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AndyB:
All is not lost :D

After hunting through my piles of 'junk' that will always be useful one day (despite what SWMBO says)..nothing suitable.
Asked a couple of mates...again no joy.

Then it hit me. Beer cans. Measured a Carlsberg can...exactly 0.003 thick! :ddb:

My mate reckons this must now be probably the best engine in the world :lol:

Milled the flywheel bracket legs taking time to square up:

Put together loosely. Starting to look like a real one now :clap:

Stilldrillin:
Nice work..... And a nice save Andy! :clap: :clap:

I wonder when/ if mine will ever progress. :scratch:

David D

AndyB:
Thanks David,

I am sure that yours will race along, particularly with your mill.

It seems to take me months of building the courage to take the next step. :(

I am milling in a lathe which has such a small table which frightens me somewhat, but I will figure it out. I am just not confident enough to go charging in with the limited workholding available. I do have an incredible sense of achievement though as this is my first engine.

It's funny, I will quite happily cut a Jacobs 1 taper or a 1 Morse taper that goes spot on which others seem to be daunted by, yet chicken out of stuff that everyone seems to take in their stride :scratch:

Stilldrillin:

--- Quote from: AndyB on July 31, 2011, 02:31:28 PM ---It's funny, I will quite happily cut a Jacobs 1 taper or a 1 Morse taper that goes spot on which others seem to be daunted by, yet chicken out of stuff that everyone seems to take in their stride :scratch:

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I know exactly what you mean Andy! Lots of ops. phase me, until I grit me teeth........ :wack:

Also.... Why have I had an all aft/ eve buzz/ high....... :ddb: :ddb:
When all I've done is to open an 18mm hole in Gold Blend's deck, and start on a slitting saw arbour...... ::)

Great hobby this, innit! :thumbup:

David D

BK:

--- Quote from: AndyB on July 31, 2011, 08:11:21 AM ---
:update:
Another day...and I have done exactly what Bernie has done! Grrr.... :(

Evidently the internal jaws on my lovely superdooper calipers overlap by 0.001 so my increments are 0.002 out (for the reason given in Bernie's project log)! :doh:

Oh well, find some 0.001 feeler guages and shim it up!

Having a cup of tea while I calm down. :(

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Sorry Andy, but I had to have a giggle, it's not as if you weren't warned about that "extra" cut. :bugeye:
Coming along nicely, I still haven't lit a fire under mine.......yet!!

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