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Wednesday 20 February 2019

No.13 Point Rebuild

Moving the replacement blade by hand
Inserting the blade vertically into the chair jaws
Cameron replacing a broken chair
Dennis & Cameron fitting a 4 hole plate where there was previously a short plate
George cleaning more fishplates to replace another 2 hole pair (seen to the right)
Ian having problems with a blunt drill
John diving into the electrical intake
George & Bill fastening the blade end timber
Fastening down one leg - Nigel lifting sleeper ends; Geoff fitting ferrules & screws
Having checked the gauge, Dennis & Geoff are fitting ferrules & screws .....
..... for Bill & George to fasten down
Cameron fitting an anchor to the replacement blade
Dennis, Steve & Geoff fitting the stretchers to the blade ends
(photo courtesy of Bill Thain)
Strapping a pivot carrier to adjacent timbers
Ian casting an eye over alignment of pulleys & rods
(photo courtesy of Bill Thain)
Fitting a pivot & crank for point rodding
Nigel & Ian starting to fit blade end detection

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