{"id":4992,"date":"2021-12-14T18:24:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2021-12-14T18:24:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:24:20","slug":"milled-lamp-irons-mkii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4992","title":{"rendered":"Milled Lamp Irons MKII"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the back of this morning&#8217;s discussions I had another go and used the Slitting saw to separate them. With much more precise results.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-1024x548.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4990\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-1024x548.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-768x411.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-1536x821.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-2048x1095.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0525-500x267.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Milled Lamp Irons MKII &#8211; Milled ready for slitting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the basic shape milled from another plug <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"373\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-1024x373.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4991\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-1024x373.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-300x109.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-768x279.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-1536x559.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-2048x745.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0526-500x182.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Milled Lamp Irons MKII &#8211; straight off the mill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then cut with a 0.5mm slitting saw. My first go with the slitting saw that I got for my birthday a couple of months ago. Very nerve wracking!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4989\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1.jpg 956w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1-768x651.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0002-1-354x300.jpg 354w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Milled Lamp Irons MKII &#8211; After a bit of cleaning up with a file<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After a brief clean up with a diamond file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"641\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4988\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001-300x249.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001-768x639.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_0001-361x300.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Millled lamp Irons MKII- after cutting of the main pin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Finally cut off from the main pin. as long as I don&#8217;t lose any I have one spare at the minute.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the back of this morning&#8217;s discussions I had another go and used the Slitting saw to separate them. With much more precise results. 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