Hello and welcome to another update from Quorn where we are making steady progress with the second pair of doors on Palvan B781908.
With Barry, Ross, Nick, Charlie and myself on-site Saturday, we go stuck into re-making some of framework of the door that was removed last week. The replacement bottom 5″ section was drilled out for the dowels and trial fitted together.
Plenty of glue was applied to the dowels and joining faces before the parts were clamped in place and left to set in the sun.
The joints on one end of the top cross member were also rotted, so this was cut back to good wood and replacement parts cut to re-make the joint.
The middle cross member was rotted on it’s outer face, so again this was cut back and new timber fitted. The frame was then trial assembled.
A door sheet was cut to size and along with the frame moved into the Palvan for assembly. Plenty of glue was applied and the frame assembled. Then more glue was applied and the door sheet strapped into place.
Once we were happy with the fit the door sheet was screwed into place and left to dry overnight.
An opportunity was taken to tidy up a bit and fit a new bolt to the shed door.
The frame work and door hinges on the Palvan were also treated to a bit more re-oxide in readiness for the door re-fitting.
Sunday was a somewhat wetter day, however with Mark, Dan, Oliver, Tom, Nick, Ross and myself on-site we managed to progress the re-built door working mainly inside the Palvan to keep dry.
Overnight the door had settled very slightly out of square, thankfully the glue had not fully gone off so some slight adjustment was possible. We then cut the new bottom plank for the door and this was clamped in place with glue and sealer for the main joints.
The door was propped up and the inner facing ply screwed to the new plank.
Replacement diagonals were cut to length then door was then turned so they could be trial fitted and outer face of the door coated in wood primer.
We did some tidying up and preparation work in Test Car 2, and also fitted the deceleration meter bracket to the steel high wagon ready for next weekend.
Making the most of the wet afternoon, we worked in the dry and did some more scraping of the rear framework on Madge.
That’s it for this week, apart from a reminder that next weekend (16-17 March) sees the GCR 125 – Anniversary Open Weekend
During the weekend we will have Test Car 2 open to visitors in Quorn & Woodhouse station yard. Why not pop in and say hello; take a look inside to find out how and why rail vehicles were tested by British Rail, meet the team who have restored and care for this unique piece of railway history.
You can also support us by visiting our stall beside the Test Coach to get your copy of the Test Car 2 booklet and our Quorn Wagon & Wagon Pocket Stockbook.
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