Doncaster ME Show

[Fazerruss]

Doncaster race course

 

[zzr1200]

I'm going tomorrow (Saturday) anyone else committed and do we want to meet up?

 

[Fazerruss]

I'm planning (hoping) to go tomorrow. I have the early tickets purchased online so I can get in at 930. Unfortunately my little lad not feeling too good and didn't go to school today.
I hope the little tike picks up as he's been looking forward to it all week and it's his birthday tomorrow

 

[zzr1200]

Fazerruss you have a pm

 

[optima21]

yeah Im going, I'll probably be there between 10.30 and 11

 

[Matthew92]

Great day, met @doubleboost and had a bit of a chat, got some goodies that I’ll post, as is my style in the today I acquired tomorrow.

 

[zzr1200]

Just arrived anybody else here?

 

[optima21]

yeah I was there, but only have internet access at home, and don't have a smartphone when on the move. Since the beginning of this year I've been thinking about making a model steam engine and boiler, as Im I find the sound and motion of an idling steam engine to be very theraputic. So next winter I'm thinking of making one a project, not sure if it'll be a small beam engine or double vertical engine with reversing gear. Trouble is though that its another project, and here's one I started over 20 years ago for a 1" scale model steam lorry, the flywheel o/d is 50mm for scale.

ohh and this is what I got today (since you guys are nosey and like to know these things)

a book on boiler making,
a length of silver steel
a die holder,
a small offcut of steel bar,
a couple of centre drills
an edge finder
a set of M% tap
and six 8mm carbide end mills

I've already got a few of these carbide endmills that I haven't used yet, but I got the last that the seller had and at £4 each it would be rude not to and they will last me a few years

I did like this little engine, its is about 100mm long, I guess it has a nice motion to watch when running (its the simple things that make me happy)

and something that made me smile was a sign that said something like......

"I was born to complete projects, but I'm that far behind with them, I'll never die"

 

[doubleboost]

Very tidy work
I got some video at the show
It will be in tomorrows video

 

[ronan]

yeah I was there, but only have internet access at home, and don't have a smartphone when on the move. Since the beginning of this year I've been thinking about making a model steam engine and boiler, as Im I find the sound and motion of an idling steam engine to be very theraputic. So next winter I'm thinking of making one a project, not sure if it'll be a small beam engine or double vertical engine with reversing gear. Trouble is though that its another project, and here's one I started over 20 years ago for a 1" scale model steam lorry, the flywheel o/d is 50mm for scale.

ohh and this is what I got today (since you guys are nosey and like to know these things)

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a book on boiler making,
a length of silver steel
a die holder,
a small offcut of steel bar,
a couple of centre drills
an edge finder
a set of M% tap
and six 8mm carbide end mills

I've already got a few of these carbide endmills that I haven't used yet, but I got the last that the seller had and at £4 each it would be rude not to and they will last me a few years

I did like this little engine, its is about 100mm long, I guess it has a nice motion to watch when running (its the simple things that make me happy)

View attachment 141475

and something that made me smile was a sign that said something like......

"I was born to complete projects, but I'm that far behind with them, I'll never die"

Whats the die holder like Optima ? I have plenty of good quality tap handles, but any die stocks i have are appalling cheap junk, i'd buy a few better ones if i knew they were worth buying.

 

[optima21]

Whats the die holder like Optima ? I have plenty of good quality tap handles, but any die stocks i have are appalling cheap junk, i'd buy a few better ones if i knew they were worth buying.

thats what I was thinking......

its 13/16" die holder from Tracey tools for £4.

not sure what the screw threads are they are 4mm(ish) diameter with a thread coarser than 0.7mm I was planning on replacing them with M5 cap head screws that have been rethreaded to M4.

the offcut of bar in my previous past was bought so that I could make my own if I need too....its a bit of machining and welding 3 bits of metal together.

 

[RichardM]

I did like the plaque with the different bolts in - hole drilled in the wrong place, too near the edge, unthreaded etc. Only problem is the description didn't turn out in the photo.

 

[doubleboost]

 

[Seadog]

Love the Gresley. But what an amazing variety of models. I've only been a couple of times to Ally Pally, it's not a patch on Doncaster.