Does anyone know of a cast set of slanted, Brooks-works cylinders? I am bashing up a St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern 4-8-0, and I'd a casting to save myself a great deal of work if one can be found.
Thanks for any info!
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No. The only O Scale example is urethane, from Babbitt.
But easy if you have a lathe. I make .032 end plates to the contours I want, then drill and thread a series of dowels 10-32. I drill the 10-32 rod for piston and valve rods, screw the whole thing together with flux, and solder.
Funky wheels on that lead truck.....
bob2 posted:No. The only O Scale example is urethane, from Babbitt.
But easy if you have a lathe. I make .032 end plates to the contours I want, then drill and thread a series of dowels 10-32. I drill the 10-32 rod for piston and valve rods, screw the whole thing together with flux, and solder.
Don't have a lathe (yeah, I know: how can you do O without one?).
Anyway, I will begin a search there, thanks! Is that Babbitt part current production?
No - and it doesn't look like the one you want. You could do the dowels on a drill press. But now that we know you do not mind plastic, a built up block is even easier. You could cut one from a solid block, and glue the caps on. Or even a wood block!
The problem with lightweight cylinder blocks is that you then must weight the front end to balance the model. That, and the crosshead guides will probably fall out.
At one time I fabricated a slant cylinder block assembly forming the cylinder heads on my lathe and soldering them to flat stock shaped like the cylinder housing with a spacer block between the housing faces to keep them apart. It was a straightforward job. I installed the new cylinders on an All Nation 4-4-0 to back date it.
Joe
bob2 posted:No - and it doesn't look like the one you want. You could do the dowels on a drill press. But now that we know you do not mind plastic, a built up block is even easier. You could cut one from a solid block, and glue the caps on. Or even a wood block!
The problem with lightweight cylinder blocks is that you then must weight the front end to balance the model. That, and the crosshead guides will probably fall out.
The model will be static, so those potential drawbacks lose their force.
Thanks!
