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AndyB:
So I have finally made a start.

The castings arrived from Myers in the US.

Seems like good quality stuff!

Got the book too; 'Steam and Sterling, Engines You Can Build' edited by William C Fitt.

Ha! The builder in the book obviously has bigger machines than mine. :lol:

Followed his set up for machining the base...oops! :scratch:

Hmmm, spent a good few hours trying all different ways to get over the machining.
Could not mount it on the vertical slide for flycutting :bang: :bang:
Eventually, I ended up following his example, but spent ages trying to make sure it all turned. :scratch:

Had to file the corner of the flywheel bracket so that it did not catch the ways, that was to make sure that the other end cleared the bed. :clap:

I had 30thou clearance! If you look carefully you can just see light between the casting and the end of the ways! :clap: :ddb:

Not good at taking pictures, so I didn't bother showing the finished base. Gone to filing the legs because time is getting short tonight.

Got to bore it next. That will take some figuring out...as will figuring out how to put pictures in line with the text :scratch: :lol:

Brass_Machine:
Wow... that's some clearance :)

Good job on the setup. Keep the build log going :)

Eric

Rob.Wilson:
Hi Andy :thumbup:

Good to see you have made a start :clap: :clap: ,,,,is a good size engine in it :D

Rob

kwackers:
That's loads of clearance. I've done stuff with much less than that - and got the tool marks to prove it! :lol:

AndyB:
Thank you chaps :thumbup:

Sorry, this log will take a while as I don't get much workshop time, usually just a few hours at the weekends.

Have also got to make some tools to make the parts.

I didn't dare show the topslide and tool angles that I had to use to reach the ends of the base as well as the centre in case I got shouted at by the professionals :lol:

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