Another surprisingly warm and sunny Wednesday (for January).  Jim and I spent the morning tidying up the interior of the tram and sweeping it out.  I then used the router to put a slot into the front seat bearers to retain the seat bases.  This filled the tram with sawdust again and then Jim created even more chopping the last few inches at each end out with a chisel.  Some pre machined strips of oak were then glued into place and the seat nosings will engage with these to lock the seats in position.  Michael came again and spent the day drilling various brake components so in the afternoon we bolted a brake beam and two brake blocks together and trial fitted it onto the running gear.  This looked good and the brake blocks are now hanging by their proper cotter pins. Paul arrived in the afternoon and spent some time fitting new mouldings that he has made to retain the door glass. The doors had been machined originally with the glazing beads as part of the door before the door was assembled. We had to cut the old beads out to fit the new glass, so Paul has machined some mouldings of the correct pattern that should look OK when they are varnished.  In between other jobs I managed to fit the iron straps on the C side rocker panel.  Once the mastic has been cleaned up this will be ready for undercoating.

Every week it looks a little more like a complete tram.