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Potty Popcorn Engine
AndyB:
Excellent work Stew, :bow:
Your thread has given me loads of ideas for getting around jobs :clap
What a pretty little engine...though I have to confess I could not see the relationship between steam engines and popcorn (well, peanuts) so thanks for the photos and old brochures.
I am in awe of your plans...mine are from the Walt Disney school of technical drawing :lol:
Keep it up, I will be watching this with interest.
Andy
sbwhart:
Thanks Guys
Stuart that usefull info on dealing with cad free silver solder thanks.
Added a bit of fancy work to the steam chest cover, its a bit flimsy to grip so soft soldered it to a chunk of brass, centering it by eye.
Then over onto the spin indexer, centred the tool again by eye, you don't do the cuts on centre you off set it a bit, and cut the aster :D.
Gave it a bit of heat to melt it off the solder, and a clean and polish.
That looks better.
Made a start on the piston, turned the piston up from a bit of stainless steel:- thanks Dave :thumbup:, made it about 0.3mm over size, and put a groove in it for the packing, parted it off, and screwed it onto the rod with studlock, I'll giive it a bit of time to cure before I bring it down to size.
Stew
saw:
Nice work :bow: :bow: :bow:
Bluechip:
--- Quote from: lordedmond on September 24, 2011, 03:09:03 AM ---BC
it was not hot enough the new cad free stuff wants a lot more stick to make it flow , it seem to be a bit sticky to me also use bogs favourite flux Tanacity 5 ( its a high temp flux and has a longer heating life )
Stuart
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Hi Stu
Was not too sure about roasting it, I melted some brass a couple of weeks ago trying to make some banjo fittings for the Stirling ... :bang:
Although I got 'em sorted in the end ... :thumbup:
:offtopic:
I'm off ...
BC
John Hill:
Nice work Stew... :thumbup:
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