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Ned Ludd:
Hi Chuck,
A British gent here, well English but lets not quibble. New bits looking good, better in fact than original. How long do you think it will take to finish whole thing?
Thinking of Hancock, if you go to the BBC home page and then select "I-player", then radio stations and then "7" . This radio station specializes in repeats of old radio shows, the I-player allows you to listen to these shows for up to a week after broadcast, and not an advert break to be heard! I don't think it is country sensitive, unlike some US TV shows . :(
Ned Ludd
chuck foster:
bernd: i would love to try cnc but i don't have the room for such things (shop is very small). i just got the RT about 3 or 4 months ago and i have not used it much so i thought why not try it out and see what i could make with it.

ned: thanks for the info on the bbc and old time radio shows. i have about 20,000 shows on disc so more is good  :clap: now if i could get them from the bbc site and record them on to disk for later listening  :scratch:

chuck  :wave:
chuck foster:
well another day has passed and i managed to get a few small parts done.

the first picture shows the govenor assembly (in the red square). this is on the model engine i'm copying. as you can see it is all oily and dirty....after all it has years worth of running.



in order to machine these parts i soft solder the piece to be machined to a piece of brass round stock. the round stock is held in the three jaw chuck in the lathe and the RT.



the next picture shows the govenor eccentric strap being machined out.



here the strap is finished and it just needs to be removed from the brass round stock



removed from round stock. it is amazing how strong soft solder is, i have never had a solder joint come apart while machining a part.



and here we have the finished part, it just needs a good polish and it will be done.



next up is the govenor weight. it was soldered to round stock just like the strap.



and here are both govenor pieces finished and ready to go on the new engine.



tomorrow i hope to finish a few pieces for the ignitor and it will be done.

ned i forgot to answer your question about how long will it take to finish the whole engine......................well that a very good question, if i continue to work at the pace i'm going at right now i'm hoping to have it all done by the first week of january (but i'm not telling what year)  :lol: :lol:

take care guys
                     chuck  :wave:


Brass_Machine:
Holy crap there Chuck! Forgive me, I have been quite ill the last 5 months so I have missed a few things. What a banging start you got going there!

Eric
Darren:
That soldering trick is neat, thanks for sharing that as I'm sure it will solve a lot of holding problems....

Just gotta figure out how to remember all these tips when the time comes  :doh:
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