Progress on Number Nine...

Ive made some progress on my WW&F #9. She now runs well so I have painted her and added some details. the cab is birch ply with walnut trim. I machined domes from solid bar stock. I fabricated detail parts including the headlight, bell and Generator.

I thought I would bring it to China Rose in Brunswick next week.

--Eric

SCGRR Water Tower

Here are the final pictures for the water tower project. (I promise, this is it!)

This shows the railing supports and wire for the safety rail. The wire is 1.0mm "Bosai" Anodized Aluminum wire.
This picture shows the roof just about completed. Missing a row and the cap pieces.

Here is the Front of the completed tower complete with unique weather vane.

This view shows the ladder to access the tower and tank.

This view shows the access hatch to the tank and the support for the ladder. The ladder is made form 12ga. electrical wire conductors solder together.

The tank measure 16' x 16' x 16'. That's 4096cu/ft. That equtes to ~30,600 imaginary gallons of water.

That's it for this project, except to put some waterproofer on / in it and wait for Spring.

SCGRR Water Tower Progress

Here are some pics of the Water Tower progress.

The first Pic, for those that haven't seen this material, is "Western Red Cedar Balusters" for doing Deck Railings. It comes from "Lowes", at least in my area. They are 1-1/2" (Nominal) square x 48" long. You need to be picky when buying them. Look through them and pick out the CLEAR and STRAIGHT ones. OH, make sure you remove ALL staples before cutting, otherwise the blade will and then you need to replace the blade or at the very least sharpen it. Band saw blades are NOT very forgiving. (Some staples are hiding on the edges of the wood.)

Here is the roof of the tank with the Shingles started.

Here we have the "Spout installed along with the counter weights. The Tank fill tube with shut-off valve (White), can bee seen in the middle of the frame.
Here is a closer look at the Spout and counter weights. Spout was carved from WRC. Spout will swing down to do an Imaginary fill of a tender.
Close-up of Fill-Tube and valve. Valve body is a cork and the flanges are WRC. Valve wheel is an RC servo horn.

SCGRRs Water Tower up-date

Here are the four sides glued together.


The roof trusses are taking shape.
The roof trusses are done along with some less than conventional diagonal bracing.


Here the roof sheathing has been started. Glued and pinned. All wood is WRC. (You can also see holes in the platform to accept the railing posts later.)


The scale of this is 1/2". The tower dimensions are approximately; Tank = 16' x 16' x 16', platform is 28' x 28' and the framework to hold the tower up is 24' high. I took the dimensions from a "Northwestern" (Chicago Systems), Round water tank dwg just to get the scale of it. It's looking larger than I had envisioned, but I guess once it is out on the landscape it will be OK.

Another SCGRR Winter Project

Here is another SCGRR Winter project. This one is a non-traditional Water Tower. Everyone seems to make round ones. We thought we'd be different. It is a "Figment Tower"! That is a Figment of our Imagination!

The Plan!


The platform framing. 1/2" Nominal Western Red cedar. Bordered by 1/2" x 1/8" WRC.



The platform with decking material added. Decking is ~.085" thick x 1-13/32" wide. Not to any standerd board size. Just the width of the Balusters. Again, Western Red Cedar.

Oooops! Somebody parked a tractor on the deck. Must be checking to make sure it's sturdy enough. (Sorry, the picture is fuzzy if you enlarge it!)

The beginning of one of the four sides of the Tank. Western Red Cedar, Glue (Titeboond III) and pins used. The boards are .085 x 1-13/32" with scribed lines at 1/2" intervals to resemble narrower boards.

That's it for now!!



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