VICKERS MK6B's resto

[Tony Smith]

Corten is the steel used in Shipping Containers due to it's increased salt water corrosion resistance.

It is now being increasingly used in laser cut forms as an architectural sign-writing material to give a rural/rustic appearance. Your laser-cutting steel supplier will be able to provide it in a range of thicknesses.

There minor changes to welding processes when combining it to either mild or stainless, but not enough to be a major worry.

[colin jones]

Well, I won't forget Corten Steel in a hurry, but I am quite familiar with different steel tensile properties.
As much as cnc plasma machines are quite expensive, they are extremely handy doing this kind of restoration work. I did one axle support today and got the other suspension parts off the other one. They seriously took some work to get them to finally let go.

[colin jones]

Again the port power was invaluable getting the wheel stations off. I have put up a couple of photo's of the other bogies I have. They are still quite good for their age.

[colin jones]

I have now got both of the axle channels in place and some repair to the rear curved floor.

[colin jones]

The floor of the other one is also off. it's not too bad to get off once the rivet tops have been ground down. I still need to grind lower than the flat surface as the rivet sits in a small counter sink hole. Hand chisels, Hammer and air chisel do the job. The side return roller will come off tomorrow as I need to make two of them as well.

[colin jones]

They will both be ready for sand blasting next week, then the good part begins.
I won't replace the floors until they are blasted.

[James P]

Mr. Jones, you are doing some amazing work on this Resto-Build sir and for that I salute you , total respect and looking forward to updates.