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Harrye says::
"It was in June 2004 when I started on the Lion replica.
I worked from sketches and some full size drawings by John
Hawley
of the Bristol Club. He was also
Chairman of the OLD LOCOMOTIVE COMMITTEE -
a Lion appreciation
Society.
It was at
the AGM in Manchester that the rocking shaft was first discussed.
This is a highly visible working
part and needs very careful reproduction. I attempted to make this
part at a scale of 1:8 in a number of different ways - without much
success..
Then, at the 2005 Bristol exhibition I met
Lester Caine, a CNC expert and we had a long chat to see if it would
be possible to reproduce the part using CNC. Lester contacted me
after the show and I sent him photographs and a modified drawing of
the rocking shaft. He produced two perfect patterns ready for
casting. The method of production can be seen on his Web Site at:
http://medw.co.uk
from which the following information is
extracted."
With grateful thanks
too
Lester Caine
for all his work