Just to keep this project in one place on this site... the below is a short version of the work as this has already been loaded to another site we all know
This project started when I located a tired looking Roller for sale – having brought another one some months before this one fitted the bill as I needed to build one for myself and test out the fitting of the new Roller smokebox and headstock I had been working on for a couple of months. This has been designed to allow for a certain amount of sideways movement, which the Wilesco original is lacking in addition, will be a much more prototypical length as the Wilesco version is too short.
Once the master had been made and in due course the castings arrived a start was made on the rebuild, in the meantime the complete engine was stripped down and a new tender made from my supply of old emergency light boxes, a spare Mamod canopy was cut down and put to good use for the rebuild (requiring canopy supports building)
The usual enhancements where fitted from Uskin – cylinder detail kit, steering wheel, fire irons, road lamp, and of course the new smokebox and headstock.
The Wilesco gear shift required slight modification so it would bolt through the firebox sides.
The front roll carriage required modification with an extension shaft radiused on the end so it would rotate sideways as well as turn neatly. The extension was fairly visible so a couple of additional plates fitted to the roll carriage hid this neatly.
Rear wheels where improved by fitting Mamod rear TE wheels inside these where bushed to accept the Wilesco axle first.
A gas tank was fitted in the bunker and a gas burner mount made to bolt onto the firebox to hold the ceramic burner.
A regulator was fabricated and fitted to the top of the firebox sheet
Finally the boiler was lagged with ceramic insulation paper and then lagged with cladding sheets
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