MDC/ROUNDHOUSE locomotive rebuilds

[cnrglen]

I took the second boiler to work today and used the drill press to open up the area for the motor.

I thought the drill press would be neater and more arcuate that hacking away with a router bit in my dremel tool. Fortunately the area that has to be deepened is under the steam dome so there is enough material there to remove without going through. I carefully checked the clearance by assembling the frame and motor to the boiler then running power to the motor to make sure it wasn't shorting out on the metal boiler.
After that I started work on fabricating a new yoke:

I scribed the outline on a piece of aluminum and then cut the basic rectangle out.

I used my miniature drill press to make holes at all the corners that the new yoke will have, now I have to connect the dots.