Hi everyone, its nice to be back. It seems the holiday season is nearly over as we had a big turnout. This enabled a lot of progress on 1675, I apologise now if most of this story features the rebuild.
However I will start with Dave in the paintshop, he is masking up here and I think its for painting the end panel.
I did get a couple of good long shots of the workshops.
Bob bravely accepted the challenge of removing the South outer skin on 1675, ready for replacing the main structure i.e. Buffer plate and crash pillars. Oddly the crash pillars are not too bad and it seems about 400mm sections welded in will make it as good as new.
Here Phil is assisting Rex with removing a section of floor at the North end.
Believe it or not, this is coming together quite well. We are trying to work north with the floor bearers so that Derek can move in behind us with the new floor panels.
Here's Derek doing a trial fit with a wood batten, these bolt through the cross bearer and the floor then screws to these battens.
Rex's foot as he removes another cross bearer.
Ken is working on another part of the assembly, one casualty is the emergency chain tubing. We are replacing it and joining it with outer tubing to give it a nice smooth action.
Later in the day and Bob has conquered the panels, as I mentioned the main structure is not bad for its age. We will be supporting the roof before removing the crash pillars, most likely with Acrows.
Bryan was engaged in something away from 1675, and started making a jig for door lock assemblies.
Phil was then found working under the hole he created removing redundant wiring.
Rex having removed the floor bearer is now cutting a new one , he then drills it and welds support tubes for the wood battens. Before end of play it then gets a generous coating of red oxide.
Meanwhile Gerry and myself made good progress with the door frame, we are using a new former which is adjustable to fit pretty much any door aperture. This one measured exact from top to bottom, if we don't get it right the doorfit team will not be happy. We can make alterations if needed but its better if we do it right first time. photo by Gerry
A section of the cant rail and been munched by the tin worm, Gerry made new sections and I welded them into position. We have to be very careful with potential fire hazards, and always have the necessary equipment on hand. The use of a laser thermometer is very helpful in detecting any hotspots.
photo by Gerry.
A passing shot of John making yet another seat cover.
As you can see it was a busy day in all departments and I apologise if I have missed anybody.
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