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sbwhart:
Still waiting on some material to finish this engine off, in the mean time visited our local hobby craft shop and they were having a bit of a clearance and picked this stuff up to have a try at staining the wood chip

Its water based wood stain and some felt tip pens, after a bit of a play I found that the tips were next to usless dried out that is why they were cheep, so instead I had some white emulsion paint that I added some of the wood stain to and added that with a thin paint brush to show up the cement bonding, I aint no Rembrant when it comes too paint. I then sealed it off with the PVA watered down a bit.

I don't think it looks too bad.

Now where is that post man

Stew

vtsteam:
Where do you get bricks that small? What type of mortar did you use? Did you use a tiny string level? And how do you get a running bond to come out even on the end like that?

Excellent job! :clap:

ps. a little muriatic acid on that mortar will clean it up nicely.

sbwhart:
Cheers :D

Well the posti dropped off the material for the fly wheel. :ddb:

So first job was to cut off a 1" slice from the tube its 100 od with a 4mm wall.

Then face to length 3/4"

Skim up the OD

Then clock up the OD in independent four jaw chuck because the tube is relatively thin and it distorts some what with the internal stresses it a bit like trying to clock up a bit of jelly, just get it as good as you can as long as it doesn't offend the eye.

And skim up the bore.

And turn a step for the hub to but up against.

Next up the hub this is made from a chuck of 1/4 ms plate 100mm square. first mark up the centre and draw a circle 100mm dia and trim off the corners with a hack saw.

The drill and 1/2" hole in the middle

And mount it on an 1/2" mandrell and turn up the OD for a nice push fit into the rim.

On the original Bolton museum engine the fly wheel doesn't have spokes just 4 holes I don't know if this is the original fly wheel or one the Bolton lads have knocked up. So drill 4*22mm dia hole in it.

Turn up the inner hub a nice tight fit it the outer bit.

And stick the lot together with high strength Loctite.

Its doing its curing thing now until tomorrow when I will finish it off, I have a few domestic duties to do this afternoon. :(

Stew

Stilldrillin:
Looking very good from here Stew! :clap: :clap:

Hope your "homework" goes as well....... :thumbup:

David D

Bangkok Mick:
Looking great, learning a lot from this thread.

Cheers Mick

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