| Gallery, Projects and General > How do I?? |
| Cylinder Bore 7/8" at a depth of 2.5" OR use DOM/CRS ? |
| << < (8/9) > >> |
| Jasonb:
Yes do it before boring so the ctr will go into a ctr drilled hole. Don't think grip will be an issue particularly with hardwood or MDF J |
| NickG:
Chris, have you started your Webster build yet? I missed the fact you were even making one until now. I've often pondered making one. Can't wait to see your build log. NIck |
| raynerd:
Hi Nick, thanks for posting and the interest. Yes, I have started in a way. I`ve got all my materials together including cast iron for the cylinder and also aluminium plate for the base and supports. I`ve got the little spark plug, I just need a M10 x 1 tap! I`ve also got all the details for the gears and spent hours planning and calculating cutting these as I`m making them myself. I`ve roughed out all my materials for the two supports. So I have kind of made a start but nothing to shout home about. When I start boring the cylinder I`ll start a project log. Problem is I opened this thread and got :whip: :whip: into boring between centers so I`ve spent the last week making that "Device for setting up for boring" that I posted in Project logs, that is for the cylinder and I`ve also since realised that because my lathe saddle doesn`t have T-slots, I`ve started building like a tool plate that will fasten to the saddle in place of the tool slide so that I can clamp my cylinder down...again for boring between centers. So basically I`ve been making tooling to allow me to start. I`m slow as hell when it comes to machining and I only get a couple of hours every other night if I`m lucky... You should join me in making one for yourself.... ! |
| NickG:
I might have a tap you could borrow, not sure if it's 1mm pitch, will check. It's probably better to bore between centres, sure it could be done without though. I get about the same shop time, on a bit of a roll the last few nights but that's rare! I am definitely going to do an i.c. soon, I just need to get the 2 poppin's done, the 7 1/4" electric loco and I'd like to re-try the little stirling. So I'm not ready yet, otherwise I'll have loads of started projects and it winds me up a bit thinking about them all! Things like the gears for instance I wouldn't be able to make so I'd have to find some that were suitable or go for a 2 stroke for my first i.c. maybe. Nick |
| raynerd:
Nick, if my gears work, I`d be sure to save the cutter profiles and it should be easy enough with my cnc rotab to make a few more.... :thumbup: :whip: |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |