{"id":4986,"date":"2021-12-14T11:31:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2021-12-14T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T10:31:27","slug":"lamp-irons-milled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Lamp Irons – Milled"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Finding myself at the point of fitting lamp irons I was muttering about fold up etched version provided in kits and the fact that I ould buy some cast ones from Laurie Griffin et, al but I only needed 3 of one type and a couple of another. Then I recalled having some milled angle with one leg longer than the other which I had used for replacement step boards on the Slaters LNER brake van. I was sure I had some off cuts but they are stashed somewhere safe so while they resurface I thought about the more conventional type. I had once seen some made by silver soldering a strip at right angles to a another to recreate the shape when sawn of in strips but couldn’t find the page that I had seen it on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This brought to mind why don’t I mill some. When we moved we had a drawer full of 13 amp plugs that I had removed from appliances before binning them. Knowing that we would never use so many plugs I took them apart and removed the pins (solid brass) for potential future material and binned the rest. Fortunately I knew exactly where they were so I set to this evening and milled one to shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once I had the basic shape I then cut it into strips using a razor saw. Having proved the concept next time I make some I will use a slitting saw. I had thought about using it on these but didn’t think that the milled shape would stand the cutting forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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