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| Joe d:
Hi Geoff Sounds like you're stuck either way. Hopefully you'll get the mill sorted soon. Meanwhile, some progress here, started on the rear spokes, gang milling them: all done on one side: and all done on the other side: so now moving to the strakes, got to trim 2 ends, drill & c'sink two holes each, 70 of them (plus a couple of spares) should keep me out of trouble long enough for the material for the hubs I've just ordered to arrive :) Cheers, Joe |
| RobWilson:
Looking good Joe :thumbup: Allot of work goes into building wheels for a traction engine . Rob |
| Joe d:
Thanks Rob, I must agree there's a lot to these wheels :whip: But, getting there a bit at a time... a real lash-up to present the ends of the strakes to the end mill to trim them at the required angle (a lot of very light cuts...) Mason suggests this gadget in his book for drilling the rivet holes in the strakes clamp the strake in the jig (or is it a fixture? can never remember which is which) flip it over and drill through the guide hole in the thing after doing a bunch of drilling, do a bunch of de-burring, and a bunch of counter-sinking, and next thing you know you've got a pile of left and right handed strakes! There's 35 of these per wheel, so there's going to be a very short pause while I cobble together something to let me index the rims on the lathe to mark out the strake rivet holes, as very conveniently I have a 35 tooth gear in the set of change gears... Cheers, Joe |
| vtsteam:
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| Joe d:
Steve: You haven't got time for all those coffees, you've got a lathe to visualize :wack: Cheers, Joe |
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