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Thought I should be getting on with a few demo bits for the DO - Times Fly or is it Me! forgetting things
Just a few Bits Im working on all under construction
A De Winton that's not a De Winton (full story later) scale 1/24th on 32mm track
A Fergy tractor (Heller Kit) back dated to side valve version and Steel wheels hopefully should end up in a Run down shed having a front axle overhaul
Another Ferguson rail conversion all unfinished will end up in the logging area with work underway
Barney

You have turned chicken s**t into chicken salad. The results are improved machinery and a better layout. All that while recovering from knee surgery. Most satisfactory. -- Russ

There were a few things to deal with in recent weeks:

Firstly, while milling three pieces of wall for the Delvenau weir, a very loud and ominous rattling noise suddenly could be heard coming from the milling room.
The height sensor on the milling spindle had been machined very poorly.

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Fortunately, I was in the next room and was able to press the emergency stop button.
In the middle of the final pass while milling the outer contour of three wall panels with a 1-tooth milling cutter, it moved to the height sensor for no reason and got stuck in it.


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The attempt to turn off the damaged surface failed completely. The milling cutter tip had apparently "welded" itself to the probe. The closer the turning tool got to the center, the more uneven the surface became—even after an attempt at grinding, it still looked unusable.

There were now two options:

a) Apply a disc to the damaged surface using a two-component adhesive and then finish it on the lathe (the built-in induction switch would have meant that bonding would not have been a problem),

or b) as was done, turn a new insert (left in the following image).

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Secondly, I was in rehab with my new knee    


And finally, the chimney in my room bothered me (visible on the left in the following picture). Demolishing it would have been very costly, especially since I would have had to laboriously carry the demolished stones down the stairs in a bucket. In addition to the dust pollution, all the parts would have had to be disposed of as hazardous waste.

Between the standard gauge track next to the light railway ramp, I previously only had about 30 cm of space on the right-hand side to move around.

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So I simply edited a segment (which was built in 2007) a little.


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This gives me 15 cm more space to move between the main line unloading track and the wall 


Here is a picture from the beginning—with little distance to the wall:

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Here's another one...

original at: https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE39288901

Here's one I discovered on Pinterest.

Stuart

Thanks, Stuart!
Something to try out.
At one time I attempted making simple overhand knots along a single strand of thread to represent the barbs in HO scale. Keeping them evenly spaced at a scale HO 6 inches apart got eh best of me. But "real" barbs on wire looks very interesting.

Thanks for the kind words Russ.
To prevent any misunderstanding the "models" only remain outdoors during operating sessions in the seasons of kinder, gentler weather.

The larger items, in this case the spar tree, rigging, track etc. remain out year round.

Your modeling is far too good to remain outdoors. Satisfactory. -- Russ

Been a while since I posted on this thread so thought I would show you what I have been up to this year.

First the new log landing. The table was extended and the scene developed.

The spar tree with the heel boom rack is the center piece.

A few pictures.

Fun? Really? -- Russ