[modeleng] Re: Lapping, pumps, etc was

  • From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 16:01:57 -0800 (PST)

Thanks, Harry.  10,00's of castings?  Hmmm----I'll
have to check farther, sounds very interesting then.

Al

--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 03:13 PM 2/20/06 -0800, you wrote:
> >I'm interested in knowing more about the Reeves'
> pump casting you used as
> a basis.  Do they have an on line catalogue? - Al
> 
> Al,
>      They do, but you won't find a drawing/photo
> there or in their paper
> catalogue.  Theye have 10,000's of castings so
> that's much too fine a level
> of detail for them to show.  I can send you a
> drawing of the pump but
> there's nothing partcilarly unique about it, it's
> one of dozens of similar
> pump castings that Reeves and other suppliers sell,
> this one just happens
> to be for this particular loco (Bridget) and I just
> happened to have a
> spare casting which I found was a drop-in fit.  I
> believe it's cast bronze
> rather than gunmetal, and I could easily have
> fabricated it from 660 bronze
> bar if I'd needed to.  I haven't been updating my
> web site progress photos
> lately so it's not posted there yet.
> 
> Regards,
> Harry
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