Tender drag beam

The long-suffering wife allowed me a couple of hours in the shed today and further progress was made on the drag beam for the tender. The drag and buffer beams are the key parts of the tender chassis as they hold the two tender frames together, once have they are finished I will have a proper rolling tender chassis.



All the dimensions for the drag beam are correct, apart from the cut corners at the bottom. Must have made a dodgy imperial/metric conversion somewhere (drawings are imperial, mill is metric). No major problem, just need to take a little more off each corner. Also need to drill and mill the slot in the centre (for the bar that connects loco to tender).