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I have also made progress on the pistons and rod, drive rods and steam chest and other associated components. I had the saddle machined I was not confident I could accurately machine the mounting surface to the boiler. That looks very nice. Next big project is to machine the cylinder's. There a lot ...

Fixed the side rods were a couple of thousandths too long creating the "binding". That is sorted out and the wheels and side rods move smoothly to my satisfaction now. As I have rolled back and forth they seem to roll even smoother...break in I guess.

side rods.JPG Still here and working on loco. Business travel, vacation, summer train meets, and like has slowed me down but I am still chipping away at the machining. One of the things that has slowed me down is I am not happy with rotation of axils with the side robs on them. I found the side rod...

Wow what a fantastic response. I will also start a build log my 1st pics are attached showing progress to date. I am going to stick to the plans and build it as it was designed this will be easiest for me from building and and running perspective. I do appreciate the other ideas though. Someone ment...

Hello, New to the forum so please bear with me. Early last year I started building an Allen Models 0 4 0 Yard Engine. I have purchased the boiler from Ridge Loco works and I am thru the Spring Rigging and Equalization section. I mainly wanted to reach out and see how many others were building this m...