Fell Engine Project - How To Make a Hand Wheel from Scratch S1.E44 (Live Steam Locomotive Building)

Is it possible to make a hand wheel without a casting? On this episode I show you how I make a hand wheel for my live steam locomotive from scratch using a benchtop lathe and milling machine along with a vertex 6" 150mm rotary table.

The Fell Engine Project follows the construction my first live steam locomotive a 1:12 scale, 3.5" gauge locomotive from scratch using my own drawings.

The locomotive being built is modelled on the NZR H Class which operated on the Rimutaka Incline, a 1 in 15 average slope line which utilised a centre rail system for additional traction and braking. The longest serving of the H Class locomotives were built in 1876 and operated until 1955

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