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| Rob.Wilson:
Hi Rob :bugeye: :bugeye: :bugeye: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: Lookin great , going to be one fine engine :thumbup: Bernd Thats a cool gizmo , thanks for showing ,nice one :dremel: Cheers Rob |
| Brass_Machine:
Very very nice Artie! I admire you guys who do your casting. The project is very ambitious though I see you finishing it very well. :thumbup: Eric |
| Bernd:
--- Quote from: Rob.Wilson on April 24, 2010, 09:14:15 AM ---Thats a cool gizmo , thanks for showing ,nice one :dremel: Cheers Rob --- End quote --- Not my design Rob. Got that out of a model railroad magazine article. Had to fake the rivets some how on those HO scale models. :) Bernd |
| Artie:
Good morning guys, Sunday morning here on Anzac day, back from the service, bacon and eggs with mushroom and tomatoe with my kids, nice way to begin a special day. A very sincere thank you to all the service men and women who have sacrificed for this country. Being the 'luckiest country in the world' doesnt come about by luck alone. "lest we forget". For you 'overseas' types you can google Anzac day, its a very very special aussie day. Thanks to all for the comments and encouragement, it truly helps with the motivation, time is so precious in my life that finding enough to spend on the tools is difficult and I am finding that ripping metal to shreds is very theraputic. I have even resorted to taking time off work to get my hands dirty. Bernd, while I cant see myself recreating anything like your masterpiece I am in need of something like it just for a short while. I will work something out. Eric, thanks, I sometimes think I am to ambitious for my own good, but I have learnt so much along the way, yes I will get this to a conclusion but Im not looking forward to that, Im really enjoying the journey.... Ive also met (electronically at least) some truly nice people along the way. Ive had unsolicited PMs with resources attached on casting, plug making, boilers and general stuff. You guys know who you are... its my privilege to know you. Cheers all Rob |
| Artie:
Logically, now that the conrods almost finished its time to start the crankshaft. Im starting with the cheeks and this is bigger than you would think. Two storys here one is the crank, the other is recommissioning an old friend. More in a moment. Firstly some 60mm stock was dragged out. No idea what steel it is... just steel. Machines and cuts ok. Trimmed the oxy end off. Have I mentioned that I love the old power hacksaw? Trued up in the lathe and centre drilled, sized up and the drilled for full depth of 60mm using incrimental drill sizes 4 through to 12mm. Marked up and drilled the big end journal and the radius of the cheeks as well. By now the new table is covered in crap... as it should be... Now the second story, the horizontal mill was put into storage about 15 years ago. The apprentice was using the pallet jack and ran it into the x axis feed handle completely smashing it off the machine. This was put aside for awhile until I got round to it. Eventually the broken parts were lost and then the machine was put into storage and pretty much considered to be scrap metal. About a year ago I dragged an old box out from under a bench...bugger me the missing broken bits. Cept for the part which bolted to the table itself. I made a plate up, machined the gearbox to suit and had teh entire machine rewired... tonight was its first start up (the electrician finished as i was finishing drilling the holes)... away we went.... a momentus day for the old girl... Slices into the steel like butter... Rotate the shaft and cut the slight angles... Cut across the shaft to free the slices and we have..... Final sizing in the mill tomorrow and then slice the plates off in the power hacksaw...did I mention that I love this old machine? This has saved an absolute heap of time and agro removing this metal with the mill. The mill is a big unit but still doesnt like cutting large chunks of steel. More tomorrow..public holiday here... Cheers Rob |
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