Here is a list of all the postings Brian Baker 1 has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
Thread: Workshop time |
26/12/2020 12:36:37 |
Greetings, I am lucky in that my workshop is connected into the bungalow central heating system, and access is via the conservatory, so I am always warm, nit walks to the bottom of the garden in the rain for me to visit my sanctuary. That said, I tend to spend shorter periods at each session, finding that my concentration lapses after about an hour, so 1hr to coffee, another 1.5 to lunch, 1hr to afternoon tea, another to evening tea, and an hour after tea, and that works for me. Since Covid, I have made good progress on my current project, looking forward to wrapping it up by Easter, so there is some good in this nasty virus. regards BB |
Thread: Mery Christmas Everybody |
25/12/2020 07:58:09 |
Greetings to you all, and wishing you a Great Christmas, and a Healthy, Prosperous New Year. Regards, Brian
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Thread: 3 Cylinder Lubricator |
16/12/2020 12:29:46 |
Hi John, drive is taken from an excentric on the RHS of the crankshaft, to an intermediate rocking lever on the front stretcher, which via another arm in the middle of the loco drives the lubricator arm, thus there is also plenty of adjustment available what with hole in three arms. Drawing of the lubricator has been published on the is website. Regards Brian |
16/12/2020 07:51:04 |
Regards Brian Edited By Brian Baker 1 on 16/12/2020 07:54:57 Edited By Brian Baker 1 on 16/12/2020 07:58:09 |
Thread: 5 inch gauge wheel standards |
05/12/2020 07:38:25 |
Greetings, I think you will find model engineering UK wheel standards listed on both the Southern federation of M E S or the Northern Association of M E S websites. Whilst the gauge is obviously important, to run cleanly through pointwork, the wheel back to back measurement must be correct. Regards Brian |
Thread: Advice appreciated |
27/11/2020 16:32:00 |
Hi Sharon, sorry about your sad loss, cancer is a dreadful ailment. I live about 10 miles east of Norwich, and am a Norwich Club member, as well as several other groups, and am happy to help. You can get in touch with me via the Norwich & District Society of Model Engineers, or via a private message on this site. Regards Brian |
Thread: Bronze or gunmetal screws/bolts |
08/11/2020 12:14:39 |
Greetings Nick, I have never found a source for these, so for all the boilers I built, I made them. You will not need many, and often a copper rivet can be threaded. Regards Brian
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Thread: Lathe Tool Grinding |
03/11/2020 07:53:01 |
Greetings, I used the end of a broken centre dill of the size required, ground at a suitable angle, in a home made holder to cut the radius formers you are looking to make. \Quick & easy, if you have any broken centre drills otherwise use round tool steel. regards Brian |
Thread: "Invicta"- Photos wanted |
20/10/2020 08:15:18 |
Regards Brian |
Thread: Dressing a diamond wheel |
15/10/2020 16:41:49 |
Right, thank you for the information, I will stick it on and see what happens. Regards BB |
15/10/2020 13:08:07 |
I have been given a diamond wheel, which I wish to mount on my quorn Cutter grinder. Having never used a wheel of this type before, how do I true the wheel and dress it? Regards Brian |
Thread: Grumpy old men |
12/10/2020 16:33:55 |
"Voted in" instead of "elected" |
11/10/2020 16:19:00 |
"Boat" instead of "Ship"
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Thread: Horizontal hit and miss engine |
27/09/2020 07:54:53 |
Very good Andy, could that be written up, with drawings, for publication in Model Engineer? Regards Brian |
Thread: Steam Raising Blower |
24/09/2020 07:28:35 |
Thank you for that Peter, "well written" from someone who had to retake English 0 level. |
23/09/2020 17:31:15 |
Greetings Peter, my article was published in ME in three parts, 11th Nov 2016, issue 4547, pg 706, 9th Dec 2016, issue 4549 Pg 852, and the last part 6th Jan 2017, issue 4551 pg 102. It was designed as a beginners project, and many of the parts were laser cut. As it stands, it will be fine for larger 5 in gauge or 71/4 gauge locos, and many parts can be laser cut. I never did get around to a smaller gauge version. I may have a set of parts somewhere for the published version. I think it's worth reading the article, but I would say that wouldn't I! Regards Brian |
22/09/2020 12:38:51 |
Greeting Peter, a while ago, ME published a design and writeup for a variable speed blower, which I wrote. It used flat straight blades, which worked well, I used it this Sunday on my A3, and it has had plenty of use, and is one of several at my club. The blades were bolted on, using nyloc nuts, no problems so far. The clearance between the bottom edge of the fan, and the casing makes a big difference to performance. Whilst curved blades are more efficient, the whole blower was designed as a beginners project, to perhaps encourage someone who has purchased a locomotive, to start to make things themselves. Regards Brian |
Thread: Reminiscences |
20/09/2020 08:08:26 |
Greetings, like you all I have so many memories of my childhood, not all good. I remember traveling on a tram from Camberwell where we lived, over Westminster Bridge, turn right onto the embankment, then into the tram tunnel under Aldwych and Kingsway, coming up into Southampton Row, turn right into theobalds road, getting off next to the Micromodels shop, then on to Grandmas, with perhaps a visit to look in Bassett Lowke's window on the way home. Walking to school, Oliver Goldsmiths Junior mixed, past the Samuel Jones Factory, the horse trough and the cornchandlers, sailing model boats, all home made on Peckham Rye pond, wacked for playing close the the Surrey Canal, the SunPat factory in Parkhurst street, visits to Bricklayers Arms shed, I could go on for ever. Not sure I want to see those times again, but still vivid memories. Brian |
Thread: Quorn using E32 collets |
30/07/2020 13:03:26 |
Many thanks for the informative answers to my question, which I had already tried to find an answer from the various indexes that I have, but I wondered if ME or MEW had covered it. The current castings suppliers make mention of it, and produce within a full drawing pack, a drawing of, I think, a suitable holder. Thank you again. regards Brian |
30/07/2020 07:39:42 |
Greetings, can anyone advise me if ME or MEW have ever published information on using ER32 collets in a Quorn cutter grinder? Regards Brian |
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