{"id":3696,"date":"2023-06-10T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T21:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=3696"},"modified":"2023-06-27T11:22:22","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T18:22:22","slug":"more-progress-on-the-s-c-0-6-0-to-4-6-0-conversion-with-a-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanootoday.com\/?p=3696","title":{"rendered":"Progress on the S-C 0-6-0 to 4-6-0 Conversion (with a setback)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in December I had a post about a 2-6-0 conversion I had underway<\/a>, which was updated to being a 4-6-0, using a modified Scale-Craft 0-6-0 boiler. It should look nice when it is done, and I want to be sure it operates well too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A modified cylinder block?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Some months ago, I modified a cylinder block (shortened the boiler mounting) to hold the boiler level. With the end of my time using my garage shop approaching rapidly (I\u2019m in Arizona! The insulation I added to the garage door has helped, I probably have a few weeks of mornings left), last week I was working on mounting that on a donor drive. The donor engine was complete but non-running, with the prewar brass drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Looking at it closer after I got things apart, it was clear that at some point that engine was dropped pretty hard. I got the valve gear all straightened out, but then the rod to one cylinder fell off. Ah ha! I could use my new resistance soldering unit to fix it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a resistance soldering unit for the first time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At least a year ago I purchased the resistance soldering unit from Micro Mark, thinking it would be good on another project that I will be writing more about soon. The photo below shows the setup, and it worked well for this application.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basics are that you attach one side of the unit to the part with the clip and use the other side to solder \u2013 turning on the unit with a foot pedal. The materials to be soldered need to be very clean and you will need flux. For this job I used a very small quantity of paste flux and a chip of solid core 50\/50 solder. It heats up when you have the probe touching the place you want the solder and press the foot pedal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this job it worked like a charm, I am looking forward to using it more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was all going well until a driver fell off<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next step was trying to free up the drive a bit. Oil helped a lot, but something was catching more than I wanted. And then the rear driver simply fell off. I tried to use pliers to create a more \u201cgrippy\u201d surface, and did my best to quarter it and tap it into place solidly, but it was a lost cause. It won\u2019t stay on. A shame, but at least I can make use of the motor and gearbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was kind of a bummer, but I do intend to keep working on the boiler as the next phase, now that I know a drive can be set up to work. More on that in a future post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading the 4-6-0 series<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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