{"id":184,"date":"2011-12-20T17:46:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T01:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.wordpress.com\/?p=184"},"modified":"2011-12-20T17:46:16","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T01:46:16","slug":"the-1-degree-incline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/the-1-degree-incline\/","title":{"rendered":"The 1-degree incline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was wrong! If you look closely when I completed the cylinder and saddle casting, you can see the 1-degree incline known to the Rogers locomotives, of which the DLR #1 and #2 are based on. On the closer look, you can see that although the cylinder is inclined, the saddle is not. I did this intentionally because it made more sense at the time to assemble a flat-decked saddle onto the frame and the boiler on it.<\/p>\n<p>Before:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/11-29-2011-7-13-28-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-118\" title=\"11-29-2011 7.13.28 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/11\/11-29-2011-7-13-28-pm.png?w=600\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/11-29-2011-7-13-28-pm.png 1920w, https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/11-29-2011-7-13-28-pm-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/11-29-2011-7-13-28-pm-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just recently came across a drawing showing that the Rogers really did have inclined saddle deck. This was a nightmare trying to incline the saddle with all the ports into, along with figuring out how to cut horizontal surfaces for the frames and the boiler.<\/p>\n<p>After:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/12-20-2011-5-34-24-pm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-185\" title=\"12-20-2011 5.34.24 PM\" src=\"http:\/\/whiskeybeforebreakfast.files.wordpress.com\/2011\/12\/12-20-2011-5-34-24-pm.png?w=600\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/12-20-2011-5-34-24-pm.png 1920w, https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/12-20-2011-5-34-24-pm-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/12-20-2011-5-34-24-pm-1024x640.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One day later, the steam chest and valve rod are also inclined. This results in the rocker arm being slightly shorter than previously designed (6.62in).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was wrong! If you look closely when I completed the cylinder and saddle casting, you can see the 1-degree incline known to the Rogers locomotives, of which the DLR #1 and #2 are based on. On the closer look, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/the-1-degree-incline\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ck-holliday-build"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckhollidayplans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}