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| modeldozer:
Finally finished the flywheel cut outs. Milling this cast iron was very slow going. Before removing the flywheel the rotab was centered. The flywheel as it is at the moment. The eccentric strap was set up and the outside milled. The slot was cut with a slitting saw. All done. The eccentric was set up and the grub screw hole drilled and taped. The flywheel was set up with the aid of a mandrel and the grub screw hole drilled and taped. The cut outs was cleaned and deburred with a dremel and a die grinder. It went back on the lathe for a bit of a polish. And all the parts assembled. That’s all for now. Cheers. Abraham |
| Manxmodder:
All coming along nicely,Abraham :thumbup: . I do like the flywheel design,it looks very nicely proportioned and looks like it would scale up or down really well. Looking forward to seeing this baby running.....OZ |
| krv3000:
yep that's shaping up nice |
| vtsteam:
Looks Great!!!! :clap: :clap: :beer: ps. I had a tough piece of cast iron I couldn't drill. I stuck it in the orange embers in my woodstove for a bit and cooled it slowly in a bucket of wood ashes to see if I could anneal it, and sure enough, it softened right up and was a pleasure to work on the lathe with HSS tools. Haven't tried it on anything else since, but it did work that time. |
| modeldozer:
Manxmodder, krv and Steve, Tanks for the comments. Steve, Thanks for the tip. Cheers Abraham |
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