Herev are some pics of a locomotive project I've been working on. I've done quite abit already and here is where I'm at now.
I have made the cross heads and profiled the cyls and mounted them. Pics follow.
Set the cross heads up in the mill and machined to lines basically. I used a 1/8 ball end mill here.
![DSC02923.jpg DSC02923.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102255-dac7cc693b8fa66420fb8e5f8894b04b.jpg)
Changed to a 3/16 end mill here.
![DSC02926.jpg DSC02926.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102256-74a0ccf574055b5838ff0b4508e0838d.jpg)
![DSC02927.jpg DSC02927.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102257-bd548ecf461cf39c3216e23077b9234c.jpg)
![DSC02928.jpg DSC02928.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102258-ff94f9a6c4b5248f39148380c037d6d8.jpg)
I silver solder bronze slippers on them and silver soldered the backs on too.
I riveted in the drop link pins to the front of the cross head. I took a page out of Dr. Johns way of doing things and milled the front plate from solid instead of trying to bend the off set for the pin.
![DSC02939.jpg DSC02939.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102259-660670da01ef483df22f1e135cb9f3dc.jpg)
I turned the piston rod ends of the cross heads in the lathe but for got to take pics.
Ron
I have made the cross heads and profiled the cyls and mounted them. Pics follow.
Set the cross heads up in the mill and machined to lines basically. I used a 1/8 ball end mill here.
![DSC02923.jpg DSC02923.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102255-dac7cc693b8fa66420fb8e5f8894b04b.jpg)
Changed to a 3/16 end mill here.
![DSC02926.jpg DSC02926.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102256-74a0ccf574055b5838ff0b4508e0838d.jpg)
![DSC02927.jpg DSC02927.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102257-bd548ecf461cf39c3216e23077b9234c.jpg)
![DSC02928.jpg DSC02928.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102258-ff94f9a6c4b5248f39148380c037d6d8.jpg)
I silver solder bronze slippers on them and silver soldered the backs on too.
I riveted in the drop link pins to the front of the cross head. I took a page out of Dr. Johns way of doing things and milled the front plate from solid instead of trying to bend the off set for the pin.
![DSC02939.jpg DSC02939.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/102/102259-660670da01ef483df22f1e135cb9f3dc.jpg)
I turned the piston rod ends of the cross heads in the lathe but for got to take pics.
Ron