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Bogstandard:
Actually Jack,

--- Quote ---great work at making it look easy.
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It is as easy as it looks, I'm sure if I can do it, so can everyone else. I'm no superman and also I've got a gimpy right hand and arm.

Jason,

Nice looking bits, easy isn't it?
I have never tried spinning anything over a few inches diameter, but one day I just might.

So today, after playing about with a new bit of tooling I have aquired, there wasn't much time for machining, but I did get a little done.

The next bit of natural progression for me was to get the cylinder made, and a nice big lump of cast iron was supplied. In fact, enough to make two, if I don't get the first one right.

It was mounted up in the chuck, the free end gently centre drilled and a rotating centre was used as support. Then it was just a matter of cutting it down to size.

By taking things steady and slowly, the outer surfaces were brought down to exact sizes and lengths.
The machined up bit was then held in the chuck while the rest was parted off.
But due to an unfortunate accident, where I couldn't take the weight of the piece that was being parted off correctly, it trapped my favourite parting off tool and snapped the end off. Back onto fleabay to find a replacement. You win some, you lose some. I still have the left hand version of the same tool, so I will be OK until I find another.

Normally for taking off such a large lump I would have used my power hacksaw, so it was my own fault for trying to do things too fast.

As you can see by comparing it to the digivern, it is a rather large cylinder.
I checked to see if I had enough length on my boring bar to get the bore done, and it looks like I will get away with it, if I take it steady.

The 4" long lump at the side was the piece that trapped my parting tool and broke it, all because I couldn't support the weight.

Next time will be getting a big hole stuck thru the shaped up lump of cast iron.

Bogs

Dean W:
This project got right back on top after the Minimag, John. Good you are able to keep at it a few hours a day, now.
The hopper topper looks right nice!

NickG:
I forgot how big that engine was John :jaw: what is the bore and stroke? Good to see you straight back on this.

Nick

Bogstandard:
Thanks Dean and Nick.

If I don't continue going into my shop, even if only to do some reading, I am very reluctant to get back in there, so I just keep going.

Nick,

1" 5/16" bore by 2" stroke

John

DavidA:
There's one consolation. It will be a heck of a lot lighter once it is bored out.

Dave.

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