Philip Duclos "Victorian" IC engine project

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cedge:
Thanks for the support, guys. I'm having a lot of fun so far and the challenges have been part of it.

Stew
I looked at the idea of running in reverse, but the tool would still have been out of sight. The well was nearly an inch inside the outer surface and disappearing behind the flange it was creating. There was barely enough clearance to use a long pair of needle nosed pliers to dig out the rapidly collecting swarf. It was pretty much Hobson's Choice, so I did it the way the book suggested. It wasn't that bad a cut, although it was a little "awkard". I just had to trust the dials since there was no readily apparent way to get in there to measure the well. Luckily, the C4 lathe is a good deal more trustworthy than my old 7x14 in that respect.

John
As you've already guessed, I like things with an organic look... and yea... I've already found myself stroking the surface to confirm what my eyes were showing me. It definitely has that nice organic feel. I too have been called a liar for claiming to have hand machined my last engine project. A local CNC guy looked me in the eye and told me those flywheels were impossible to make manually, and with his 30 some years in the trade, he knew for sure that I had them CNC'd. I just smiled and said nothing... not wanting to endanger my best source of scrap aluminum.

Once I sorted out the best way to make stepped cuts predictably, the contouring was not a bad bit of work. The tough part is working over the open holes with a file. That has proven to be a little tricky. I'm currently using steel wool and sand paper to remove the last of the marks where the file bounced and left some nasty cross hatch marks. Tomorrow, I swap ends and try for a pair of much tighter radii.

Steve

Divided he ad:
Now that's what I like...... :clap:

That there has a fantastic shape :thumbup: (still no idea what the original looks like either.... I'm quite looking forward to seeing the comparison at the end :))

It's great what a man can do when he just lets his hands do the work :headbang:

Very much looking forward to the rest :ddb:

Ralph.

sbwhart:
Nice Job Steve.

I have problems getting nice smooth contour like that I think it must be my eye sight I wear veryfocul safety glasses in the shop it may be down to them.

Good work getting that recess done as well it souded like a real tricky job, I take it you like the C4 I've got a new lathe on my long term shopping list and the C4 is one of my options.

Look forward to your next post

Cheers

Stew

Darren:
Steve, just wanted to let you know there's another watching this build with keen interest.... :nrocks:

Looking great so far :thumbup:

kvom:
This is cool! Being within driving distance I expect to see it in person one of these days. :thumbup:

Is there a reason you couldn't make the holes by boring on the mill rather than turning?

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