A quick call to the workshops this evening met with the response "just bumbling on". It's been one of those weeks when the job has moved on, but we're still in the thick of things. The bearings which allow the motion to turn are coming on nicely; two of them have now been machined and inserted into the relevant slots in the forged sections of the rods. Restoration Engineer David Pritchard (Daffy) says he still needs to do the wedges to hold them into place.
There has been some noticeable progress with new bits arriving on site. Most of the parts for the new smokebox have arrived on site, so we now have the wrapper plate, the strengthening plates for the bottom and the angle pieces to hold everything together. The bit we don’t have yet is the front plate, which still needs to be ordered.
Will post some pictures when we have them.
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