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This novelty table lamp was a simple woodworking project. The loco was designed to sit at the base of the lamp and the smoke-stack was used as the on-off switch. |
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A rough sketch of the locomotive is shown on the left. The loco was designed to be as simple as possible with an 0-4-0 wheel configuration. |
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The chassis was made from a slim sheet of 5mm light coloured Oak with a 30mm wide beam centred on the underside. Buffer beams were added front and back and then the whole assembly was sanded square. |
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The cab was a block of wood cut to match the width of the chassis. The windows were cut on the milling machine and a gentle radius was cut across its width to form the roof. The roof was laminated with a darker wood to finish. |
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The four driving wheels were cut from a block of dark wood and then machined on an arbor like the rear tractor wheels.Then a flat was sanded on all 4 wheels to allow them to fit under the chassis. |
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The boiler was turned from a laminated block to give it a horizontal line. The 4, then 3 jaw chucks were used to turn the block into a rough cylinder and to square up both the ends. |
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To finish, the cylinder was bored through to take a length of threaded rod. The rod was supported between centres and the boiler was turned to final size and sanded. |
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Once the boiler was complete, the profile was traced onto another block to form the smoke box. The smoke box was drilled right through with a 16m flat-bit, to take the smoke-stack switch. |
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This photograph shows the components so far. |
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The smoke-stack and steam dome were both simple turning jobs on the lathe. The boiler was bored with the 16mm flat-bit to take the steam dome. The profile of the dome was just cut by hand using a file. The smoke-stack was made extra long to protrude into the base of the lamp to activate the switch. |
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Turning the smokestack |
Turning the steam dome |
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The connecting rods were made from thin strips of oak. The radii were sanded using a dowel as a rotation centre to make a neat curve. |
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This photo shows the wheel assembly complete. |
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The base was a floorboard sanded and cut to shape. 2 holes were added one for the lamp and one for the switch. Cork feet were added underneath and slots were machined to root the cables.
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The assembled engine was varnished with the exception of the smoke-stack. This was waxed to help it slide up and down so it could press the switch in the lamp base. The completed engine was screwed to the baseboard. The smoke-stack was held in place with a metal roll pin as shown below.
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The lamp and shape were taken from an old IKEA light fitting. |
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