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Old 24-03-12, 20:49
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Well done matey ! nice to see the paterns
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Old 24-03-12, 21:33
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The latches won't have the numbers as they are too small to recreate and look reasonable.

The smoke bracket original that I copied has the numbers, date etc but the numbers are so close together and disguised by the texture of the sand casting that they are almost unreadable. I'll have a look at copying the numbers but they results may be less than ideal.

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Old 25-03-12, 00:04
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I would be interested in a discharger bracket, are the latches not identical to chieftain latches ?
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Old 25-03-12, 05:11
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Ben,
I am interested in one of the brackets for the smoke discharger. I have all the rest of the bits now, just short of the bracket. Just verifying that it is one for the Mk1*.
Let us know the cost of the bracket and latches please.
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Doug
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Old 28-03-12, 21:24
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I visited the foundry today. I can get the round thumb screws for the upper engine covers and the wing nut style lower engine cover screw for £5 each, that will require you to drill out and tap the upper type and run a die down the lower style. This is easy enough to do but I want to make it clear you will get blanks with no thread.

The latches for the lockers etc are £10 for a complete assembly as shown above, hinge and lever, again these will need drilling by you and the wire hoops adding

The discharger bracket was quite expensive, I'm trying plan B tomorrow in the hope it will be cheaper but it is quite a chunk of steel to have cast. The first quote will work out at around £80 each

As with the parts before I have worked the prices out on getting a reasonable quantity made, if there isn't enough interest I won't be able to order that type of part. Let me know if you are interested and want quantities and we can go from there.

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Old 28-03-12, 22:30
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Ben,
Are these parts from cast iron or cast steel? The foundry I spoke to here in London would do cast steel, but wanted a minimum run of 200 pieces. I would be interested in 8 of the lower engine cover screws (thumb screw).

Perry
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Old 28-03-12, 22:33
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All cast steel, quantity is to cover the outlay of initial tooling costs. You could order 1 if you wanted, it would just be expensive.

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