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[DafyddElvy]

Sorry David not sure I fully understand this obviously useful jig.

Sorry, this should make things clearer, the jig sits in the vice, the piece of nickel silver is place in the jig/guide in the vice and the piece of nickel silver filled down.
The jig has a lip inside the vice jaws which the metal being filled sits on.

Hope this is helps.

 

[dunnyrail]

Sorry, this should make things clearer, the jig sits in the vice, the piece of nickel silver is place in the jig/guide in the vice and the piece of nickel silver filled down.
The jig has a lip inside the vice jaws which the metal being filled sits on.

Hope this is helps.
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Thanks got it now.

 

[DafyddElvy]

Not the prettiest jig I've ever built but it should be functional.

A wagon drop side strapping positioning jig, hopefully it'll be a time saver and help this cack handed modeller accurately position the wagon strapping.

 

[dunnyrail]

Not the prettiest jig I've ever built but it should be functional.

A wagon drop side strapping positioning jig, hopefully it'll be a time saver and help this cack handed modeller accurately position the wagon strapping.

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Very nice but I think I would have used hard steel rod rather than brass, stays much straighter but at the cost of some rust from flux.

 

[DafyddElvy]

Very nice but I think I would have used hard steel rod rather than brass, stays much straighter but at the cost of some rust from flux.

I used brass simply because I had some to hand and don't have the appropriate size steel rod in stock.

The sleeves for the rod were aligned with a straight edge while the brass rod was in place so I am fairly confident about the alignment of the rod being correct.

I have found one flaw, I somehow managed to make the outer straps 0.5mm a different dimension from the end of the wagon side. Not enough that I need to think about correcting the alignment guide, but I do need to remember the sides won't be reversible.

Now I just need to assemble all the parts.