Progress on Lancashire - and Wordpress!

I've been making a little progress on my long-suffering Backwoods "Lancashire", and the photos here show the new smokebox mounting plate. The original kit makes no provision for dismantling for painting etc., so I've done my best to make sure I can split it into sub-assemblies. There are a couple of little lugs soldered onto the inside of the tanks to support the sides of the firebox which you might just be able to make out in the photos, and the smokebox support is milled down to 0.4mm thick in the middle to hold the boiler perfectly level. It will eventually be soldered into the recess underneath the footplate formed by the valances and have a hole drilled for the smokebox locating screw.



Lancashire's boiler, smokebox mounting plate and tank/footplate assembly

New mounting plate for Lancashire's smokebox