{"id":7483,"date":"2026-01-13T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:00:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:00:02","slug":"mok-8f-8425-return-cranks-finished-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7483","title":{"rendered":"MOK 8F 8425 &#8211; Return Cranks Finished at last&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is with much relief that I can report that I have finally made the return cranks to my satisfaction. I turned a couple of thin nickel washers to give me a circle to file to and to space the eccentric rods off the face of the return cranks to clear the bolt heads.<\/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\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7484\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-1024x685.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-1536x1027.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-449x300.jpg 449w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished.jpg 1714w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2-1024x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7485\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2-1024x528.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2-300x155.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2-768x396.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2-500x258.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Crank-Finished-2.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/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\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"325\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7486\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-1024x325.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-300x95.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-768x244.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-1536x488.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-2048x651.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Return-Cranks-Assembled-500x159.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully I will get the rest of the motion assembled and working tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with much relief that I can report that I have finally made the return cranks to my satisfaction. 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