[modeleng] Re: Juliet's

Phill,

Have you tried Polly Models (now incorporating Bruce Engineering), I have
always found them knowledgable and helpful.

They also have a downloadable catalogue.

Cheers

Peter
(Lately of Sydney, currently Pittsburgh, soon to be home - hooray!)



On Tue, 19 May 2009 22:42:10 +0800, "Phill Smith"
<steam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> G'Day Rich,
> 
> Thanks for your reply. It is really handy to know that there are others
> out
> there who are willing to help.
> 
> I was surprised by Pete's responce to my queries, which is why I included
> it
> in my last posting. It really looks like he doesn't know his products. I
> hope I'm wrong there, not for him personnally, but for the hobby. If our
> suppliers don't know thier product, then it shows, and people won't want
> to
> use them. They then close up shop. It doesn't take long before there are
> no
> suppliers left to supply us.....
> 
> I have send an email of to Blackgates to see what thier prices are like.
I
> don't know HOW I missed the juliet when I looked before.....
> 
> Looking at the original ME's drawings, there are very few dimensions
given
> for the cylinders. I assume, from when LBSC wrote on the text, that the
> drawings given to the casting suppliers had enough detail to enable them
> to
> make correct patterns for the cylinders. Unfortunately, those details are
> not in the article drawings.
> 
> Oh my...... I have just looked at the link to Walsall Model Industries,
> that
> Alan sent in one of his posts. 2 sets of cylinder castings for 35
> pounds!!!!!! I'll send them an email VERY SHORTLY, to check on the size
of
> them, as they are listed on their Gauge 1 page. No wheels listed
> though...... Prayers everyone!!!!!
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phill.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.L. Roebuck" <rlr20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:03 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Juliet's
> 
> 
>> Hi there Phill,
>> If you look on...
>>
>> http://www.blackgates.co.uk/body_3_5__gauge_locos.html
>>
>> Blackgates definitely do Juliet!
>>
>> The price for their postage to you in Oz may be slightly cheaper as if
>> memory serves correctly their castings use the late Norman Spinks
> pattern
>> for the driving wheels, which is quite 'lean', ie less metal to post to
>> you.
>>
>> On the down side though, less room for error (especially if you teaching
>> someone to machine). Also I've never had a bad thing to say about GLR
> and
>> Pete, so I wouldn't want to put you off from ordering from him.
>>
>> Yours,
>>
>>
>> Rich.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 19 May 2009, Phill Smith wrote:
>>
>>> G'Day John, Jeff, TEL, And Everyone else,
>>>
>>> Fabricating cylinders is easy enough. The boring head makes accurate
>>> fitting
>>> together easy enough, but that applies to making patterns as well.....
> I
>>> didn't really want to fabricate them, but that may be (as both Jeff and
>>> John
>>> pointed out) the cheaper option.
>>>
>>> Blackgates doesn't list Juliet as something they do, so I didn't bother
>>> contacting them.... Maybe I should have.
>>>
>>> Below is the 2 replies that I have had from GLR in the UK..... I am
>>> simply
>>> amazed by the responces. Knowing your product and showing some
> interest,
>>> is
>>> obviously a thing of the past.......
>>>
>>>
>>> Phil,
>>>            post for dwgs £3.00      we supply wheel castings 4 @
> £44.00
>>> Cyliner castings @ £90.00   ring 01327 878988
>>>
>>>
>>>                  Pete
>>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>>  From: Phill Smith
>>>  To: Peteglr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>  Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 1:20 PM
>>>  Subject: Re: Juliet drawings and castings
>>>
>>>
>>>  G'Day Pete,
>>>
>>>  I'm after inside valve gear (Stephenson's valvegear). Version 2 has
>>> Baker's valvegear.
>>>
>>>  Do you supply cylinder and wheel castings?
>>>
>>>
>>>  Cheers,
>>>
>>>  Phill.
>>>    ----- Original Message -----
>>>    From: Peteglr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>    To: Phill Smith
>>>    Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 6:58 PM
>>>    Subject: Re: Juliet drawings and castings
>>>
>>>
>>>    Do you want inside cylinders or outside cylinders, drawings for
> either
>>> are £24.00 + p & p
>>>
>>>
>>> Pete GLR
>>>      ----- Original Message -----
>>>      From: Phill Smith
>>>      To: peteglr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>      Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:20 PM
>>>      Subject: Juliet drawings and castings
>>>
>>>
>>>      To whom it May Concern,
>>>
>>>      I am attempting to source drawings and castings for LBSC's Juliet
>>> (version 1).
>>>
>>>      If you are able to supply, could you please give me prices and
>>> postage
>>> costs to Australia.
>>>
>>>      If you can't supply, could you provide me with the contact details
>>> of
>>> suppliers who can.
>>>
>>>
>>>      Thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>      Phillip Smith.
>>>
>>> The price for the wheels and cylinders are MUCH better than Reeves'
>>> price.
>>> But still..... 11 pounds for a wheel 3.5" in diameter???? That's about
>>> AU$27.50 each. It's a much better price than Reeves!!! I think it
> may(?)
>>> be
>>> worth getting these....
>>> I can machine them out of centrifugally cast CI, for less than that.
>>> Spokes
>>> and all. But, it's the time factor that I don't like...... I suppose
> they
>>> could just be solids like Tich's. The other thing is that they would
> need
>>> to
>>> be tired as the centrifugally cast stuff is softer than regular
> castings.
>>> No
>>> big deal, just another thing to do that I doubt my son would be up to
>>> yet.
>>>
>>> I don't know about the LPG furnass TEL. The only one I have had
>>> experience
>>> with (LPG that is) was in high school, and that used a lot of gas to
> melt
>>> a
>>> piddly little bit of aluminium. It was probably just the design or the
>>> way
>>> it was being used. Haven't you got a gas one up and running? How much
> gas
>>> does it use to melt a given amount of bronze?
>>>
>>> OK so in summary.....
>>>
>>> Buy Drawings (drawings in original ME's too hard to read convieniently)
>>> Fabricate GM cylinders (cyl section from hollow bar - valve section
> could
>>> waste a bit of metal in swarf, but my mill will quickly remove that)
>>> Buy wheel castings. 44 pounds stirling (AU$110) per loco
>>> Fabricate everything else (GM axleboxes sound like a good idea - dunno
>>> how
>>> they would wear in the horn block area though.... Alan?)
>>> Buy boiler barrel material from UK (3.5" dia is not a size available
> "of
>>> the
>>> shelf" in Oz")
>>>
>>> Anything else?????
>>>
>>> Lagging of boiler? What is the normal practice in the little league?
> 1/8
>>> cork is an excellent lagging material. I have used it on my 7.25" gauge
>>> loco
>>> and had great results. I had to relag it (can't remember why) and used
>>> 3mm
>>> ceramic fibre sheet and found it NOT as good as cork. Perhaps because I
>>> SQUEEZED in 2 sheets..... ?  Anyway, I thought 1/8" of cork  between
> the
>>> boiler and cladding would do it some good. I will need to roll a larger
>>> smokebox (1/4" bigger in dia) but that's no big deal..
>>>
>>> Oh, as an aside.... I noticed that there are dome castings offered by
>>> Reeves. Doesn't anyone, besides me, spin domes anymore? I have spun a
> few
>>> for my friends ranging from 1" dia x 1.5" to 6" dia x 9", in both brass
>>> and
>>> copper, and the size makes no difference to process. It just takes
> longer
>>> for the bigger ones. Who else on this list spins items?
>>>
>>> And another aside..... Clarkson autolock collet chucks.... For those of
>>> you
>>> who have never used one, these are the ultimate clamping system to hold
>>> onto
>>> your slot drills (2 or 3 flute centre cutting end mills) when doing
>>> plunging
>>> work. Every other clamping system can slip allowing the cutter to pull
>>> out
>>> or push in. If you get the chance to buy one, do so. They are well
> worth
>>> the
>>> investment. They pop up on ebay occationally, with the shank for either
>>> MT3,
>>> R8, NT30, or NT40. The only drawback is that you can only use threaded
>>> shanked slot drills or end mills. Unfortunately none of the tungstan
>>> carbide
>>> cutters have threaded shanks.....
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "John Baguley" <baggo@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:44 AM
>>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Juliet's
>>>
>>>
>>>> It wouldn't be too difficult to fabricate the cylinders from a bit of
>>>> cored bronze or gunmetal with a bronze or gunmetal port face silver
>>>> soldered on or even machine them from the solid. All the rest could be
>>>> brass. Valve chest built up from brass bar silver soldered together
> and
>>>> end covers turned from brass bar with a bronze bush for the piston
> rod.
>>>> Much easier than making patterns and having castings made. A lot
> cheaper
>>>> too!
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>> TEL wrote:
>>>>> Nope, no Juliet, so I can't be of help.
>>>>> Furnace - propane will provide plenty of heat for doing bronze -
> might
>>>>> be a bit of a pinch for CI  although it has been done.
>>>>>
>>>>> I too had a look at Reeves' site the other day - and they reckon Ned
>>>>> Kelly was a crook eh?
>>>>>
>>>>> Phill Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> G'Day Alan,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The angle iron buffers is as LBSC originally designed it. They were
>>>>>> originally brazed onto the side sheets. I don't like that, so I'll
>>>>>> bolt
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> with angle brackets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I was lucky I was sitting down when I went to the AJ Reeves site and
>>>>>> looked
>>>>>> at thier prices for cylinder sets.... 177 pounds for 1 cylinder
>>>>>> set!!!!!
>>>>>> Just ONE cylinder set. They have just lost my business...... What a
>>>>>> mob
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> thieves!!!!!!!!!!
>>>>>> I hate patternmaking!!!! Oh well, looks like there is no choice now.
>>>>>> Unless
>>>>>> I can find someone that has some patterns that they wouldn't mind
>>>>>> lending
>>>>>> me...... They would be rare these days.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TEL, didn't you make a Juliet? Where did you get your castings from?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe I should concentrate on building a oil fired (I don't know if
>>>>>> LPG
>>>>>> would be hot enough) furnass first....... There's no shortage of
> good
>>>>>> quality green sand around here......
>>>>>> Anyone got any drawings for one? I had better get started, otherwise
>>>>>> disapointment awaits the delayed start on the project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phill.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Alan Stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 3:42 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Juliet's
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I used bronze axleboxes, so...
>>>>>>> Angle iron for the buffer beams would save some work.
>>>>>>> Drain cocks, OK.
>>>>>>> I dont see the need for a horiz stretcher, but nothing to stop you
>>>>>>> adding
>>>>>>> one of you feel it worthwile.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As for time, I was assuming lots of hand work, but if you have, for
>>>>>>> example,
>>>>>>> a mill (which you mentioned) and are making jogs etc, then, eys,
> that
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> shorten it considerably.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>
http://www.walsallmodelindustries.co.uk/www.walsallmodelindustries.co.uk/info.php?p&pno=0
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> are an alternative to Reeves et al, although I have never used them
>>>>>>> myself.
>>>>>>>
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