Tata Steel Profiling
Yesterday (16th October) a small group of Fenchurch Fund and Project 27 volunteers went to see the progress on the frames and polystyrene patterns. We arrived at Tata Steel mid morning and the first sheet of material was set up on the plasma cutting machine. This was one of the thinner sheets of steel for items such as the valance ends and plates to go behind the buffer beam.
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Georgina, Matt, Ben, Carl Lammin (Tata Steel) and Jim (all photos Clive Emsley)
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The first cut! (all pictures Clive Emsley/Project 27)
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Discussing the "nesting" of the pieces on the sheet of steel with one of the machine operators
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Cutting the side Valance ends and Buffer plates
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The first Valance end piece with rivet hole centres marked
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The plate with the remainder of parts yet to be lifted out
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The 22mm (7/8th) plate for the frames has arrived!
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Cutting out the rear horn opening
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The first frame cut out!
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The frames cut out and waiting for delivery!
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Premier Patterns
From Tata Steel we moved on to Premier Patterns to look at the process and progress on the cylinder pattern manufacture. These are being made from casting grade polystyrene using a robotic rotary file, and making much artificial snow in the meantime!
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The CNC rotary file being used to produce segments for the second cylinder pattern
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The computer that is guiding the CNC machine
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Matt inspecting the first cylinder pattern
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Preparing to join the segments using a strong double sited tape
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Exciting and historic times are upon us. We Are still buzzing following the trip to see the work being done and we now realise that it really is happening and we need to pay for it!
If you would like to help us this is how you can.
Text donations can also be made To donate £10 text "FENC72 £10" to 70070
- you can donate £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 just by changing the amount in the text massage.
- you can also elect to Gift Aid your donation;
- your operator's standard text charge applies.
We can also accept cheques or cash for any value either with or without a gift aid declaration. If you would like a gift aid declaration form please contact us by E Mail
Thank you for your continued support and interest in the project, hopefully you will see the fruits of everyone’s labours in around 4 years or so.
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