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| nel2lar:
Stew That has been a wonderful build and I'm afraid that you will not be able to top this one. I'm patiently waiting for the next. I am impressed the talent in one individual, you have been blessed. And we are the ones that sit back and enjoy the craftmanship. Top shelf, and not can take that away. Nelson Collar |
| Dean W:
She sure runs beautifully in the video, Stew. That is one entertaining engine to watch! If anyone asks "What does it do?", tell 'em, "Just look at it!". It's "doing" all the time! ; ) Very nice. Very nice!! |
| sbwhart:
Thanks Nelson and Dean On Friday I took delivery of a 7" flywheel casting from RDG. Good quality a few blow holes on the rim but nothing that couldn't be skimmed out or filled. This morning I finished off machining it and tried it out on the engine. It's more in proportion to the fly wheel in the etching of the original. Its improved the engine running considerably, it now runs at about 10 - 15 psi at about 100 RPM at full pressure of 60 psi it runs at 550 down from 850 for the 4" wheel. Still got an horrendous wobbly on the wheel but that's down to the single bearing support, I'm hoping to get some plate delivered next week that will allow me to double up the bearing supports on the fly wheel that should smooth things out even more. I'm now about 99% happy with this engine :D :D :D :D :D :D Stew |
| Stilldrillin:
That's more in proportion Stew! :clap: :clap: Good luck with the wobbble......... :thumbup: David D |
| NickG:
Yep, that flywheel definitely looks more in-keeping with the rest of the engine. :thumbup: That's all it can be, not enough support from the bearings so the weight of the flywheel is pushing things out of line. Failing another set of bearings is there provision to fit the smaller flywheel / pulley on the other side? Nick |
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