Falk Locomotive build

[DACS]

This is an absolute marvel Bob!  A thing of absolute beauty.  Not even finished and it wins the trophy!
Now, how safe was this all to work with in 1:1 scale?      Perhaps I missed something somewhere and if so, please pardon my possible ignorance, but, did this thing have a reverse?  Speaking of the winch drive assembly of course.

Dave  HWCRR
Seattle

[bparrish]

Dave.   

This locomotive still exists in eureka California. I had a chance to crawl all over it last summer. 

The gypsy winch engine only went in one direction.  So paying the cables back out had to be really exciting.  OSHA would be apoplectic. 

I can only guess that at various times they put slack in lines by advancing the loco into the load.  Working with Dolbeer donkey skidders has to be similar.  The problem with both was dealing with the tag line when pulling in a long line.  They would put two or three wraps on the spool and then pull it out. 

See ya
Bob

[bparrish]

So after a week off for Thanksgiving I'm back at it.

I turned out a cylinder for the steam turret on the top of the fire box.  Then I brought down piping on each side to run the brake stand and the control for the gypsy winch engine.

The valve wheels are one of the few parts from some manufacturer. They are brake wheels for HO box cars that have a new purpose.  The pipe fittings are wire wound around the piping and flooded with solder and shaped to look like pipe fittings.

The vacant hole on the steam turret is for the pressure gauge.  That's next.

see ya
Bob

[ACL1504]

Bob,

This is the best thread going. It just gets better with time!

Tom

[ranny9]

David..........

I don't need any beers to hit two keys at once and not notice.

Regarding Candy and Randy...............  They will come along but I think we should leave the live stock out of it.

see ya
Bob

Sorry I've been away so long...a few months I guess! I'm a little slow on the uptake, been doing "family research".

MAGNIFICENT project!!!   

[bparrish]

I finished the pressure gauge and flex line from the steam turret.  I  also put the cab back on for the next three photos.

When I turned out the pressure gauge I used a bezel cutter and left a raised area around the frame where I can mount the glass.  Now I have to figure out how to cut a circle from a microscope slide.  Otta take a few tries.

Next will be the finishing stuff on the water tank, filling pipes and drain plugs.

for now...

see ya
Bob

[jrmueller]

Can't wait to see you fire that puppy up. Jim

[bparrish]

Jim....

I have run it.  I put up a short video that is linked on page 8 of this thread about half way down.  I have also run it for about an hour at a garden railroad but I made a short video on my I phone and it turned it sideways for no apparent reason and I don't know how to turn an Apple file.

But it does run.  I have not done any extensive lubrication as it gets everywhere and it will affect how it takes paint.  But there are dissimilar metals at the appropriate places so it runs rather well without oil.  There is a machining rule about dissimilar materials.

Thanx
Bob

[S&S RR]

Bob

I got my Grandson into modeling locomotives this past week.  I showed him the pictures of yours and I thought you might be interested in a picture of his first project.

[deemery]

Bob

I got my Grandson into modeling locomotives this past week.  I showed him the pictures of yours and I thought you might be interested in a picture of his first project.

We can definitely see the family resemblance between the two locos.  However, the loco above does have an internal main rod (which was pretty common for pre-Civil War locos.)


dave

[bparrish]

I'm moving this you tube video over here from another location on the forum so I can remember where I put it.

Thanx for looking in.

see ya
Bob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KoTFnZ5wSk

[ACL1504]

 
Great Christmas Video!

[Unity RR]

Bob......It really looks good and runs well. It also looks large enough , How could you forget where you put it?

[bparrish]

I think it was more about where I put the video............

Thanx
Bob

[bparrish]

So I had the locomotive running around the tree for most of the morning and then it ran into some package that had fallen on the track.  The motor in the loco is strong enough to spin the wheels if it stalls against something.  The weak spot is......... or was.......... the cups that the constant velocity dog bone ran in might crack and fail.  I used NWSL cups as they were pre made and pretty quiet. 

Well one failed yesterday so today I made metal ones with set screws.  It spins the tires now ! ! ! !

The only trade off is that it is a bit more noisy now.  I'm going to try and move the motor on its' adjusters and see if I can get a more quiet alignment.

see ya
Bob