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My Little Rocking Engine.

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Stilldrillin:
After some 6 weeks or so, I thought it was about time I showed my little rocking engine build.......

Where to start? The cylinder! 3/4" brass bar, 10mm reamer, only.

Work out depth of milled recess + bore depth + drill depth + a bit for wriggling......

Off we go.......




Realise afterwards, 4 small flats would help with the vice work!




Mill the recess......  :thumbup:




Not enough material length left!  :bang: :bang:

Face some off (so no confusion later)........  ::)




Start again!  ::)

Other end of the bar...... MORE wriggling room, this time.......

Got it right, just, on second attempt......  :thumbup:


Made a start on the flywheel......

Had no suitable brass, so made it from parts of a filing cabinet, a la Mr Hill.




Here it is acting as a 1/8" spacer, while I drill the conrod.




Getting a nice collection of parts..... I could run it now! Perhaps...... :thumbup:





THEN the window cleaner put his foot through me brittle carport roof.............   ::)

All stopped, for repairs......:bang: :bang:

David D

NickG:
Great stuff David, can't wait to see it running!

There is always something that gets in the way!  :bang:

I should be making a start on mine this week. Need to remember to bring in drawings to print, got milling machine and vice to bolt down then I'm away!

Nick

Stilldrillin:
I won`t be posting a carport rebuild log. But here`s a few pics.......

Pulling out some 250+ serrated 70mm long nails.





All cleared & top surfaces painted with waxoyl...... Cos I`d got a can of it, doing nothing....





This is the third time of roofing, due to the plastic turning brittle.
I realised I would be around 75yrs old by next time...... We`ll do it with steel instead!

Can you imagine the chaos..... Mrs Drillin & me, only..... Combined age of almost 130...... Fitting roof sheets in the breezy flyaway conditions of a British summer......  :bang:

But, no accidents to speak of..... All done..... Time to clean up.





Don`t forget the window!





Rinse off.





The brilliant white finish fools the camera, every time.




Added a nightlight over the garage door, to deter the nightime vermin.... Hopefully!



Well, back to the workshop, maybe.....

David D

Divided he ad:
Nice start to your rocker David  :thumbup:   (note.... Get mine started again! )


The cylinder MkII seems to have been modified to take a different mounting style?



Looks like you had fun with the roof  :)

Been there done it as part of the current job....  Not much fun at 34 either!!  (Still got to replace my workshop roof, been avoiding that one!!)

Now all you need is a nice facia in PVC and you''ll not have to climb a ladder to it for a long time!  :thumbup:





Ralph.

arnoldb:
Good start with the rocker David  :headbang: , and nice recovery x2  (one rocker & one roof !) I Wonder which of the recoveries were easier  :lol:

You're reminding me of some things I need to do as well.... Another Rocker (My one sister wants one for her birthday!, so no  :scratch: on what to give her  :lol:), and paint my workshop roof with insulating paint before summer hits here in Namibia  :)

 :beer: Arnold

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