WW&F No. 9 - Official Work Thread

[Ed Lecuyer]

Quartering machine...

I think that fell out from under my car the other day - then was kidnapped by someone obsessed with "Steampunk."

Nice job on both fronts - can't wait to see it all in person soon. (Fall Festival, I hope.)

[Steve Smith]

That quartering machine is so impressive! I can just see it as an exhibit in one of the world's hallowed science museums. You know, with a legend such as,
"Early calculating machine by Babbidge, 1889"

or maybe, "Model used by Kepler to formulate the laws of planetary motion, 1576"

Maybe this will someday be in the National Rail Museum in York, England.   "Quartering machine, Lamontagne et al, 2013"

[Bernie Perch]

Looks like a movement in a tower clock.  Really looks precise and ready to attack.  How does it determine true quarter and how does it work?  That is one super job.

Bernie

[Duncan Mackiewicz]

I have a grandfather clock with what they call "triple chime movement" and it closely resembles that quartering jig. Good luck with that job.
Duncan

[Brendan Barry]

Dean Copeland sawed out a new oak pilot beam and all the oak planking for the cab deck at his sawmill. The new pilot beam is the correct size going off the Portland Co. prints. The exsisting beam is to big and doesn't line up with the deck plate on the frame rails and the brackets that mount between the pilot and smoke box.

[Dave Crow]

Hi Brendan, is the oak seasoned, or do we need to wait before mounting it up? See you next week. Dave Crow

[Brendan Barry]

Fresh out of the log Dave. Pilot beam should be good to go on upon arrival and the deck boards we can let dry until we need them.

Picture from Dean

[Brendan Barry]

One Copeland Lumber Company universal cut to length Portland Company forney replacement pilot beam was delivered today.



The Kubota is useful for more than digging holes. Also good for removing oak beams from Suburban roofs.

[Mike Fox]

Guess we will need to get the lights working if you are going to continue with those late night antics....Don't want to hold up progress because of darkness.

[Brendan Barry]

The beam has been cut down to length. The steel plate clamped to the beam bolts into the engine's frame rails and backs up the pilot beam. The coupler pocket bolts through the beam and backing plate sandwiching the pilot beam. The reason for the new pilot beam is the pilot beam and pilot that were on the engine are believed to have been put on the engine when the engine was in CT. The pilot beam was too tall and wide. The pilot deck plate did not fit and the brackets from the smoke box to the pilot did not line up. The new pilot beam is based off the Portland Co. drawings and measurements off the deck plate.

[Stewart "Start" Rhine]

Nice!  Guess we should put some linseed oil to it fairly soon.

Start

[Brendan Barry]

Good old fashioned cresote is the only way.

[Dylan Lambert]

It looks good... Can't wait to see it again with this new beam... But if it's been found that no. 9 doesn't conform to the basic Portland Co. specifics after this many years, then would it hurt to have an over-sized pilot beam 

[James Patten]

#9 lost its Portland Company specifics many years ago.

[Keith Taylor]

It looks good... Can't wait to see it again with this new beam... But if it's been found that no. 9 doesn't conform to the basic Portland Co. specifics after this many years, then would it hurt to have an over-sized pilot beam 

Possibly not....but from what I have read in the above posts....No.9 never ran with the pilot beam that it came to Sheepscot with as it was put on by the Ramsdell / Monypeny folks. There is no telling what sized pilot beam it may have had when running on the WW&F, so it makes sense to go back to the last known size...that being what it had on the SR&RL RR.
Keith