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madjackghengis:
Well Arnold, I got a bit behind on keeping up with this build, but on catching up, I see you're doing a very fine job of it, and it is looking very interesting, I expect it will be a real fine runner when she's done. Saw, you work on what you know, you watch those you admire, and learn from their mistakes, and at some point, you look behind and find you're the one doing the neat and intricate work with followers getting comments. I've been doing this sort of work for more than forty years, and I learn something almost every time I log on to mad modder, and watch someone do something I've never done before. I say again, one of the things I enjoy the most about this site is the wide variety of places we all come from, and share our hobby and fascination with. It is a real treat to watch one man building an engine in England, and then flip to another modeller building a completely different engine in Nambia, and each admiring each other's work and product. As Benjamin Franklin said, "beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy", note we all equate rasing a glass as the proper sign of success. :beer: Cheers all, and may God smile down upon your labors. Jack

arnoldb:
Thank you Benni :thumbup:

:beer: Cheers Andy; normally I would use the bit of rod trick, but while making these nuts, it adds an extra step; in effect two tool changes; one to load the rod in the chuck, and the other to immediately load the tap again to clean up the threads in the remaining bit in the chuck after parting off. It's a bit of a "swings and roundabouts" thing; takes time either way :lol:

Thanks Jack :beer: - those are some serious words of wisdom :bow:

I've been playing around with paint rattle cans in between for the last couple of days. This was the lion's share of my learning experience on this build. I planned to add a wooden base to the engine, but completely forgot to make mounting holes in the base for that, and only after I got a half-decent paint finish on it realised that, so for now the engine will remain without it. I'll make the wood bit later; once the paint has cured well enough so that I can modify the engine base.

The flywheel and base went OK with the painting, but the column gave me hell; I ended up stripping and re-doing it three times... It's still not quite up to what I'd like, but I just couldn't bring myself to do it another time :palm: For the next paint jobs, I'll invest in better paint and get my airbrush up and running; the rattle cans just does not do it for me. Also, I wanted a slightly lighter shade of blue; this one is bordering on black.

So for now, the engine is done :ddb: :

A video of it running; this was just after I got it going, so things were a bit stiff; here running at about 7 psi for the most part. Please excuse the dang dirty paws, painted fingernail and oil dripped everywhere on the engine :coffee:

After about 10 minutes of running, it settled in nicely, and I could bring down the pressure to about 3 psi:

Thank you to all who followed along and all the nice comments and valuable input :nrocks:.

Kind regards, Arnold
Darn - it's good to be back in the shop :ddb:

DaveH:
Jack,

Anybody can build an engine in England :D

Building one in Africa is a real challenge :lol:

DaveH

DaveH:
Arnold,

A supersonic post, build and finished engine :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Runs great, luv the perspex cover :D I will have to remember that.

:beer:

Dave

saw:
Arnold my biggist congratulations. You have show how to build a fine engine and done it the only way, the right way. :thumbup:
It's a plesure for me to be in this club and see birth of this wunderfull engine.
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