Worklist:
Workshop details
Crane - final bedding-in
A full house and Geoff had been busy. He'd researched belt-driven workshop equipment and found that the drill pulleys could be 'prototypically' modified to reduce the depth of the unit, and he'd made the modification. This meant that the original equipment layout now worked. The high-level intermediate pulleys needed modifying and fitting onto a new lay-shaft suspended between the roof and back wall. The motor now sits on a new wall-mounted shelf.
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| Just three pulleys directly over the drill reduces the depth. |
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| The 5 pullies (1 x idler, 1 x motor drive & 3 speed output) sit on a shaft. The wall bearing can be screwed up and down to adjust tension on the pulleys. |
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| The wall bearing in detail. The end bearing is only positioned here to set the correct height for the wall bearing. |
Meanwhile, Stephen experimented with the lighting rig assembled previously. The 4 LED's were taped into place and the lighting effect assessed.
The lighting level was very nice, but the 'hot spots' needed to be softened by gently wiping the LED surfaces with fine emery paper. They were then coated in wood stain to make the bulbs a warmer white. Finally, holes were drilled in the back wall for the wiring to the ceiling and brazier lights. The final wiring and switches should be fitted next week.
Laurence mixed some coloured plaster/filler and made-good around the cranes bases before moving on to fit some Kadees to a Corris Railway brake van body. Painting and copius foliage should follw when he's next down.
