What happened at your workbench today?

[Northsider]

Yep, the cab is the major area that gives away its heritage - we just never did windows like that

Cab, smokebox smaller than/equal to boiler diameter, and sand domes are the telltales. And they've all gone...

 

[Northsider]

I know I wasn't going to do a build log (and I'm not), but here's a piece of kit that sits under the bench for years at a time (hence the dust) then pops out and earns it's keep.
I got it from school after the supply of blades dried up; a dozen years later (I told you I was a hoarder!) I found some online. Just the thing to cut the spectacles on the Baldwin front sheet.

 

[PhilP]

I have an aversion to disposing of tools..
Angus will be needed when I snuff it!

PhilP.

 

[David1226]

Not really a work bench job, or even a job at all. While working on tweaking the track plan for The Claptowte Railway, I laid out the track for each baseboard top, to ensure that everything would fit and link up with the adjoining board(s). This involved cutting some set curves to get the radius to fit. Having satisfied myself that everything was correct, I took a photograph of the board for future reference. When the track is finally laid on the boards, there will be the need to cut some straights to length. I ended up with ten photographs of the future baseboards. It was logical to join those photographs together to see what the complete track plane would look like. So here it is. The building of the baseboards is still a work in progress at this time.



David