July 15
Engine construction continues on the B&CC over the first part of July. I've finished all the drivers for the six engines - fifteen axles reassembled and quartered.
I've also thrown away the frames I had manufactured last summer as the concept just didn't work. Instead, I decided to mill masters of the side frames from 32 mil aluminum and then mill the side frames from C260 32 mil brass as a slug of six. At this point all of the two axle side frames are finished and I expect to finish the three axle side frames sometime over the weekend (or Monday at the latest). Once that's finished, I'll build the assembly jigs for soldering the frame spacers into place (besides cutting them). Back to the 2011 calendar