Elmers #25, my first engine project

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spuddevans:

--- Quote from: Bernd on May 18, 2009, 08:56:06 AM ---Tim,

The plans actually show just what your talking about. I quickly had to check the drawings to make sure I was correct. It wasn't pointed out in the drawings, but the hole is there.

Bernd

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:doh: Must have missed that bit. Oh well, it'll not take long to install that hole.

--- Quote from: Brass_Machine on May 18, 2009, 10:11:52 AM ---Congrats on the runner! Job well done. :clap: :borg: :clap:

On a side note... you got an online gallery of your photo skills?

Eric

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Thanks Eric, I'm a very happy bunny.

I do have a photo-gallery-website, it's www.velvet-art.co.uk, I've only had it since the end of december and just add to it on a semi-irregular basis :lol:

Tim

SPiN Racing:
Awesome engine!

Very nicely made, and she sounds very sweet when purring along. :clap:

I need to get my other things done and go down that road as well one of these days!

Oh and beautiful photography.....

spuddevans:

--- Quote from: SPiN Racing on May 21, 2009, 05:18:22 AM ---Awesome engine!

Very nicely made, and she sounds very sweet when purring along. :clap:

I need to get my other things done and go down that road as well one of these days!

Oh and beautiful photography.....

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Thanks SPiN :thumbup:

I've been running it for a few mins every time I've been in the workshop and now it'll run smoothly on 11 psi, it seems to be bedding in nicely

Tim

spuddevans:
So I finally got round to finishing off this project by turning a wooden base for it. Now this is more familliar territory for me, and while I did this on my woodworking lathe, the techniques are the same on an engineering lathe equipped with a toolrest.

1st of all I got a chunk of oak that happened to be around my dad's workshop (that's where my woodturning lathe is residing), and that chunk of oak just happened to be quartersawn ( nice looking grain ).

I then marked it out with lines on the diagonals. This was because I was going to mount it on the faceplate, but then I realised that I had my external jaws on my 4jaw self-centering so I just gripped it with that.

I then turned a dovetail recess on what will become the underneath of the base. ( this was to match the dovetail jaws that I then mounted on the 4jaw ) then I removed the oak from the external jaws and bandsawed it into a rough circle. ( the only type of circle I can cut on a bandsaw :D )

Then I mounted the dovetail jaws onto the 4jaw, and mounted the oak base onto them. Then I turned a recess to fit the ali base of my elmers#25.

I then turned a concave section, 2 flat bits and 2 tiny grooves.

Then I sanded it 120,220,230 and then 420grit, burnished it with 0000 wire wool (sourced locally from steel sheep :lol: ) Then I finished it with quick-drying friction polish, then I polished it up with some canuba ( I think that's how it's spelt :scratch: ) wax.

These are the tools I used,

I find woodturning a very tactile experience, when I started to turn the base I didnt fully know what shape I was going to make, the wood sometimes just lends itself to a certain shape. The shape just flowed on this one.

Now all I've got to do is polish the engine up and take some final photo's.

Tim

Darren:
Now that is inspirational... :clap: :clap: :clap:

Beautiful result there, I'd really like to try turning some wood one day and oak I like..... :)

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