What happened at your workbench today?

[Rhinochugger]

Marking out the catenary gantries at night inside, to machine the next day in the workshop.
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The fire engine build slowly continues, should be finished by the end of the year.

That's where I fall down - marking out too unskilled, too impatient, too ...................... it never works

The one and only things that I really successfully marked out was six axle holes in a pair of steel frames for the 2-6-2 wot was pootling round the garden on Sunday afternoon

I managed to get all three pairs of holes in a straight line, the right distance apart and in the same place on each frame ................. at that point I peaked, and have never achieved anything like it since.

 

[grizzmo]

That's where I fall down - marking out too unskilled, too impatient, too ...................... it never works

The one and only things that I really successfully marked out was six axle holes in a pair of steel frames for the 2-6-2 wot was pootling round the garden on Sunday afternoon

I managed to get all three pairs of holes in a straight line, the right distance apart and in the same place on each frame ................. at that point I peaked, and have never achieved anything like it since.

These gantries don't need to be anywhere near as accurate as a loco chassis. Which is very good, as there not.
A bit of inaccuracy in the marking out, a bit in the machining and a bit in the filing to square the slots up .
They are a near enough is close enough model, I am not a rivet counter.