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Bernd:
Tim,

20 years ago I got one of those far east lathes. If they hadn't improved to the point of today there would be a lot of people not in this hobby.

I started to improve this lathe. It's a project right now that's collecting dust. One of these days I'll be back at it since there are a lot of other projects that I want to do and it will need the improvement of this one lathe.

Benrd

terryd15:
Well Done Tim,

It's nice to see that they can be made to look good despite the awfully crude originals I may even try one. I assume the originals were made on very simple machinery which has put me off for years.

Ket

spuddevans:
Hi Ket :wave: welcome to madmodders :mmr:

This paddleducks engine is well worth building, it tought me a lot of new and valuable skills, plus it was really enjoyable too.

Tim

Bogstandard:
Ket,

--- Quote ---It's nice to see that they can be made to look good despite the awfully crude originals I may even try one. I assume the originals were made on very simple machinery which has put me off for years.

--- End quote ---

Actually, page 5 of this article shows one of the originals.

When it was designed and made (on the run) great care was taken to keep all measurements to the nearest half millimetre, so no weird and wonderful calculations to carry out. Plus it was destined to be made by a novice who may not have such precision machinery as a few of us possess.
There were never any plans produced, purely because the sketches told all. Make one good piece at a time from the rough sketches to the dimensions shown, and with minimal tweaking and bedding in (no more than a normal engine being built from plans) you should end up with a fairly complicated looking engine that actually runs. The build article starts off with only basic machining skills required (ideal for a beginner) then as it progresses, and the builder gains in experience and confidence, slightly more complicated parts are made, but still within the realms of a relative novice.

There have been a few builds been shown on the web, all successful, and I am sure there are now at least a hundred that have been built, and I suspect a lot more. So the 'awfully crude originals' couldn't be all that bad.

So with your superior skills and machinery (which by your comments you seem to have), you should be able to knock up a great looking example in a couple of weeks.

Bogs

NickG:

--- Quote from: bogstandard on August 08, 2009, 05:27:07 PM ---Tim,

Flat surfaces and flatting and rounding sticks are what you should be using, fingers are no good, they distort the surfaces too much.

Here is the finished blinged up engine of mine. A little different to what you are making, but still basically the same engine.

Maybe a little over the top, but it does show what a few changes can make to the overall look of the engine.

Get yours running first, then strip it down and do all the shiny bits afterwards. Then you know you are not wasting your time.

John

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Hmm awfully crude? :scratch:

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