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Minnie TE Long term project
Joe d:
Well, took a month longer than anticipated, but I'm now back at it!
Starting what will be a lot of operations on the cylinder block casting, a quick run over in the mill to create
one flat face to build from for all the various ops:
That done, into the lathe to bore the hole for the cylinder liner:
Using the bore to locate the casting, machined the valve face almost to finished dimension, leaving a little meat for last minute adjustments
That gave me a reference face for the vise so I could cut the curved surface that sits on the barrel of the boiler. I used a freshly sharpened HSS tool
in a fly cutter, this casting machines like a dream! Had an off-cut of the boiler material to use to check for fit...
Lots more to go on this bit.
vtsteam:
Joe, was that a casting to start with, or did you fabricate the curved saddle onto the cylinder, or cut it out from solid? Looking great! :beer:
krv3000:
Brill work :drool:
Joe d:
Thanks Kev. Steve: A casting, and a very nice to machine casting indeed. Something in the bronze family, and heaps of machining allowance all around.
Joe
PS Steve, Don't forget to come up to Windsor next week-end!
Stilldrillin:
Joe.
It's nice to see you back among us. And, making progress...... :thumbup:
David D
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