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IndianaRog
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Kevin, you are the king of premature aging...the two pieces look great together.
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simon hudson
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WoW amazing think I'll give up just awesome-Si
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igy569
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Ummmm WOW???
Amazing work. 
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Dr. Rog
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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That looks SO right 
the rivets are brilliant and the disk crank looks just like the real thing. 
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MooseMan
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Stunning.......what an improvement!
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redryder
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Awesome Kevin.....
What a magnificent set of upgrades !!!
Gil
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Kev&Mel
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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| Really good . How do you get the rivet look |
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Kevin Klein
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Location: Valley City, ND.
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Thanks for al the compliments. The rivets seem to be a matter of intrest so I will tell you how I did them. They are nothing more than small dabs of 5 minute EPOXY. All you gotta do is mark out the placement for them and dab them on with a small diamater stick, preferably shaped down to a slight point and sanded flat at the end. The diamater will determine the size of rivet. You can also go over them again ftter it has set to make them more pronounced.
The painting was black vht spray paint and wethered with a combination of weathering powder colors and flat paint, especialy rust color (Testors rust) Several applications where done with a coat of Testors Dull Coat between each one.
My biggest problem is afixing a steering system, probably get a set from Wilesco, and the drive gear I have decided to use a shaft drive utilizing bevel gears, I have seen them in old photos, One on the flywheel shaft and one on each end of the drive shaft running diagonally down and back to a bull gear on the wheel, gonna have to get ahold of the Mechanno Man.
Other wise, I have moved the rear wheels behind the fire box to extend the wheel base and in doing so they are further appart than normal and there are also spacers between them and the fire box so as to accomodate a drive system.
I will need to get a longer shaft for the flywheel for fitting the gear but I do not know if it will come out of the crank disk easily, havent tried yet, anyone know if it is friction fit or threaded "
The pully and wheel groove for the drive band are now missalignd so runnig it that way is out of the question.
Oh, and the thresher has no moving parts, unfortunatly.
I forgot to mention, the exhaust is now piped to the smoke box with brass tubing that was cut and solderd to size. The steam exit at the bottom of the cylinder block was drilled out half way and the exhaust pipe JB welded in place.
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27ace27
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simply brilliant! Well done!
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Minor1PJG
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Another Masterpiece
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verithingeoff
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Wallace
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mamod
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| i would just like to say that it is the best customising of our traction eng we have seen congrats |
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mamod
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| the crank axle is interferance fit if you need help maybe we can assist |
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