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Compound · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:00 pm Post subject:

Hmmmmm, a lot of head scratching to come,
At our railway when we have a ciris we normally have a brew!

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Wandering-Willie · Junior Member Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 177

ayup dan its allen from MR!!!

Compound · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:05 pm Post subject:

Wandering-Willie · Junior Member Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 177

haha, love it
anyhow, i agree with you!!!

Caprice · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject:

Roly, not sure if I'm seeing right but to me it seems that the drip tray shall go clear of the induction tank? The latter appears to be higher/ longer on your model, difficult to see on the picture though?

Roly Williams · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:15 pm Post subject:

madeinenglang · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:16 pm Post subject:

I hope this might help you.
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Roly Williams · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:32 pm Post subject:

tmuir · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject:

Steamy Jim has one Roly.
Send him a PM and he might be able to take some photos for you.
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Caprice · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:46 pm Post subject:

Is the placement of that drip tray so critical as long as it collects the dripping and don't hinder the function of the mechanism?
(With reservation that I really don't understand how those little brass things shall move...)

Edit: Not meant to be critical of course, just curious.

steamyjim · Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject:

Roly, I shall grab some pictures of mine, tomorow possibly depending on if I can get into the workshop.

If it is a design change, mine will be different as it was one of the very first built...
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Roly Williams · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:36 am Post subject:

Stilldrillin · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

I reckon it`s time to change your avatar Roly........

This is far more complicated than Rubik`s cube!

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scorpion2nz · Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:49 pm Post subject:

[quote="Stilldrillin"]Wait until the stuff gets into your socks.......

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that is why when I am in my shed I wear overalls over the top of my gumboots ,I hang over from arc welding!!]

xlchainsaw · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:28 am Post subject:

fantastic job roly. im not at all surprised to read of things being different from the instructions.

its off topic but might cheer you up..... i knew two top engineers years ago. one was even a head engineer in charge of building bridges. anyway .... one bought a glass house in kit form complete with instructions and plans ...parts checked..present and correct!

now assembly... after two weeks (no assembly) the help of another engineer is called upon... every night for a week the two tried to assemble it .AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS. their wives were having a field day...lol lol two top engineers couldnt put a simple hot house together lol.....so they threw out the plans and instructions...drew up their own and assembly took them two hours with everything fitting like a glove!!

ive never bothered with "kits" ...they are a great source of materials and thats about it in my opinion. it will be great to see it going as im sure you will be able to "nut" it out.

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