making progress

[Rob.Wilson]

Thanks Eric ,Stew,Pete and Andy 

Pete ,,, you forgot build a foundry     ,,, its slow going doing it my way 

Andy ,,,NICE ONE    ,,,Its a fun engine to build ,, i hope your going to do a build log    ,, would be good to see 

Hi Wes ,, The same way you would paint a car , fill , rub down , primer,, more rubbing down and paint ,,,,,,,,, is that what you mean by finish ,  What you casting ? 

Here are a few shots of the stove that i have been faffing about with passed week or so ,, a bit sheet metal work with bits and bob's brazed on here and there .





Cheers Rob 

[Powder Keg]

Yes. That's what I meant. Thanks. I have the patterns for a pillar tool that I have been working on. I also made some flywheel patterns that I need to finish up. Just don't have the time. Maybe this winter.

Your castings are Awesome!!! Are some of them Iron? I haven't tried that yet. Just aluminum and Brass.

[DMIOM]

Rob,

If I may make an   suggestion - you may want to mask-off the mirror behind the flywheel before taking any more snaps?

 



EDIT: Or is that a picture of Ade (or one of the (other) Whacky Races drivers) behind the wheel of his in-build Capri?

Dave 

[Rob.Wilson]

Rob,

If I may make an  suggestion - you may want to mask-off the mirror behind the flywheel before taking any more snaps?

 



Dave

opps   


Rob 

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi Wes


The rider engine are all ally castings   ,,,, I do cast iron ,,, but have not done so for a wile now ,,, BUT i will be soon    here are some of my cast iron castings they are for a vertical marine engine ,,,,,,mmmmmmmmmm seam to have miss placed a cylinder      1 1/2 "  bore





Witch pillar tool ?  

Rob

[Powder Keg]

I drew up a pillar tool at school and machined the patterns on the little wood router there. I'm mainly going to use it as a hand tapper when I get it done. I need to get back into casting I really like doing it. I just haven't had the time lately.

Those are some nice sized castings. How did you do the raised letter? It looks nice! I've used some of those plastic letters for message boards before with pretty good results. I enjoy seeing how others do things. You do some nice work!

[Rob.Wilson]

Wes

The letter was printed out on paper then stuck to  of 3mm ply wood ,then cut out with a fret saw , the pattern was built up from three parts

I too use those plastic letters 

I am sure i have a book on a pillar tool some were ,, it has all sorts of attachments ,, for stamping numbers , riveting and stuff 


Rob

[Miner]

Rob,
Yes I totally forgot about the building of a foundry. Again a huge acomplishment in itself. Most mass marketed and machined items are today a marvel of precise tollerances but lack to a large extent the fingerprint of a craftsman. I just reviewed your latest pictures, Awesome is a very overworked and overused term today but I'd certainly think your work deserves that at a minimum. I forwarded a link to this thread to a few of my machinist friends and their thoughts are the same.

A question tho. When you cut out the letters did you cut them to allow for draft on the pattern and if so what angle did you use?

Pete

[scrapman]

Hi Rob  great vid on the on the rw engine  sounds great thanks for sharing,

Ray.