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Halo Three Cylinder Radial Engine
kellswaterri:
Hi Stew,
I bought a ''Chester Conquest'' abot 5 years ago, I built the 10V...Score...app/70% James Coombes ...and about 50% of a Fleet Corliss...also about 1/2 of a Tich...so it has seen some hard work in the time I have had it.
AS John S, said ''SMALLISH ITEMS'' that is if you want the machine to last...if you would like have a look at the work it has done...
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/corncrake/P2280026.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/corncrake/P2280024.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/corncrake/P2280022.jpg
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b329/corncrake/P2280019.jpg
http://modeleng.proboards20.com/index.cgi?board=statgeneral&action=display&thread=1893&page=3
If you look in Model engine proboards...that flywheel is 10'' in diameter, quite a largr chunk...
Repairs to the machine were limited to replacing the driven ''PLASTIC'' gear and refitting the drive gear on the motor and ''Loctite''
The fine feed is a real ''masterpiese'' of the worst kind of design, so I would most certainly do as John S. suggests and fit D/R/O,s...also nip up the GIB screws when doing anything heavier than Light work...
for the current price now £366.00 odd pounds and bearing in mind that the motor is only less than 1/2 horse power and the possibility that the manufacturers have gotten their heads out of their a$$£$ then I would say Not too bad for the money...By the way John S,...I still have the free vice lying under the bench where I threw it when I bought the mill.
All the best and happy milling,
John.
sbwhart:
Hi John
Thanks for the info it looks likr you certainly gave that mill a good testing. :whip:
Cheers
Stew
SPiN Racing:
AWESOME Engine!
Very nicely done :)
(Takes notes and remembers to make a small stop for repeating operations. (THANKS!))
Its really quite funny.. I have my computers in the dining room of the house. (Im a network Admin.. and have been working/playing with computers since 1978.. so a bit of a nerd) I have a server rack in the kitchen with 2 servers and 4 PCs, as well as TV, routers, switches etc. Also have two laptops on deck on the desk here.
My youngest son (13) and my wife were in the living room and happened to walk out to the kitchen, (adjacent to the dining room) and I was going "OOOh oooh come see there is an engine!!! Badass look!!" and they were looking at me with the flat look.
Wife: Um Hun.. thats only Porn to you.. not me.
Son: snickers.. careful dad! Its just a lump of metal someone is drilling holes in.....
Then as the clip changes.. the smartass comments fade. and the oooh neat comments start.
Then OMG THATS COOL!!! from the youngest.
THen my wife.. Oooh thats really cool!
THen they are watching it run.. and the comments of Ohh you need to make one of those!
I love that.
When someone dees a lump of metal turn into something they recognise. That "we" could see in that "lump of metal" all along.
Nicely Done :thumbup:
Brass_Machine:
--- Quote from: SPiN Racing on January 01, 2009, 06:29:53 PM ---...
Its really quite funny.. I have my computers in the dining room of the house. (Im a network Admin.. and have been working/playing with computers since 1978.. so a bit of a nerd) I have a server rack in the kitchen with 2 servers and 4 PCs, as well as TV, routers, switches etc. Also have two laptops on deck on the desk here.
My youngest son (13) and my wife were in the living room and happened to walk out to the kitchen, (adjacent to the dining room) and I was going "OOOh oooh come see there is an engine!!! Badass look!!" and they were looking at me with the flat look.
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:offtopic:
Glad to see I am not the only one who calls themselves a nerd/geek. I don't have a server rack as I don't have the space, but I do have an old tower server, 5 pcs, 3 laptops and a bunch of other crap. I work as a VMware engineer in my day life.
On the second part of your quote, I do the same thing with my wife. She looks at me like that as well.
Back on topic.
Eric
John-Som:
A server rack in the kitchen is that some new fangled device for stacking plates ?
Anyway, I am constantly in awe of the tinterweb. Here I am in the freezing north of England making little engines in my garage/workshop for no other reason than I enjoy the challenge (oh ok, and I also like playing with machines). I am so amazed when my latest creation actually runs that I make a short video, post it on the web. Next thing I know is that I learn I have entertained an entire family 4,000 miles away in Florida.
Thanks SPiN Racing, I feel warmer already
John S
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