Hello and welcome to the news from Quorn this week. We continue with vacuum cylinder repairs, Esso barrel plates and some housekeeping.
James, Nick and Ernie all having a bash at needle gunning the repaired 21″ cylinder to check for any more pitting/holes. Thankfully only pitting was found.
Ross and Charlie assembled the new welding screens.
I gave one of Esso barrel plates a second coat on the red text, the other one was done by Ross on Sunday. These will get a coat of varnish before fitting to a tank.
A damaged 15″ cylinder was retrieved from storage in the van train. It was stripped down and assessed. All quite good, however one of the cylinder lugs has broken. This will require sending away for repair. Ross removed the release valve studs from the cylinder, one of which needed a little heat to release.
I fitted the freshly painted 3D printed builders plates to tank 3621.
The Commuted Charge panel and star were also given a second coat of yellow.
We are also trialling our own make of Overhead Warning flash plates as an alternative to signwriting them on.
In order to assess how well they stand up to the good old British weather, one has been fitted to the south end of the garage building.
Mark, Tom and Oliver started cleaning the corrugated ends of the vans in the yard, in preparation for a freshen up later in the year. they look loads better for just a wash.
Tom also brought in cake for his upcoming birthday. Happy birthday Tom!
Ernie and Ross pressure tested the cleaned down 21″ cylinder finding a few small pinholes which will need to be rectified.
That about wraps things up there, join us next time where we should hopefully be mounting some Esso plates to a wagon and probably many other things!
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