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sbwhart:
 :offtopic:

Found these little beuties whilst on a walk along a disuesed railway track, don't know what I'll do with them but I'm shure they will have a use.



OK back on topic John gave me a pully from a old Myford lathe to make the rim for another fly wheel out off, at first I thought he'd bowled me a googly (swerve ball) the skin was real tough stuff I think it was cast steel but when I got through the skin it machined lovely



To part the rim off I used my big beast tip parting tool my machine moaned and groaned a bit, but I'm used to her ways, know when to ignore here and when to take notice:-

I treat the wife the same way.  :lol:



The parting tool is too big for my tool post so I improvice with a clamping set it work very well.



Need to turn another hub up from a another piston than I'll be ready to mill the spokes out on the circular table I'm looking forward to that  :headbang:

Cheers

Stew

bogstandard:
Stew,

Would I give you something you couldn't machine. Remember, you only live around the corner, and I saw a few steel pipes when I came round to visit. I ain't fast enough to run away any more.

Nice flywheel rim, and a good fix for pseudo toolpost.

I have some flywheels to make in a couple of days.

John

Darren:
Hey Stew,

Have you seen how much scrap John collects, leaving pipes out in plain view is just plain teasing him  :lol:

Bernd:
Nice tool holder you came up with there Stew.

Something I'll have to remember.  :)

Bernd

bogstandard:
Stew,

A bit :offtopic:, but general interest.

Your pic of the rail spikes reminded me of the time we did a model boat display on the cooling pits for the foundry at Crewe railway works.

As I was walking around the shunting yards, I picked up one of those spikes.

Of course it was an open day and we had all the railway anoraks there. When a large gang of them had gathered to watch us display, I started an impromptu auction and got 10 squid for it, for our favourite charity, the R.N.L.I.

I should have looked around for a few more.

John

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