Shay construction

[Waldbahner]

Hi Mike,

the little folks are great team workers...
In Germany we say - TEAM is a kind of short cut and means "Toll ein andere machts" - translated to English this will say "Great someone else is doing the work"
That's the true spirit of team work

Meanwhile, I celebrated the 400th work hour spend on this project (actually the counter is 407 1/4 h) And I did some more progress. The crank shaft is ready to be installed, but I need a new drill to bore the crankshaft hole... I already ordered one and I guess the drill will arrive today... The excentrics are also installed now and I did some more finishing work on the cylinders. Once the crankshaft is installed, I'll continue with the crossheads and piston rods.

Well, next week I'm going for vacation, so I look forward to get the crank shaft installed this weekend and will continue the work end of June.

Oh and by the way, here're some other countings from my building log :

- home made parts : 789
- screws : 1037
- nuts : 293
- standard parts : 1125
- drilled holes : 3256
- cutted threads : 983
- parts at all : 3350

- actual weight : approx. 63kg (130 lbs)



Cheers, Gerd