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Ty Gwyn
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#21

Looks like 2 separate drums to me,with a divider guard,

Unless the mine had 2 shafts,how would 2 ropes work 2cages in a single shaft?

Morlock
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#22

"Ty Gwyn" wrote:
Looks like 2 separate drums to me,with a divider guard,

I thought that bit in the centre was a brake band?

Ty Gwyn
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#23

"Morlock" wrote:

"Ty Gwyn" wrote:
Looks like 2 separate drums to me,with a divider guard,

I thought that bit in the centre was a brake band?

Looking again,your possibly right,with the band connected to the foot pedal,the yellow brake leaver seems connected to the horizontal bar/rod that goes to the right drum,turning a lever to its side,but how that works is hard to see.

rufenig
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10 years ago

#24

The brake band in the centre is connected to the foot pedel.
The lever above is the reversing gear (I believe.)

Manicminer
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10 years ago

#25

Both drums have a brake band each, what operates the one on the other drum?

Gold is where you find it

rufenig
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10 years ago

#26

If you look at the other pictures on the gallery you can see that the large green band is only a cover for the main drive gear.
The brake band is in the centre and the two sections are all one one shaft.
They would have had the rope counter wound so as half comes in the other goes out.
http://www.aditnow.co.uk/album/Long-Rake-Fluorite-Mine-2-Archive-Album/

AR
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10 years ago

#27

One thing I notice on the archive photos is that under the cylinder there was a lever arrangement which is now missing from the engine, can one of the steam experts shed some light on what this was for and why it might have been taken off?

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

rufenig
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10 years ago

#28

"AR" wrote:
One thing I notice on the archive photos is that under the cylinder there was a lever arrangement which is now missing from the engine, can one of the steam experts shed some light on what this was for and why it might have been taken off?

Easy :smartass:
It's a "blow down" lever.
Operator pulls the lever and the valves on the bottom of the cylinder open to allow condensed water to be blown out before running.

AR
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#29

That would make sense, it was latterly run on compressed air so there would be nolonger be a need for drain valves on the cylinder.:flowers:

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

AR
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10 years ago

#30

A bit of an update - the PDMHS conservation team have been busy at Temple today starting to clean the engine off and get the gravel out of the inside of the drum. The old girl's in pretty good nick under the grime, the dust in the yard combined with the oil and grease on the engine helped to keep rust at bay in a lot of places. I've noticed a couple of bits of damage, one of the drive wheel oil caps has been bumped in a previous move and the counterbalance on the brake has been well and truly bent. Photos will follow.....

Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!

AR
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#31

Here we go, a couple of shots from today's session put into the Temple Mine album.

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Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, follow the horses canny lad-oh!