{"id":5100,"date":"2022-01-19T11:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5100"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:21:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T10:21:14","slug":"sieg-sc3-improvements-the-end-is-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5100","title":{"rendered":"Sieg SC3 Improvements, the end is in sight."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A bit of a milestone reached this evening as it&#8217;s almost ready to reassemble. I just need to cut some lengths of M6 studding to fasten the bottom slide bars on with. Then once the basic carriage is reassembled and fitted on the ways, I need to mark out, drill and tap the carriage lock before reassembling the cross and compound slides.<\/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\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"937\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4-1024x937.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5095\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4-1024x937.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4-300x274.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4-768x703.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4-328x300.jpg 328w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0001-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sieg SC3 Carriage Slides end support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1-702x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5096\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1-702x1024.jpg 702w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1-768x1120.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-1.jpg 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sieg SC3 Carriage Slides end support.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There wasn&#8217;t a&nbsp;lot of depth and I wanted them countersunk to retain as much cross slide travel as i can also I doubt if these will ever get unscrewed again once finally fitted so&nbsp;I used M6 button headed cap screws instead of the usual deep headed type.<\/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\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"880\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2-1024x880.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5098\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2-1024x880.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2-300x258.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2-768x660.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2-349x300.jpg 349w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0003-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sieg SC3 Carriage Lock.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"659\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2-1024x659.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5099\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2-1024x659.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2-300x193.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2-768x494.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2-466x300.jpg 466w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0004-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sieg SC3 Carriage Lock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what it will look like when all fitted together.<\/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\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5097\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001-1024x439.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001-300x129.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001-768x329.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001-500x214.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0002-001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Sieg SC3 Carriage Lock as it will be when re fitted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The end support piece and the bottom of the carriage lock are made from the same piece of bar (eBay purchase) and must be free machining as recommended by Mike Evans,&nbsp;because they machined, drilled and tapped so much easier than the steel that I made the other parts from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bit of a milestone reached this evening as it&#8217;s almost ready to reassemble. I just need to cut some lengths of M6 studding to fasten the bottom slide bars on with. Then once the basic carriage is reassembled and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5100\">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":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-machine-tools"],"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\/5100","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=5100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5101,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5100\/revisions\/5101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}