{"id":4137,"date":"2020-10-13T18:00:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4137"},"modified":"2020-10-13T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T17:00:17","slug":"scratch-built-mud-hole-clamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4137","title":{"rendered":"Scratch Built Mud Hole Clamp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Flushed by the success of the washout plugs and covers I deviated from the kit and decided to see if I could make my own mud hole clamps<br>\nAfter all this is what modelling is about for me at least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started by taking measurements from the Ragstone castings. Then I found an appropriate diameter tube in my tube stock and cut a 3.9mm length. This I squeezed gently to make the oval and promptly squashed it. I was about to cut another when I decided to have a go at straightening it using a pair of round nosed pliers. A piece of scrap etch provided a backing plate and I drilled a .8mm hole for the stud. another piece of scrap had a hole drilled in it and then filed and bent to shape for the clamp itself. A short stub of tube under the clamp and a nut I made earlier completed it. a few tiny slivers of solder and a waft with the microflame and I had this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"224\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0001-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4138\"\/><figcaption>Scratch built Mud hole clamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0002-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4139\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0002-4.jpg 465w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0002-4-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0002-4-316x300.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><figcaption>Scratch built Mud hole clamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flushed by the success of the washout plugs and covers I deviated from the kit and decided to see if I could make my own mud hole clamps After all this is what modelling is about for me at least. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4137\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-model-builds"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4140,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}