02-27-2012, 07:01 PM
After all of that was finished it was time for me to bend the fold that would latter provide a place to mount my ash pans. I first cleaned off the ink that I had drawn on the brass with some rubbing alcohol. Then I locked it in a vice and bent the fold by hand until it was roughly at a 90 degree angle.
This was done at all 4 fold lines until I had this.
This fold will give me the sloping angle to the lower edge of the firebox that I am after.
I next worked the brass sheet over the same dowel to form a rough curve. You just have to be patient and make small adjustments,,, straighten here, bend there, until it fits the profile of the forward casting. This can take some time but when your finished, use some more CA to glue it in place.
When the glue was dry I then had to make room for the drive. The casting was just to narrow for it to fit in there.
I took a round file and lightly worker the casting down to the same inside diameter as the boiler.
I next worked the brass sheet over the same dowel to form a rough curve. You just have to be patient and make small adjustments,,, straighten here, bend there, until it fits the profile of the forward casting. This can take some time but when your finished, use some more CA to glue it in place.
When the glue was dry I then had to make room for the drive. The casting was just to narrow for it to fit in there.
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