metal to construct various brackets for various parts putting new hoses and jubillie clips on the hoses
i used a hole saw for the first time to drill the hole in the bonnet for the fuel filler cap
i also spent alot of the time tidying up welds on the fuel tank and other fabricated brackets and what not
this week we also brought the funky back from the dark side
it came back on a lorry so bob pete and myself were the welcome home party
we had to take down the railings outside the spoon so the articulated lorry could get in
and later on in the week we took the bogies out from underneath which was the case of taking about 2 dozen bolts out then just jacking the vale up and the vales in the air and the bogies are on the deck
simples!
went and saw mikey play his victor the violin in bangor on saturday night was very good
very loud!
Sunday, 29 November 2009
Sunday, 22 November 2009
fridays dust
so thursday was a hell of a day
it was raining and gale force winds were sweeping through the lodge
but at least in the morning i was warm inside while i layed a fire in M/E then it was time to get wet while i got it up to blowing off
this was to test that both saftey valves worked
they did
afterwards it was just get in get dry carry on with the moelwyn which is what we did
we had to fabircate a new bracket for the pivot on the gear selector linkage so lots of time was spent cutting and cleaning up bits of metal with the grinder
the finished job was beautiful lol
so friday morning was the day of the M/E's live steam boiler test so someone had to get it in steam and guess who it was yeh me
within 30 mins of getting to work i was soaked through and cold again a pattern has emerged
but after it was blowing off i could go in and get dry fewwwwww
after that it was just a case of carrying on with the moelwyn
we fitted a spangly new cooling fan and wired it in before lunch
and then continued with modifying the various brackets for the loco so that all the components for the engine can be taken off without being released from the body work first
then me and monkey boy removed the fuel and header tanks from the bodywork to see how new ones could be made
after this i had to cut the old lugs that secured the old radiotor cover to the frame of the loco
then tidied up the metal as i had been a little over enthusiastic with the old angle grinder
then it was home time
well not really it was time to go to aber to get drunk with harry saville
he was broken in good time
then my car broke and so it returned to minffordd on the back of a AA lorry with a new alternator waiting to be fitted so thats what i did today (sunday ) with help from dylan
and it was blodddy raining
i know now that ford means fixed on rainy days garh
peace out a town!
it was raining and gale force winds were sweeping through the lodge
but at least in the morning i was warm inside while i layed a fire in M/E then it was time to get wet while i got it up to blowing off
this was to test that both saftey valves worked
they did
afterwards it was just get in get dry carry on with the moelwyn which is what we did
we had to fabircate a new bracket for the pivot on the gear selector linkage so lots of time was spent cutting and cleaning up bits of metal with the grinder
the finished job was beautiful lol
so friday morning was the day of the M/E's live steam boiler test so someone had to get it in steam and guess who it was yeh me
within 30 mins of getting to work i was soaked through and cold again a pattern has emerged
but after it was blowing off i could go in and get dry fewwwwww
after that it was just a case of carrying on with the moelwyn
we fitted a spangly new cooling fan and wired it in before lunch
and then continued with modifying the various brackets for the loco so that all the components for the engine can be taken off without being released from the body work first
then me and monkey boy removed the fuel and header tanks from the bodywork to see how new ones could be made
after this i had to cut the old lugs that secured the old radiotor cover to the frame of the loco
then tidied up the metal as i had been a little over enthusiastic with the old angle grinder
then it was home time
well not really it was time to go to aber to get drunk with harry saville
he was broken in good time
then my car broke and so it returned to minffordd on the back of a AA lorry with a new alternator waiting to be fitted so thats what i did today (sunday ) with help from dylan
and it was blodddy raining
i know now that ford means fixed on rainy days garh
peace out a town!
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
here we are again
hey im back
not been too well since my last post
a touch of the ol freshers flu yay :S
so yeh woah last week i was just working on the moelwyn
and thats looking fab engine in gearbox on
pretty much all the exterioir systems like radiator cooling fan exhauster and what not bolted on
and heck its looking like a prettty mean machine
ruddy said he would let me take it for a spin when it was done which is going to be coool
ok this week
monday and today were well annoying days
merrdddin had its dry boiler exam this afternoon so peter and myself have been getting it ready for this for the past couple of days
so ive been in and out of those bloody fireboxes at what seems like 60hz lol
so yeh jobs done to get it ready were
clean out smokeboxes + remove the baffles and spark arrestors
the baffles are difficult at the bottom end thanks to the flipping ejector so muh swearing was done at this before the smoke box reliquished it
also cleaning the fireboxes and ashpans out
and taking the firebox doors off and then a certain someone (yep me) had to go in and retrive the brick arches which all had sort of fused together thanks to all the impurities in the coal and whatnot attatching themselves to the bottom so one hammer and chisel later and the arches were free
but bloody hell it was dustier than the wild west in those fireboxes and tbh im a little tall for them i sorta have to sit on me arse with me head bent forward very comfffy
then steam cleaning the smokeboxes and fireboxes oh yay
so me and pete spent most of monday gettingsoaked and frozen
oh yeh we also did a boiler wash out at this point too
then we shoved the loco inside and proceeded to takeout all the boiler wash out plugs and fusible plugs
one of the fusibles was a right little fighter and we ended up getting chris and a gas axe to warm him up to get him out
we also had to take off the gauge glasses and the pressure gauge
the pressure gauge was carted off to be calibrated by wol
and we got new gauge glasses as we maybe kinda sorta broke one
we then fitted new smokebox door packing to make sure that there was a good seal and replaced the joints on the blowers
then we whipped off the top of the domes and the safety valves and broke the safety valves down and gave them a good clean
then the nice boiler inspector came round and well inspected and im assuming that everythings fine as weve started to put things back on and the management hasnt said that were wrong to do that so hopefully thats all gravvvvveeeey baby
welll amys here now and falling alseep so i think im going to go put her to bed so nighty nights
x
not been too well since my last post
a touch of the ol freshers flu yay :S
so yeh woah last week i was just working on the moelwyn
and thats looking fab engine in gearbox on
pretty much all the exterioir systems like radiator cooling fan exhauster and what not bolted on
and heck its looking like a prettty mean machine
ruddy said he would let me take it for a spin when it was done which is going to be coool
ok this week
monday and today were well annoying days
merrdddin had its dry boiler exam this afternoon so peter and myself have been getting it ready for this for the past couple of days
so ive been in and out of those bloody fireboxes at what seems like 60hz lol
so yeh jobs done to get it ready were
clean out smokeboxes + remove the baffles and spark arrestors
the baffles are difficult at the bottom end thanks to the flipping ejector so muh swearing was done at this before the smoke box reliquished it
also cleaning the fireboxes and ashpans out
and taking the firebox doors off and then a certain someone (yep me) had to go in and retrive the brick arches which all had sort of fused together thanks to all the impurities in the coal and whatnot attatching themselves to the bottom so one hammer and chisel later and the arches were free
but bloody hell it was dustier than the wild west in those fireboxes and tbh im a little tall for them i sorta have to sit on me arse with me head bent forward very comfffy
then steam cleaning the smokeboxes and fireboxes oh yay
so me and pete spent most of monday gettingsoaked and frozen
oh yeh we also did a boiler wash out at this point too
then we shoved the loco inside and proceeded to takeout all the boiler wash out plugs and fusible plugs
one of the fusibles was a right little fighter and we ended up getting chris and a gas axe to warm him up to get him out
we also had to take off the gauge glasses and the pressure gauge
the pressure gauge was carted off to be calibrated by wol
and we got new gauge glasses as we maybe kinda sorta broke one
we then fitted new smokebox door packing to make sure that there was a good seal and replaced the joints on the blowers
then we whipped off the top of the domes and the safety valves and broke the safety valves down and gave them a good clean
then the nice boiler inspector came round and well inspected and im assuming that everythings fine as weve started to put things back on and the management hasnt said that were wrong to do that so hopefully thats all gravvvvveeeey baby
welll amys here now and falling alseep so i think im going to go put her to bed so nighty nights
x
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
in on and under
well today ive been in engines on them and under them
the under was underneath the cric which has a poorly driveshaft
so took off the breakgear and dropped the driveshaft off at the engine end and them at the gearbox
we then realised that the bolts were to say a little slack
so slack that some of the bolt heads had been sliding into the beginning of the hole despite the spacers put inside the hole
so we are getting more spacers made up to fit the outside of the bolts and this will cure the driveshaft bouncing around
the in a loco was fitting a new brick arch into the square
luckily for me richard cleared the broken arch out and even cleaned out the firebox before i was told to get in as im the smallest person, hip and shoulder wise, in the works
it was a sninch to get into the box this time ( i had put in the previous archs into the square and had learned how to get in and out the hard way by getting stuck so flo had to pull me out)
then when i was comfortable marik chucked in the new arch and i stuck it into the right place then smacked some spacers in down the sides of the arches next to the firebox sides and bobs your uncle one new brick arch in the sqaure
on was just on the arrrg doing some shunting good times
another thing done today was the fitting of moelwyns gearbox to the engine after dylan had sorted the thrust plate thing
nice easy job
anyway im off to bed night
the under was underneath the cric which has a poorly driveshaft
so took off the breakgear and dropped the driveshaft off at the engine end and them at the gearbox
we then realised that the bolts were to say a little slack
so slack that some of the bolt heads had been sliding into the beginning of the hole despite the spacers put inside the hole
so we are getting more spacers made up to fit the outside of the bolts and this will cure the driveshaft bouncing around
the in a loco was fitting a new brick arch into the square
luckily for me richard cleared the broken arch out and even cleaned out the firebox before i was told to get in as im the smallest person, hip and shoulder wise, in the works
it was a sninch to get into the box this time ( i had put in the previous archs into the square and had learned how to get in and out the hard way by getting stuck so flo had to pull me out)
then when i was comfortable marik chucked in the new arch and i stuck it into the right place then smacked some spacers in down the sides of the arches next to the firebox sides and bobs your uncle one new brick arch in the sqaure
on was just on the arrrg doing some shunting good times
another thing done today was the fitting of moelwyns gearbox to the engine after dylan had sorted the thrust plate thing
nice easy job
anyway im off to bed night
Monday, 2 November 2009
wow its been ages
so its been ages since i blogged
so here goes
last week was hectic
we finished rebushing merdin and got it in steam and its steaming like a wiii-atch its going incredibly well
then it was all hands to the decks to finish off the 4 isle of man bogies
this saw most of the works staff putting in the overtime on thursday and friday
and even saw myself doing riveting
which is a pretty hot job as the rivet is heated up till its glowing whitey yellow then inserted into the holes in the plates that you are riveting together
then with two air riveters you hammer the ends of the still red hot rivet over and then there you go you have riveted it together yay
others jobs i did included turning bolt heads down so they were thinner on the little lathe
it was my first time on the lathe and with the thick end of 40 bolts to do i got a bit of practice
my tution was sort of theo this is the lathe
pull this lever it starts
pull this one it stops
this handle moves it in one axis this in another
take 152 thou of an inch off each head
why aren't you doing it
and so i can sort of use a lathe
i did alot of grinding on them too
on friday morning (deadline day for the bogies) we had one bogie 3/4's complete and 3 no where near and as it had taken us 3 days to get to this stage with one so the odds were against us
but we stormed through them with the last one ending up being put together pretty much by me hugh and emma untill we got to the point where we needed diago (the jcb) to continue at which point dylan and bob took over
so by 5 pm on friday 4 IOM bogies were complete and 1 was on its way to be weighed
job done tools down off to the pub
so the monday morning after the friday before and we walked into 4 road of the erecting shop and we beheld a mighty mess
so pretty much up untill lunch me marik and richard ( THE MEERKAT)
cleared up
then after lunch me dylan and martin cleared up outside with diago
so the workshops are ridiculously tidy now ready for the next big push which is getting the moelwyn running again and linda back on her wheels
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so here goes
last week was hectic
we finished rebushing merdin and got it in steam and its steaming like a wiii-atch its going incredibly well
then it was all hands to the decks to finish off the 4 isle of man bogies
this saw most of the works staff putting in the overtime on thursday and friday
and even saw myself doing riveting
which is a pretty hot job as the rivet is heated up till its glowing whitey yellow then inserted into the holes in the plates that you are riveting together
then with two air riveters you hammer the ends of the still red hot rivet over and then there you go you have riveted it together yay
others jobs i did included turning bolt heads down so they were thinner on the little lathe
it was my first time on the lathe and with the thick end of 40 bolts to do i got a bit of practice
my tution was sort of theo this is the lathe
pull this lever it starts
pull this one it stops
this handle moves it in one axis this in another
take 152 thou of an inch off each head
why aren't you doing it
and so i can sort of use a lathe
i did alot of grinding on them too
on friday morning (deadline day for the bogies) we had one bogie 3/4's complete and 3 no where near and as it had taken us 3 days to get to this stage with one so the odds were against us
but we stormed through them with the last one ending up being put together pretty much by me hugh and emma untill we got to the point where we needed diago (the jcb) to continue at which point dylan and bob took over
so by 5 pm on friday 4 IOM bogies were complete and 1 was on its way to be weighed
job done tools down off to the pub
so the monday morning after the friday before and we walked into 4 road of the erecting shop and we beheld a mighty mess
so pretty much up untill lunch me marik and richard ( THE MEERKAT)
cleared up
then after lunch me dylan and martin cleared up outside with diago
so the workshops are ridiculously tidy now ready for the next big push which is getting the moelwyn running again and linda back on her wheels
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