The Diary of the Building of a Driving Trolley |
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Driving Trolley build Truck 1 Truck 2 Truck 3 Truck 4 Truck 5 Truck 6 Truck 7 Truck 8 Truck 9 Truck 10 Truck 11 Truck 12 Truck 13 Truck 14/15 Truck 16 Truck 17 Truck 18 Truck 19 Truck 20 Truck 20/21 Truck 22 Truck 23 Truck 24/25 Truck 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 Truck 30 / 31 Truck 32 Light flasher
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Construction Day 2
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The band saw was given a good clean
and the right angle between fence and blade checked and necessary adjustment
made to ensure as far as possible a square cut horizontally.
The gap in the roller bearings supporting the blade was also checking to ensure as far as possible a square vertical cut. |
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The billet of steel is so heavy,
3 1/2" round bar 400mm long, that a support had to be arranged to take the
weight.
Consideration is to be given as to how to support longer item but of less weight. I might even decided to buy a commercial feed roller !!! |
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The first wheel blank is cut and is the right size for the next stage with near parallel sides. |
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After 90 minutes of running the saw three completed wheel blanks had been cut. With the saw motor rather warm it was decided to give it a rest and go and meet another member of the team, John, for coffee. |
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The back of the eight wheel blank and last for the first truck has been machined up. |
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The stack of all eight wheel blanks not bad for one day - finish at 21:00 !! |
If you have any comments / questions about the project then please email me ...
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