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Gerhard Olivier:
Hi ALl thanks for popping in

Cheers Graham and Mad Jack, I think the oil cups woul look good I just dont know how they would have looked like. I decided to make some very plain oil cups like bigish modern ones???? ( see last Pic today and let me know what you think.

Turned the Hub today - I wanted it to be as big in diameter as poss to help with balance but small enough to look balanced!!!!!!!!!!! :med:

The hub is 20mm brass and the 12mm centre with a 12mm by 1mm thread to hold the lock nut. Lock nut is a plain round nut ( when attached you can't see there is a thread) The extention is the spacer between the bearing anf the flywheel. Jusp needs a grub screw.

Then a pic of the flywheel with the hub in place.

And finally a mock up of the flywheel on the base. Note the base is extended on the flywheel side - this is going to be a crane to lift / service the flywheel. And the oil cups in the front.

Thanks again forn stopping in.

Gerhard

saw:
I am very exciting to see your'e progress. :clap:

madjackghengis:
Hi Gerhard, that's some fine looking progress you're making there. That's about what I was picturing as old cups in a wood bearing, I think they look very good against the fine woodwork going on with the flywheel and the framework. I hope you're building a boiler to run this engine as well :poke: I'm interested in seeing how you arrange the beam bits and pieces with it. :beer:cheers, mad jack

Bogstandard:
That is looking superb Gerhard, if the rest turns out as well as that, it will be a stunning engine.

Just going a little off topic now. :offtopic:

I made a wooden engine once, but nowhere in your league. It took about an hour to make, and even now runs like the best of them, even though all the green wood I used has dried out and shrunk.

It was held together by a few small screws, superglue and string. Basic tools used were a hand brace with a few drill bits, a hacksaw and a screwdriver. I did cheat on one bit, I used my bandsaw to split a piece of wood down the middle.

Please don't laugh.

It was a competition I organised over on HMEM, where you had to build a finger engine in as short a time as possible (most were made in well under an hour), and no machine tools were allowed, plus a wire coat hanger had to be used somewhere in it's construction. Some of the others were absolutely amazing, and one even disintegrated before your very eyes, to the great enjoyment of everyone.

Bogs

arnoldb:
Looks great Gerhard, I like the detailing on the boss to match up with the spokes :thumbup:
The oil cups look just fine to me as well.

Bogs, that's no laughing matter at all! We all know wood is not your forte, but still, making _any_ kind of operational finger engine in an hour is a stretch that I think very few can accomplish.

:beer:, Arnold

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