Thursday, March 06, 2014

Cab steps

Fowler StepsWithout the instructions, figuring our the cap steps is a challenge. The prototype photos show them clearly but I could only find the sides and one tread on the etch.

Worse, the tread appeared too wide for the folded up steps.

Never mind, a strip of brass was cut using the Olfa cutter and then trimmed to length with scissors.

Using chip forks and wooden stirrers to hold the bits in place, a few dots of solder fixed everything together.

I like the large glueing area at the top - this makes it far easier to stick them in place. Hopefully that will make fitment reasonably robust, if not, well, hopefully the superglue join will break before the steps bend.

2 comments:

James Finister said...

Phil,
Since you mentioned an Olfa cutter for cutting strip does that mean you use one of their rotary cutters rather than a knife?

Phil Parker said...

No, this one: http://philsworkbench.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/olfa-plastic-cutter.html